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What information should be made public?

Posted on June 15, 2008
The North Carolina Medical Board is looking at how detailed information should be reported and what the public should be told concerning the records of doctors', including medical malpractice judgments. Some information about providers was detailed by a law enacted last August to be posted on the Web site of the medical board, but other information was not specified how to be handled...

Huge Victory in Virginia for Long-Term Disability Claimants

Posted on June 12, 2008
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a major blow to Prudential Insurance Company of America in an ERISA group long-term disability case involving a claim for benefits.The big issue in these all of these ERISA disability cases is whether a federal judge can look at a claim denial "all over again" or whether he has to grant deference to the insurance company administrator denying the claim...

Roanoke Times Points Out How Stupid Virginia's Cap on Damages Is

Posted on June 12, 2008
There is a great editorial in the Roanoke Times that really hits the nail on the head in proving how Virginia's cap on malpractice damages does nothing for insurance premiums but practically guarantees that the most seriously injured will need public assistance at some time...

Military Medical Accountability Act

Posted on June 11, 2008
If one Congressman from New York has his way, members of the U.S. armed forces would be able to file medical malpractice suits against the military. The Carmelo Rodriquez Military Medical Accountability Act has been introduced by Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey in an effort to reverse a 1950 decision by the Supreme Court that protects the military from claims of malpractice...

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Doctor Put on Hold, Hangs Up, Patient Dies

Posted on June 10, 2008
Virginia Radiologist Hangs Up Phone and Faxes Report of Life-Threatening Blood Clots. Treating Doctor Doesn't Act on Fax. Virginia Supreme Court says that Radiologist Cannot Escape Liability by Blaming the Treating Doctor.On Friday The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered a new trial for the estate of a woman who died from a pulmonary embolism, rejecting a jury instruction that permitted a doctor who hung up the phone after being put on hold to blame the patient's primary care physician...

Car Hits a Semi on Dulles Toll Road--Seat Belts Save Lives

Posted on May 10, 2008
Jason Vasiento, a 29-year-old veterinarian technician from Herndon died of the personal injuries he received from his car hitting a semi-truck on the Dulles Toll Road on Saturday, March 23. According to Virginia State Trooper Frederick Richens, Vasiento was not likely to have been using his seat belt at the time of the crash and was traveling at a speed between 80 and 90 mph...

Drunk Driving Teenage Driving Manslaughter

Posted on May 09, 2008
A teenager from Fairfax County pled guilty on April 21 to involuntary manslaughter after a 59-year-old woman from Leesburg died from the personal injuries she received in a drunken-driving crash with the girl. Under the plea agreement, the charge of aggravated manslaughter was reduced by the state to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a lesser penalty...

Virginia Highway Death Toll Climbing

Posted on May 08, 2008
A firefighter from Henrico County died from the personal injuries he received on the morning of Sunday, March 30 after he was pinned between a vehicle and a tree at his home in New Kent County. According to New Kent authorities, Joseph Ritzenthaler had been a member of the Henrico Fire Department for almost six years...

Arlington County School Bus Crash When Drive Becomes Unconcious

Posted on May 07, 2008
Sometimes, sudden unexpected emergencies do happen. According to police from Arlington County, after the driver suddenly became unconscious, a school bus crashed into a parked vehicle. The accident occurred on the morning of Monday, April 14 when a bus traveling to the Potomac School in McLean drove off of the road on westbound Williamsburg Boulevard near Glebe Road...

Automobile Accident on VA 663-Seatbelts Can Save Lives

Posted on May 06, 2008
Two men were recently listed in critical condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center from the personal injuries they received in an automobile accident on Va. 663. One was listed as being in extremely critical condition. On the day of the accident, 50-year-old Waynesboro resident Joseph Kestner was driving his 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier westbound on Va...

Kingstowne, Virginia Dentist Sues Board of Dentistry Members

Posted on April 27, 2008
Local dentist Farid Zurmati has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia, against members of the Virginia Board of Dentistry, alleging that they have violated his constitutiional rights in their multiple investigations of him.The lawsuit contends that member of the Board of Dentistry, and two Assistant Virginia Attorney Generals "engaged in a campaign of intimidation, coercion and harassment against Zurmati, aimed specifically at denying him a fair, unbiased hearing on the merits of his case...

What Do You Think About Lawyer Ads?

Posted on April 22, 2008
Many lawyers are concerned about the effect that their advertising has on consumer attitudes about them. They also want to know what works and what doesn't. I've developed a quick, six question survey about what you feel is effective lawyer advertising.

Eight Minute Colonoscopy Misses Tumor That Will Now Kill

Posted on April 20, 2008
A colonoscopy is one of the best things you can do to prevent colon cancer. Colon cancer is a killer but it is slow growing and very, very preventable. But....the colonoscopy has to be properly done.Kevin Rexford, a former patient of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada filed a medical malpractice suit, believing that the frenetic pace of procedures is killing him...

