A new Virginia law that goes into effect July 1 will require nursing homes to carry liability insurance or face revocation of their licenses, reports VA Lawyers Weekly. Senate Bill 750, the first of its kind in the United States, will require minimum limits on liability insurance coverage for nursing homes. Governor Bob McDonnell signed …
The award of $1.85 million to a Henry County woman who suffered from a fall in a nursing home has been upheld after a Roanoke City circuit judge dismissed the defendant’s claim that the award was too large in comparison to other awards for injuries of a similar nature, reports Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The judge …
A study published in the journal Surgery analyzing medical malpractice claims revealed shocking statistics about surgical errors, reports Futurity.org. According to the study, surgeons make thousands of serious errors every year during operations. Here are some of the findings: The Statistics Leaving a sponge or towel in the body after surgery- 40 patients per week. …
The New York Times is reporting that lawmakers in the federal government are attempting to pass a bill that would require compounding pharmacies like the New England Compounding Center, responsible for the recent meningitis outbreak, be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration just as drug manufacturers are. Further, those drugs produced by compounding centers …
Parrish Law Firm, PLLC works closely with those Virginia residents who have been negatively affected by the recent Meningitis outbreak across the United States. With 19 deaths and counting, including one in Virginia, and a total of 215 people infected across 15 states, the number of personal injury cases related to this outbreak will only …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported that doctors will not need special training before they can prescribe long-term narcotic painkillers to their patients that can lead to addiction, a ruling that goes against an expert panel’s recommendation, reports The New York Times. However, the FDA did state companies that make drugs such …
Humira is a prescription medicine made to treat arthritis. However, the manufacturing company, Abbott, failed to disclose the risk that it may cause a life-threatening fungal infection. The company is believed to have known this as far back as 2008, even before warning physicians about its use. Since Humira was released in 2003, many people …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is upgrading an investigation into 340,000 Chevrolet Trailblazer in connection to electrical fires in driver-side doors, reports The Detroit News. The NHTSA’s investigation was sparked by reports of 28 door fires connected to a defect in the Trailblazer’s driver’s-side power master switch. Some of the fires occurred while the …
Scientists at Iowa State University found that infected hens at farms managed and owned by an egg producer in Iowa were extremely likely to have been laying eggs that were contaminated with salmonella many months prior to the August 2010 recall, one of the largest food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States, reports The New …
A $212 million verdict against a Botox company has been ruled unfair after Richmond U.S. District Judge Robert Payne used video captured by a courtroom security camera to watch the plaintiff’s lawyer during his closing arguments, reports valawyersweekly.com. Payne has ordered a new trial after vacating the 2011 jury verdict. Payne, during analysis of the …
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