Medical Malpractice

• Can Virginia's Birth Injury Fund Survive?

  Ben Glass | November 02, 2008 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  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...

• Virginia Board of Medicine Reprimands Doctor after Lawsuit-A Case That DID Make a Difference

  Ben Glass | November 07, 2009 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Virginia Board of Medicine has issued a formal reprimand to a doctor who has now promised to refer to a specialist any patient who has complaints of rectal bleeding. In a case handled by our...

• Verdict Against Remicade Manufacturer

  Ben Glass | December 15, 2006 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In the world of drug litigation, a jury in Texas ruled that Centocor Inc. negligently and fraudulently failed to warn doctors and consumers about potential side effects of Remicade and must pay almost 20 million dollars to a woman who claims she developed lupus as a result of using Remicade. Hamilton, et al. v. Centocor Inc., et al., No. 03-60526-4 (Texas Ct. at Law No. 4, Nueces Cty.).In a 5-1...

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  Ben Glass | March 31, 2006 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  There is an interesting case brewing here in Fairfax County. I represent the former manager of a dental office who filed a complaint with the board of dentistry here in Virginia. Now she and others she worked with have been sued by the dentist, Farid A. Zurmati, DDS, owner of Kingstowne Family and Cosmetic Dentistry.The dentist alleges that a former office manager "made numerous allegations...

• Live Baby Left in Trash from Botched Abortion

  Ben Glass | May 27, 2009 8:13 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  A doctor’s license has been revoked after he was accused of medical malpractice after a botched abortion which authorities say involved a live baby being placed in the trash. On February 6,...

• Fire in the operating room, more dangerous than you can imagine

  Ben Glass | November 10, 2009 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Supreme Court of Virginia has recently upheld a verdict against an Alexandria Virginia surgeon in a case that highlights the danger known to the medical profession. Rita Talbert went to...

• Virginia Tort Reform Fund Victim of Alleged Fraud

  Ben Glass | October 09, 2009 7:24 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  About 20 years ago Virginia enacted some of the nation's worst tort reform laws for children injured at birth. This law, which protects doctors and hospitals who elect to participate in it, prevents...

• The Reality of the High Cost of Defensive Medicine

  Ben Glass | September 13, 2009 7:16 AM | 6 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  As the debate ramps up regarding health care reform/insurance reform, one of the subjects that is brought up more and more often is the notion that we need to change the medical malpractice laws, on...

• $809,000 for Testicle Lost by Delay

  Ben Glass | March 21, 2008 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A Superior Court jury in Worcester County, Massachusetts has awarded a New Jersey man over $809,000 in damages and interest after he lost a testicle due to an emergency room doctor's failure to correctly diagnose his testicular torsion, according to court records.Dr. Mohsen Noreldin was ordered to make a payment of $500,000 in damages, to which over $309,000 in interest was added, said court...

• Deadly Diseases from Improper Injection Practices

  Ben Glass | June 14, 2009 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Several media outlets have broken the story that officials from the U.S. Army have confirmed that 16 patients have tested positive for Hepatitis B and C. According to reports from the Associated...