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Rick is a Virginia injury attorney who handles car accidents, medical malpractice, FELA, wrongful death, etc.

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7/23/2010
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Paid Medical Malpractice Claims in North Carolina (NC) Second-Highest in Region

The latest statistics on medical malpractice claims paid -- meaning the lawsuit or complaint had some merit -- show that the Tar Heel State had the second highest number of any state in our region. Here is the breakdown from the Kaiser Foundation:
  • Maryland (MD) -- 170
  • North Carolina (NC) -- 146
  • South Carolina (SC) -- 135
  • Virginia (VA) -- 112
  • Washington, DC -- 26
  • West Virginia (WV) -- 77

These statistics do not mean that doctors, nurses and other health care providers in North Carolina are worse than those in any other state. In fact, North Carolina accounted for only 1.3 percent of the paid malpractice claims in the United States during 2008.

What the statistics do show is that patients do suffer injuries at the hands of the people they most trust to keep them safe and healthy. And, thankfully, when such injuries occur, the patients receive compensation for their pain, suffering and other losses.

My colleagues and I work every day with victims of medical malpractice and their families. We know firsthand how hard it is to recover from any medical error or act of medical negligence. We also know that while no health care provider sets out to make a mistake, responsible parties need to be held accountable when mistakes do happen.

EJL

Category: Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes

Labels: Attorney doctors hospital lawsuit MD medical errors medical malpractice medical mistakes medical negligence NC nurses SC Shapiro VA wv


How can you identify a top Virginia injury lawyer for your case? Look no further.

Our VA personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.

Two of the attorneys with our Virginia Beach accident injury law firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Two of our VA injury lawyers -- Lewis and Shapiro - have been named to Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury since 2010. In addition, Lewis and Shapiro have been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. 

Our VA accident injury law firm was the first in the commonwealth nvited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.


In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that rose to $60 million with interest when the defendant abandoned an appeal and agreed to settle. 


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Geographical Areas

Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.

In Virginia, this includes Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Roanoke, Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Big Stone Gap, and every community on the Eastern Shore, including Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, and Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague and Wallops Island.

In West Virginia, we can handle personal injury claims in Bluefield, Beckley, Bridgeport, Charles Town, Charleston, Fairmont, Huntington, Lewisburg, Madison, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, Parkersburg, Ripley, Sutton, Weirton, Wheeling and any other town or county.

Injury Lawyers licensed in VA, WV, North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC.

 




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