In a Virginia personal injury case involving a car accident, while the focus must be on proving negligence of the at-fault driver, it is also essential to consider other factors such as the car safety systems that the driver may have been using. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but an experienced Virginia personal injury…
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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…
Traumatic brain injuries can result from any of the following: Car and truck accidents, especially when the victim is a pedestrian, bicyclist or motorcycle rider Falls Blows to the head from falling or flying objects Boat and personal watercraft crashes Surgical errors, and especially mistakes involving anesthesia Errors by OB/GYNs and nurses during labor…
An analysis of why trucks and tankers hauling hazardous materials crash includes this summary of the overall problem (academic reference omitted): HAZMAT crashes on highways often result in more severe injuries, although the number of crashes is low relative to the amount of HAZMAT that moves on the highway. In 2014, a total of 3744…