InjuryBoard Northern Virginia Archives

• Suing Drunk Drivers and Using Video to Show Impact on the Family

  Ben Glass | November 30, 2008 4:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  While in many civil cases the use of video to show the impact of the defendant's choice to drink and drive is allowed, sometimes the attempt to use the video is met with an objection of you honor,...

• Emergency Room Deaths Caused by Medical Malpractice

  Ben Glass | November 29, 2008 8:32 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  According to a 2007 statistic released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 115 million Americans receive treatment in emergency rooms each year. According to a report from the...

• Donated Organs Kill Recipients

  Ben Glass | November 28, 2008 8:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Two families have filed a medical malpractice suit against an organ donor group in Indiana. The families allege that their loved ones died after they received organ transplants from a cancer...

• More car accidents on Election Day than any other day in the US

  Ben Glass | November 04, 2008 12:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Researchers say that who to vote for shouldn’t be your only concern on Election Day on November 4. According to a new study, there is an 18 percent higher likelihood of vehicular...

• More Than Half of the Injuries Caused During Medical Treatment are from Preventable Errors

  Ben Glass | November 03, 2008 7:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Medical malpractice takes place when a patient suffers injuries due to negligent care or preventable errors during the course of receiving medical treatment. A doctor, nurse, or someone else in...

• Can Virginia's Birth Injury Fund Survive?

  Ben Glass | November 02, 2008 7:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Investment holdings used of the purpose of ensuring that babies born in Virginia that are catastrophically injured due to medical malpractice during childbirth have lifetime medical payments have...

• Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Award Against town of Blacksburg

  Ben Glass | November 01, 2008 7:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge ordered the reduction of a $350,000 personal injury/wrongful death jury award against the town of Blacksburg that stemmed from a fatal car crash. The...