Our local paper today is reporting pedestrians hit by cars – accidents with trucks on I-81. Serious personal injury can be devestating. One day you are driving to work and the next day an accident has caused so much back pain you can no longer sit at your desk.One option…
read moreDespite passing meaningful health care reform for the first time in decades, many Congressman need a refresher course in manners. The also need to vote in a fashion that is best for their constituents not just there own pocketbook…which in lined with contributions from the insurance industry and the medical…
read moreI’m tired of hearing the falsehoods about how lawyers who represent the victims of medical negligence are running doctors out of business and driving up the costs of health care. It is just not true and I want to share with you some observations about this issue and challenge our…
read moreI am amazed at how the opponents of health care reform think it is more important to take away existing laws which hold doctors and hospitals responsible for their actions. Why is protecting a system which, by its own estimate kills 98,000 people a year, more important than making sure…
read moreI am talking about insurance companies and the medical industrial complex (hospitals, doctors groups, pharmaceutical companies, etc.) spending the money to persuade Congress to severely limit the rights of victims of medical negligence. I can’t say it any better than my fellow trials lawyers have already stated:New AAJ Ad Campaign…
read moreI know I sure was worried about the profitability of Kindred Healthcare, one of the largest nursing home chains in America. Kindred Healthcare posted higher-than-expected profits in the third quarter as increased private hospital admissions boosted income. Net income was $5.5 million. A year earlier the company lost $21.3 million,…
read moreDon’t believe me….a lawyer who represents patients and their families in claims of medical negligence. I don’t blame you…but would you believe a doctor?Here is a must read from Salon.com…written by a doctor. He simply explains how limiting the damages you might collect in a medical malpractice case will NOT…
read moreI know you have read the stories in your local newspaper. Medical malpractice lawsuits are driving doctors away as the result of outrageous jury awards in frivolous lawsuits. The doctors, and their insurance carriers, tell their state and national representatives that laws must be passed to stop this outrageous tragedy.This…
read moreWe get this question a lot…especially when a former employee signed a non-compete agreement but it now “competing” with his/her old employer!Want an example of an actual case in Virginia? A pending case in the Fairfax County Circuit Court provides the details. The case, Virginia Academy of Fencing, Inc. v.…
read moreWe assess Medical Malpractice cases by (1) speaking to our prospective clients and getting their story and (2) reviewing the medical records.Now I will admit that I have seen medical records forged before (Example – one nursing home case the nurses notes reflected they changed my client’s bandage on 1/10…
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