Virginia, DC, and Maryland Personal Injury Attorney News

Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases

• Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdicts
  Sep 06, 2005

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• Virginia's New Medical Malpractice Laws--Effective July 1, 2005
  Jun 29, 2005

  Repeat Offenders to face competency hearings. Expressions of sympathy not allowed at trial. More. - 52 - 60

• Medical Liability Reform Kit
  Jan 25, 2005

  Medical liability reform back on the minds of many Virginia legislators (and not a few national legislators as well.) This package will help doctors get the full consent of their patients and offers an opportunity for legislators (state and national) to sign up their own families right now. Just click on the link below.

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Wrongful Death Claims and Lawsuits in Virginia

• Seattle Children's Hospital Admits Error in Death of 15 Year Old Autistic Child
  Oct 01, 2009

  Seattle Children's Hospital director David Fisher admitted to the family of a 15 year old autistic child who died following a simple dental procedure that the "hospital had failed its patient" according to a lawsuit filed against the hospital and dentist Barbara Sheller, DDS.
  
  The lawsuit, filed by Seattle Personal Injury Attorney Christopher Davis, alleges that 15 year old Michael Blankenship died following a massive dose of the narcotic, Fentanyl, delivered through a "pain patch." The lawsuit alleges that never before had Dr. Sheller prescribed a Fentanyl pain patch to any patient.
  
  In 2008, a Florida jury awarded over $13 million to the family of a woman who's death was caused by a Fentanyl pain patch.
  
  The Complaint against Seattle Children's Hospital can be found here. - 54 - 60

• $28,000,000 Award Against Federal Government
  May 15, 2007

  Because the negligence occurred in California Virginia’s medical malpractice cap, which would have limited recovery to $1,000,000.00, did not apply. Read the entire story here. - 55 - 60

• Wrongful Death Damages in Virginia
  Jul 17, 2006

  Attorney Ben Glass discusses the types of damages that a jury can consider in a wrongful death case in Virginia. - 56 - 60

Car Accidents and Personal Injury Cases in Virginia

• Two New Virginia Traffic Laws Took Effect in July
  Jul 07, 2010

  Two new Virginia traffic laws went into effect on July 1, 2010, one in which every parent should know about. 
  
  16- and 17-Year-Old Passengers Have to Buckle Up
  One of the new laws requires passengers age 16 and 17 to wear seatbelts when they are riding in the back seat of a vehicle. Before this law took effect, only young people 15-years-old and under were required to wear seat belts in the back seat. 
  
  This bill was suggested by a high school teacher from Herndon, who had known numerous students killed or seriously hurt in car crashes. Police officers now have the authority to pull over a car and issue a ticket if they notice a failure to comply with this law, which is known as primary enforcement.
  
  Move Over if You See a Tow Truck or Highway Maintenance Vehicle
  The other new Virginia traffic law requires drivers to change lanes when they approach a tow truck or highway maintenance vehicle displaying amber lights.  If they can’t change lanes safely, they need to proceed cautiously.
  
  This bill was accelerated after a tow truck driver was killed in Newport News in August 2009.  The tow truck driver was helping a motorist on I-64 when he was hit and killed by another vehicle.
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• Finally, Justice for Family through Relentless Work by Good Attorneys
  Oct 28, 2009

  Congratulations to attorneys Craig Davis, Walter

  Congratulations to attorneys Craig Davis, Walter

  Emrock and Charlie Cuthbert Jr. for their work in securing justice for the families of two people killed by an illegal alien who was driving his employer's truck while intoxicated, according to Lawyers Weekly Virginia.

  The  insurance company who ensured the employer initially denied that the driver had permission to operate the vehicle. Through their hard work however these attorneys discovered that the driver was actually a foreman who had been issued a cell phone, a Visa credit card and fleet gas cards in the business's name and was regularly allowed to drive company-owned vehicles at work and at home despite the employer's knowledge that he was an illegal alien without a valid drivers license.

  According to the article, Erie Insurance Exchange

  ultimately agreed to pay $1 million to each family. The case was settled in mediation.

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• Gloucester, Virginia man dies in one car accident
  Nov 02, 2008

  The Richond Time Dispatch is reporting that 20-year-old Gloucester County man died in a single-vehicle wreck yesterday when his car overturned about 3 a.m. near the intersection of state Routes 606 and 615 in the county.
  
  The man was identified as Marion Jenkins, III.
  
  
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• Mistakes Virginia Accident Victims Make
  May 06, 2007

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