Of the 130 nursing homes in West Virginia, over half received a below average rating by Nursing Home Compare. The ratings were based on data from state inspections as well as staff-to-patient ratios.
A resident of the Primrose Villa Nursing Facility in Angier, NC, 85-year-old Carrie Christine Evans, was found dead on Monday after hours of searching. She was reported missing on Monday morning and could have been gone most of the previous night. Evans suffered from increasing instances of dementia and had a history of disappearing from…
As Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) medical malpractice lawyers with over one hundred combined years of legal experience, we are familiar with the local practices that govern medical malpractice claims in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and the surrounding areas of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia and beyond, as we have filed injury suits…
A very good discussion about the deadlines for bringing a medical malpractice claim/lawsuit where the surgeon and hospital has left surgical supplies (such as a sponge, piece of a tool, or a small surgical towel) inside a patient’s body after an operation, has been posted by a lawyer at our firm. In reading this…
In a recent new report in a Dallas, Texas newspaper, it was reported that a 29 year-old lady suffered a serious personal injury when she broke her leg back in September of 2008. As a result of this serious personal injury, she went to her local Emergency Department to have her broken leg treated by the Emergency Room doctor.