On August 20, 2009, the Virginia Board of Medicine issued an order permanently revoking a physician’s medical license. This revocation was in regards to the physician’s treatment of a 75-year-old patient with a history of radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The physician was a urologist at the Southwest Virginia Medical Center in Richlands, Virginia (VA), who treated the patient between October 2004 and…
It sounds like a science-fiction novel. A woman feels no fear, not from armed robbers, spiders, rats, snakes….not from anything. When we hear that someone has “brain damage” we often think of a person in an unresponsive coma. However, brain damage comes in many forms. Take the brain injury of an ordinary mother of three…
The family of a forklift operator who spent several years hauling bags of asbestos at a Baltimore, Maryland (MD), National Gypsum warehouse has received a $1.2 million verdict against the maker of the asbestos following the man’s death from mesothelioma. A jury ruled on November 23, 2010, that Union Carbide must pay the award because…
After more than half a century on the market, Darvon (propoxyphene) was pulled from the U.S. market. Why? Because studies have shown an increased risk of heart arrhythmias, even in patients without heart problems. Some estimate that Darvon, manufactured by Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc., has killed at least 1,000 people in the U.S. after using propoxyphene since…
We get this question a lot since many railroaders have heard about “damage caps” in medical malpractice cases. Fortunately, FELA (i.e. the Federal Employers Liability Act) does not penalize victims and there is no arbitrary damage cap for your on-the-job railroad injury. This does not mean there aren’t specific requirements you need to follow when…