After having a scalpel blade in his hand for the last decade, a West Virginian man is trying to sue the doctor who accidentally left it there. However, the state’s statute of limitations laws are a problem.
The EVMS Academic Physicians and Surgeons Health Services Foundation was denied charitable immunity by the Virginia Supreme Court and is now not protected from medical malpractice lawsuits.
A Mason County physician is facing a second medical malpractice suit shortly after a similar suit was dismissed two months ago.
By Richard N. Shapiro, SCLA attorney A Connecticut spine surgeon sued his own specialist, after the specialist botched the spinal surgery that inserted a new medical device in his lower back area. The Richmond, Virginia (VA) surgeon allowed a bone fragment to be pressed into Dr. Garver’s nerve root, causing chronic pain. The full…
Obsetrician practicing again after 7 malpractice suits