My colleague Jim Lewis has written a new post for our law firm’s the medical malpractice blog site about a jury award in North Carolina (NC). The $25 million verdict was against the Cape Fear Valley Health System for failing to recognize that a boy admitted to the hospital was the victim of child abuse. DM
Two are injured and one is dead after a teen driver chose to drive drunk in the Pungo section of Virginia Beach, VA. The 19-year-old lost control of his SUV, ran off road and hit a tree. He was later charged with driving under the influence, voluntary manslaughter, illegal possession of alcohol and possession of an…
A man who killed a couple while driving under the influence of alcohol in Virginia Beach, VA, ended up in jail. The family of the people killed by his actions got only $200,000 after settling a lawsuit over the wrongful deaths. Christopher Dockiewicz, was convicted of driving under the influence and of two counts of aggravated…
The United Transportation Union is reporting that its membership suffered its ninth fatal on-the-job accident during 2011. According to the UTU, a 6-year veteran CSX engineer was crushed and killed between a locomotive and a rail car in Botkins, Ohio (OH), on September 8. The locomotive had been pushing a stalled train, and the accident…
Yet another horrific 2011 balcony accident has occurred in Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA), this time injuring a boy who is just 2 years old. The Virginian-Pilot has reported that the toddler fell from a second floor balcony at a Ramada Inn on Military Highway in Norfolk. The boy was taken to Children’s Hospital of the King’s…