Medical Malpractice

• "Cosmetic Surgeon" in Jeopardy of Losing Her License

  Ben Glass | July 05, 2008 3:13 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  For the third time in a four year period, a doctor from Winston-Salem , North Carolina is in jeopardy of losing her license. The N.C. Medical Board filed charges in June against Dr. Anne...

• Surgical errors account for many medical malpractice suits.

  Ben Glass | June 30, 2008 6:16 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  Surgical errors rate among the most serious forms of medical malpractice. Every year, approximately 98,000 hospital patients die because of such errors. Though there are various types of...

• How can I determine if I am a victim of medical malpractice?

  Ben Glass | June 22, 2008 6:16 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  Discerning whether or not a person has a case for medical malpractice can be complex and costly. There are some obvious medical errors such as an instrument being left inside a patient. However,...

• What information should be made public?

  Ben Glass | June 15, 2008 6:14 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  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...

• Military Medical Accountability Act

  Ben Glass | June 11, 2008 6:14 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  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...

• Lawyers Leaving Nevada

  Ben Glass | January 03, 2007 1:48 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  Victims of medical malpractice in Nevada are finding that it's getting harder and harder to find a lawyer to represent them. Limits on verdicts and caps on attorney fees are making it unprofitable to practice. This according to a Physicians and Medical Malpractice Insurance website. Apparently the Nevada legislature passed an incredibly low limit of $325,000 for pain and suffering damages. That,...

• What Experts Must Say

  Ben Glass | June 19, 2006 5:06 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  From time to time you see a debate about what "magic words" medical experts must use when testifying. The Supreme Court of Virginia just ruled on this issue in a plastic surgery medical malpractice case involving a botched "tummy tuck." While noting that the expert had not used the right "magic words," the Court also noted that the defendant plastic surgeon's lawyers had not made a timely...

• Virginia's Medical Malpractice Reform is a Disaster

  Ben Glass | March 08, 2006 5:43 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  In 1988 Virginia, jumping on the tort reform bandwagon, made it virtually impossible for infants catastrophically injured at birth to sue the doctor or hospital for damages. The state promised that instead, these infants would be "taken care of" by a state program that would pay for medical care. The "bill of goods" sold to the public was that this would (1) keep lawyers out of the system, (2)...

• No Medical Malpractice Lawsuits for Military

  Ben Glass | February 15, 2006 10:33 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  An article in the Honolulu Advertiser discusses the case of an Army Staff Sgt. who underwent surgery for acid reflux disease. Unfortunately the surgeon severed two nerves, and now half of the soldier's diaphragm is paralyzed.The article tells the tale of Army Staff Sgt. Michael McClaran:"The severed nerves affected Michael McClaran's respiratory and digestive systems. As a result, he has...

• But I Could Have Died! Don’t I Have a Virginia Medical Malpractice Case?

  Ben Glass | March 02, 2011 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In life, there are a lot of “what ifs.” What if you had made a different decision? What if that illness hadn’t occurred? What if your doctor’s error had caused you injury, or...