As the statute of limitations approaches in many states, lawsuits against numerous medical corporations continue to mount regarding hazardous “transvaginal meshes,” a device used to treat pelvic organ prolapse in women. The product was the subject of an FDA warning in 2008 which was subsequently updated in 2011, which alerted consumers to “serious complications” regarding the…
VA Beach Car Accident Synopsis: A two-car crash in front of the Atrium Hotel at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront sent at least four people to the hospital with injuries. According to Virginia State Police, the crash happened at 21st Street and Arctic Avenue. The impact of the car accident was so strong that one car flipped on its…
A woman was arrested in Chapmanville WV on July 19 after the West Virginia State Police were dispatched after reports of a woman being dragged by a car. When state troopers got to the scene, a 52 year old woman was driving the car when, she claimed, the passenger became irate and started to get out…
A crash between a boat and a personal watercraft on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake left a 17-year-old girl from North Carolina dead and the 19-year-old operating the PWC seriously injured. The deadly collision on the water in Pittsylvania County occurred shortly before 8 pm on July 3, 2016. The 21-foot speed boat and the PWC…
One man’s $20 million medical malpractice settlement with a Washington State health system may yield systemwide improvements that save millions from misdiagnoses, mistreatments and doctors’ errors. As a Virginia personal injury lawyer who has helped many patients harmed by preventable mistakes, this news encourages me greatly because it represents a willingness by a major hospital…