Gases and drugs used to put patients to sleep, relax muscles, temporarily paralyze nerves and block pain can cause serious injuries and death when given to the wrong patients or administered in the wrong combinations and doses.
There are some laws that just don’t make sense. The Feres Doctrine is one of them. This doctrine is a federal law under which active-duty military personnel are prohibited from suing the U.S. government for injuries related to military service “even if gross negligence was the cause,” according to Medical News Today. Even more egregious…
As Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) medical malpractice lawyers with over one hundred combined years of legal experience, we are familiar with the local practices that govern medical malpractice claims in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and the surrounding areas of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia and beyond, as we have filed injury suits in virtually every court in the area on behalf of Virginia Beach/Norfolk medical malpractice victims. (Note: we have also represented Eastern Shore, VA and Outer Banks, North Carolina (NC) victims of medical negligence/errors.)
HPV DNA testing, when used in conjunction with Pap testing, can greatly improve the chances for early detection of cervical cancer or precancerous cells.
As a practicing personal injury attorney of 20 years, I know first hand that our Virginia Beach law firm receives calls regarding misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose breast cancer. When dealing with breast cancer, it is critical that doctors catch these developing lesions early. Unfortunately, when doctors fail to diagnose aggressive breast cancer, it can…