In a closely watched decision handed down on March 4, 2009, the United States Supreme Court in the case of Wyeth v. Levine, denied the drug manufacturer’s defense that federal regulations completely preempted state injury law claims filed by consumer Diana Levine, who was a musician and suffered amputation of a part of her arm…
My colleague Rick Shapiro posted an article discussing the increase in railroad worker death rates in 2008, compared to 2007. The Federal Railroad Administration maintains statistics from all Class One and other short line railroads. The statistics are in for calendar year 2008 and they showed that there were 11,144 railroad accidents/incidents in 2008 for…
My colleague, Rick Shapiro wrote a case result article about a serious car accident in Virginia Beach where our medical assistant client was told she would need future neck/cervical surgery, but she wanted to wait as long as possible to undergo any surgery. In order to recover for these costs we mobilized a nurse consultant…
On February 19, the Insurance Journal reported that a York County, South Carolina, jury awarded the parents of a seriously injured infant $4 million after a botched birth at the Piedmont Medical Center. On November 18, 2003, Robin and Brice Wilson went to the hospital for the birth of their daughter, Sierra Wilson. After a…
The West Virginia Gazette reports shocking new evidence in the John King medical malpractice story. Court documents have revealed that the Putnam General Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia considered making a deal with King in order to get him to quietly resign from the hospital. The deal included restoring surgical privileges to the doctor who…