As a Virginia traumatic brain injury lawyer, I am often concerned about lasting harm caused to my clients from impact or crush injuries to the head, including concussions and skull fractures. Some permanent losses may be undiscovered at the time of settlement with an insurance company or jury verdict in court. A study of Vietnam-era…
A field trip for Richmond, Virginia (VA), Boys & Girl Club kids turned into a nightmare when the passenger van the had taken on a field trip was blindsided by a truck at the intersection of S. 9th and East Byrd Streets in the city on July 13, 2011. The box truck was owned by…
Our law firm is representing many clients who were hurt by defective medical appliances like Depuy Orthopaedics’ hip replacement devices, whose early failure rate has been far above expectations. Depuy’s ASR metal-on-metal hip implants were recalled when health officials noticed that large number of failures and physicians determined that cobalt and chromium debris worn off…
My colleague John C. has posted a new blog on the VA-NC Wrongful Death Lawyers blog site about how a pickup truck rolled down a hill and into a tent at a music festiva in West Virginia (WV). The accident claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman and injured two of her friends, raising questions…
An article in the Virginian-Pilot describes the new path medical school administrators are taking to improve physicians’ ability to talk and listen to patients and other health care providers, including other doctors, nurses and pharmacists. At the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, in Roanoke, Virginia (VA), the nation’s newest institution for…