Should Malpractice Prevent You from Practicing Elsewhere

Posted on April 19, 2008
Here's an interesting story from Maine--it seems that a neurosurgeon with a serious malpractice claim pending in New York applied for and was given privileges to practice in Maine. The neurosurgeon was then found liable in a medical malpractice suit for a surgical procedure which left a man in a wheelchair prior to the doctor coming to Maine...

Car insurance company says, "we're going to close the file if we don't hear from you"

Posted on April 18, 2008
Met with a nice couple within the last few days. They were very distressed. The wife had been in a car accident and was still under treatment. The distress was being caused by a major car insurance company and its adjusters.What were they doing?Persistently calling, emailing and calling on the cell phone to pressure the couple to settle...

Injured Students from McLean Bible Church may Need to Look to Own Insurance

Posted on April 14, 2008
Virginia State police are investigating a crash that occurred this past weekend, involving a bus carrying children from McLean Bible Church, in McLean. According to published reports, at least 10 children and two adults are being treated for injuries sustained when the bus overturned near Bridgewater, Virginia...

Nurse Arrested After Infecting Patients

Posted on March 29, 2008
In an unfortunate case of medical malpractice, a nurse suspected of theft of painkillers during surgical procedures is believed to have infected at least 15 members of military service or their relatives with hepatitis. The nurse, retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones, was placed under arrest in Miami, Florida earlier in March and charged with assault of three of those patients and possession of a controlled substance through fraud.

Nurse Arrested After Infecting Patients

Posted on March 29, 2008
In an unfortunate case of medical malpractice, a nurse suspected of theft of painkillers during surgical procedures is believed to have infected at least 15 members of military service or their relatives with hepatitis.The nurse, retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones, was placed under arrest in Miami, Florida earlier in March and charged with assault of three of those patients and possession of a controlled substance through fraud...

Should a Nursing Home Be Required to Carry Insurance

Posted on March 28, 2008
Every so often we see debates in the media about whether hospitals, doctor, even lawyers, should be required to carry insurance. Required, that is, by law. Here's whats brewing in OklahomaAccording to a consumer group based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, many of the nursing homes in the state appear to be under operation without insurance for medical malpractice...

Those Darn Frivolous Malpractice Cases

Posted on March 27, 2008
Every medical malpractice case is frivolous, right?Some folks can't utter the words "malpractice lawsuit" in a sentence that doesn't include the word "frivolous."How much is this one worth?A retired woman from Germany has filed a medical malpractice suit against a hospital after she went in to undergo a surgical procedure on her leg, but instead was surgically given a new anus, according to U...

Prudential Didn't Use Qualified Doctors to Deny Disability Claim

Posted on March 24, 2008
Graham Harrison, filed for disability benefits under his group long term insurance policy provided by Prudential Insurance Company. He suffered from Tourette Syndrome which prevented him from working on a full time basis. His doctor, a neurologist and specialist in his disease (Tourette Syndrome) had recommended that he consider reducing his work schedule to less than full time to accommodate his condition which have led to chronic anxiety, a disrupted sleep pattern and agitation...

Prudential Didn't Use Qualified Doctors to Deny Disability Claim

$809,000 for Testicle Lost by Delay

Posted on March 21, 2008
A Superior Court jury in Worcester County, Massachusetts has awarded a New Jersey man over $809,000 in damages and interest after he lost a testicle due to an emergency room doctor's failure to correctly diagnose his testicular torsion, according to court records.

$809,000 for Testicle Lost by Delay

Ritter doctors cleared of malpractice

Posted on March 20, 2008
On Friday, March 14, a cardiologist and radiologist were cleared by a jury of medical malpractice for the diagnosis and treatment of deceased actor John Ritter. Ritter died of a torn aorta in 2003. A majority of the jurors believed there was no time for the cardiologist summoned to the hospital after the diagnosis of a heart attack to order a chest X-ray which would have discovered the tear.

Ritter doctors cleared of malpractice

Posted on March 20, 2008
On Friday, March 14, a cardiologist and radiologist were cleared by a jury of medical malpractice for the diagnosis and treatment of deceased actor John Ritter. Ritter died of a torn aorta in 2003.A majority of the jurors believed there was no time for the cardiologist summoned to the hospital after the diagnosis of a heart attack to order a chest X-ray which would have discovered the tear...

Reason #25 for the high cost of medical care

Posted on March 19, 2008
A former dentist from Pennington Gap has been found guilty by a federal jury of 10 felony charges, including racketeering and fraud.

Public and doctors warned on Spiriva

Posted on March 19, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration is notifying patients and doctors about the potential risk of stroke with Spiriva a drug used to treat breathing problems related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Apparently, an analsys of the data of earlier trial led to the discovery of a potential relationship...

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