Firm attorney John C. has written a new post for the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk Injuryboard blog site about a forthcoming increase in the number of codes that doctors and hospitals use to record the specifics of how patients became injured. Insurence companies use the ICD codes to determine payments on claims. John asks whether the…
Dozens of patients, including residents of Virginia (VA) and North Carolina (NC), undergo hip replacement surgery every day. The Food and Drug Administration has recently experienced a significant increase in the number of complaints about failed hip replacements, suggesting serious issues exist with certain artificial hips, according to the New York Times. The surge in medical implant…
Hurricane Irene drenched North Carolina and Virginia, and was to blame for the death of an 11-year-old boy when it sent a tree crashing through the roof of his home in Newport News, VA. Five other people in North Carolina and Virginia also died — one teen died in a crash at an intersection where…
Tort reform is about denying victims just compensation. It’s just that simple.
The family of a victim of medical malpractice has received a settlement of $825,000, thanks to their Richmond, Virginia (VA), trial attorneys. According to trial testimony, the patient underwent a lithotripsy procedure for the treatment of kidney stones. Three days later, the patient went to the emergency room with severe pain in his side. A…