Finding for the victim in a medical malpractice case, a jury in Arlington County, Virginia awarded $1,894,037 in May, 2010. The medical negligence claim revolved around the failure of a doctor to detect the metastasis of cancer when reviewing CT scan of the man’s lungs. The 70-year-old man with a history of melanoma had been ordered…
An accident involving a car and motorcycle at MaCorkle Avenue and Montrose Drive in South Charleston, West Virginia (WV) left the motor bike rider in critical condition with a serious head injury. To make matters even worse, the at-fault driver of the car fled the scene of the accident leaving the injured motorcyclist to fend…
North Carolina (NC) is home to many wonderful things: some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, the largest Marine Corp air base and the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. Unfortunately the Tar Heel state is also No.6 in the country for highest rate of truck accidents. In fact, more than half…
The driver of a Ford pickup truck apparently could not wait to get to his destination, so he attempted to pass the car in front of him on Route 122 near Harmony School Road in Franklin County, Virginia (VA). Unfortunately, the reckless truck driver failed to see the oncoming traffic in the other lane and…
Amtrak, the government-owned passenger rail corporation, must pay more than $160,000 in damages to a maintenance worker for retaliating against her for reporting an on-the job injury in violation of a federal law protecting injured railroad workers. In late 2007, the woman lost her job after reporting that she hurt her ankle at a Seattle…