When doctors fail to diagnose breast cancer, patients can lose valuable time that may cost them their lives. Regular mammograms should be a part of every woman’s life starting at the age of 40. However, sometimes radiologists fail to catch these malignant breast lesions when reading a mammogram or ultrasound image. These critical mistakes can…
There are quite a few differences in the way the medical records and cost of medical care are dealt with in an insurance claim arising out of a car or truck collision when the person injured is in the Navy or other branch of the Armed Services. Our law firm’s slogan has long been “All…
I spend a lot of time looking at information about truck collisions involving injuries and death as part of my job as editor of the Norfolk InjuryBoard website. The following are some of the scarier numbers that arise about tractor-trailer accidents: 1. In 2007, the country had crashes that involved over 136,000 large trucks and…
There are many different reasons that big rig trucks get involved in crashes but six of the most common are: 1. Inadequate safety training as to driving technique where the truck operator although possessing a commercial driver’s license does not know enough about the proper defensive driving techniques to avoid a collision; 2. Problems with…
As a busy personal injury attorney, I speak with many people about cases where a child has been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence. I recently spoke with a young mother whose 8-year old daughter was injured when another child was playing with a bag of trash left on a complex playground. The…