Medical malpractice lawsuits in Virginia are complex legal cases requiring plaintiffs to prove that a healthcare provider failed to meet the standard of care, resulting in harm. Virginia law has specific procedural requirements, including obtaining a certification from a qualified medical expert before filing a claim. Shapiro Washburn & Sharp has decades of experience of…
Cardiac catheterization is a common procedure performed by a cardiologist in a heart catheterization lab. It’s usually done on an outpatient basis. The doctor introduces a needle around the heart to measure its effectiveness and how much blood is being pumped throughout the body. Understanding whether complications from cardiac catheterization constitute medical malpractice requires careful…
Surgical procedures can carry significant risks. One of the more severe complications that can occur is the accidental laceration, cutting, or burning of an unintended body part. Unfortunately, this type of surgical error can lead to life-threatening complications. At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, our experienced medical malpractice attorneys have successfully handled cases where surgical errors…
According to data collected by Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), there are more than 17,000 anesthesiology errors that occur in the U.S. each year. Many of these incidents result in harm to the patient, leading to medical malpractice lawsuits. At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, our experienced medical malpractice attorneys have successfully handled cases where anesthesiology errors…
If a patient suffers a brain injury during a coil embolization trying to repair an aneurysm, do they have a potential medical malpractice case? Coil embolization is where the doctor takes a tiny coil and either runs it from the groin or from the arm all the way up to the brain because a patient…