Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Feres Doctrine on Chopping Block After House Panel Vote

  Rick Shapiro | October 09, 2009 9:17 AM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I have long advocated for the overturning of the Feres Doctrine, a nearly 60-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars active-duty military personnel from receiving compensation for injuries they...

• Military Must be Held Accountable for Medical Malpractice

  Rick Shapiro | May 18, 2009 1:47 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Tech Sgt. Connie Wilson gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia (VA). Twelve hours later, she was dead. The circumstances leading up to her death indicate a...

• Diagnostic Mistakes Do Happen at Virginia Hospitals

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 09, 2009 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  My law partner John Cooper wrote an interesting piece about misdiagnosis at emergency rooms. Although our area is blessed with many great hospitals, including Children’s Hospital of the...

• Virginia Has Special Medical Malpractice Laws on Retained Surgical Towels

  John Cooper | January 22, 2009 3:00 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The law of Virginia (VA) related to lawsuits against hospitals or doctors for leaving a foreign object like a surgical towel in your body after an operation has a special discovery rule that...

• Personal Injury Law: Hospitals and Clinics Hit With Increased Infection Injury Malpractice Cases-The Standards Are Rising

  Rick Shapiro | January 03, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Personal Injury Lawsuits: Hospitals and Clinics Adjust To Increase in Infection Injury Malpractice Cases Medical malpractice lawsuits are on the rise against hospital and other clinics...

• Why Families Need Personal Injury Lawyers-Another Medical Error Horror Story

  Rick Shapiro | December 19, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There has been a recent trial verdict report out of North Carolina by some fine personal injury/medical malpractice lawyers who represented an 11-year-old named Kaleb Davis and his family. Davis...

• Malpractice Settlements Not a Lottery for Injured Plaintiffs

  John Cooper | December 03, 2007 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Authored by: James C. LewisA recent study, "What We Know About Malpractice Settlements," which appeared in the Iowa Law Review establishes that the likelihood of payment in a malpractice claim against a negligent physician and the amount paid to the injured patient by that negligent physician was "closely related to the merits of the underlying claim of medical negligence." "Tort reformers"...

• Surprising numbers in medical malpractice claims

  John Cooper | June 25, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a personal injury lawyer at a law firm which handles plaintiff's side, medical malpractice cases, I find the following reported numbers startling: 1. The majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment to the injured person.2. Only 2% of medical malpractice victims make a claim.3. 80% of the time the doctor or the hospital wins in cases that go to jury verdict.How to reconcile...

• Misdiagnosis medical malpractice or missed diagnosis by a doctor

  John Cooper | May 26, 2007 9:57 AM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  One of the main kinds of medical malpractice cases are for injuries or wrongful death that occurs as a result of a doctor making a mistake in diagnosis of the patient. Our law firm handles medical malpractice lawsuits in Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), and elsewhere. So, I bought a new book called How Doctors Think hoping it would help the attorneys I work with continue to be among the best...

• Top 5 Ways Not To Choose Your Personal Injury Lawyer

  John Cooper | May 18, 2007 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have been practicing law in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) for about two decades focusing on accidental injury and wrongful death cases. I have heard amazing stories about how million dollar automobile accident cases have gone to lawyers who really had no business handling such a case for all sorts of strange reasons. The suggestions for a person with an accident case in...