Virginia Woman Sues Gynecologist After Failure to Remove IUD
A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Shenandoah County after her doctor failed to remove an inter-uterine device from her abdomen.
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West Virginia OB/GYN Faces Malpractice Suits From Two Patients at Same Time
Implanting medical devices in patients without first obtaining informed consent to do so has resulted in a Huntington, West Virginia (WV), obstetrician and gynecologist defending himself against two medical malpractice lawsuits at the same time. According to the West Virginia Record, the surgeon, operating at St. Mary’s Medical Center, implanted Avaulta Anterior and Posterior BioSynthetic Support…
Hotel Valet Driver Hits and Kills Woman in Richmond
Josephine Stone was outside of the Hilton Garden Inn at 5th and Broad streets in Richmond, Virginia (VA), when her life came to an abrupt, tragic end. She was hit by a car being driven by a hotel valet. She was only 23 years old and a few days away from celebrating her second wedding…
Teenage Passenger Killed in Marshall County, WV Car Wreck
A 19-year-old from the Fork Ridge area in Moundsville lost his life in an accident that occurred on Route 250 in Marshall County, West Virginia (WV). He was a passenger in a 1999 Dodge Neon. The driver was operating the Neon erratically and crossed a double yellow line, according to wtov9.com. After leaving his own…
CSX Engineer Crushed and Killed Between Locomotive and Rail Car
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…