Our law firm just added a FAQ in the practice area of medical malpractice addressing medical malpractice caps in Virginia. A cap is an arbitrary dollar figure put in by the Virginia legislature to help doctors and hospitals saying that no matter what the injury, you can only receive two million dollars in this state…
The Associated Press has reported that 18 children under the age of 15 died in 2007 because of the toys they were playing with or while they were playing with specific toys. The findings were based on data collected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC reported that in total, 232,900 toy-related injuries sent children…
West Virginia Police and investigators are still baffled at why a minivan drove into the path of a train in Huntington, West Virginia on Tuesday. The van held two sisters, Samantha Fields, 38, ad Alberta Lewis, 41, and left two teenaged girls, Abbie Fields, 16, and Kayla Frye, 17, in critical condition. Both girls are…
Most of the attorneys practicing railroad personal injury or wrongful death law have heard of the Geneva Convention, which resulted from efforts of the International Labour Office, based in Geneva, Switzerland. However, many railroad attorneys and even consumers in the United States do not realize that the International Labour office (ILO) continues to set industrial…
My partner, Jim Lewis, has handled numerous personal injury cases involving gall bladder surgery medical malpractice. As experienced personal injury attorneys, we at Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan have assisted our clients in prosecuting claims against doctors who commit medical malpractice as a direct result of their negligence during gall bladder surgery. Click here to…