The statute of limitations in Virginia has relatively complicated rules when it comes to medical malpractice cases for minors. According to Virginia Code § 8.01-243.1, entitled “Actions for Medical Malpractice; Minors” an injured child who is below the age of 8 can file a medical malpractice claim up to his or her 10th birthday (until…
Medical negligence of any kind can be traumatizing because patients trust doctors with their life and expect them to take maximum care to protect their well-being. One of the most unfortunate forms of medical negligence may occur when a doctor or the medical team carelessly leaves a foreign object or tool inside the patient’s body….
When a patient suffers an injury, develops a health problem, or suffers in any other way due to the negligence of their physician, they have the right to file a medical malpractice claim and seek damages. Bringing a medical malpractice case against a physician, or any healthcare provider for that matter, is not an easy…
Medical errors kill between 250,000 and 440,000 patients in the United States each year. The lower estimate of the terrible toll taken by the mistakes of doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other health care providers comes from researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The group tabulated deadly outcomes from “1) an error in judgment, skill, or…
A woman who suffered cuts to her bladder and intestines during what should have been a routine hysterectomy at the Hampton VA Medical Center has taken her medical malpractice suit against the surgeon to federal court after being denied compensation for her pain and added medical treatment costs by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs….