When a car is hit by a large truck, the damage to the smaller vehicle is usually extensive and the driver, along with any passengers, are at a higher risk of suffering serious injury. Unfortunately, an accident at the Virginia Beach, VA, Oceanfront involving a fire truck and a car provides a prime example of…
Virginia M. Welch of Mesa, Arizona (AZ), has filed a defective product lawsut against Wright Medical Technology, claiming the company’s Profemur hip replacement device she had implanted in 2006 failed after just 3 years despite being marketed with assurances that it would have a usable lifespan of 15 years. Data compiled by the Australian Orthopaedic Association…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Injuryboard blog site about how the number of lawsuits caused by doctors failing to communicate test results to patients has increased dramatically. Payouts linked to doctor miscommunication have more than trippled in value in just under 20…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has put an new post on our firm’s Hampton Car & Truck Accident blog about a pedestrian who was hit by a car at the intersection of Floyd Thompson Drive and Magruder Boulevard in Hampton, Virginia (VA). The women suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. View…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro comments on the involuntary manslaughter conviction of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray. Rick notes that any physician who demonstrates gross negligence, especially by misadministering a dangerous prescription drug such as propofol (Diprivan from AstraZeneca), can and should be found criminally…