A judge awarded $5.3 million to the family of a woman who lost her life after suffering a brain aneurysm following numerous visits to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The attorney who represented the family of the victim presented a life care planner to the court who estimated the annual cost for the care of…
North Carolina authorities have said that an 88-year-old woman who had been in a Gastonia nursing home for only a few days died after falling out of her second-story window. Police say that employees at Morningside of Gastonia were worried about the patient after she went missing late at night last week. Around 10:15 p.m….
Our VA personal injury lawyers have accepted several fentanyl pain patch cases involving overdose or death under highly unusual circumstances–such as a sudden wrongful death where the fentanyl drug be linked to overdose or death. We are representing two families seeking answers. In both cases, the spouse died of sudden overdose while wearing the prescribed fentanyl pain patches. …
The debate about defensive medicine has been going on for some time, with many medical experts questioning the validity and safety of performing extensive, often unnecessary tests in order to minimize liability if a patient later accuses the physician of negligence. Surveys conducted estimate that defensive medicine practices cost the U.S. between $650 to $850…
Imagine you’ve been diagnosed with a condition requiring surgery, you might be scared or at least worried. But then your doctor tells you he will be using a new surgical technology for the operation, the da Vinci robot. Sounds fancy and state of the art, right? The manufacturers of the robot promise that, “It is…