The parents of a 24 year-old man from Virginia Beach, who committed suicide in 2012 after being prescribed large doses of Adderall, recently settled a $2 million lawsuit for $200,000. The wrongful death lawsuit involved former psychiatrist Waldo Ellison, who prescribed the 24 year-old man Adderall to treat his attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder when he was…
Rick Shapiro and Kevin Duffan obtained a $825,000 jury verdict in a medical malpractice case.
Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia has been the focus of a $3 million wrongful death lawsuit in the case of a man who died from lung cancer in 2011. This case recently was settled for $2 million. The lawsuit alleged that doctors for the clinic failed to act after they took two chest x-rays in…
Some people say lightening never strikes twice. However in Louisville, KY there have been two different fatal accidents in the last six months that involved an Advance Ready Mix concrete truck and pedestrians. The latest truck accident occurred when a concrete truck failed to yield the right of way and hit two women in a crosswalk…
Some people hate going to the dentist. Well, a recent study revealing a connection between certain dental x-rays and brain tumors probably won’t assuage people’s fears of a dental office. The study interviewed a test group and asked , among other things, about the person’s history of dental work and the number of times they…