Holding corporations liable for the conduct of their employees depends on a legal doctrine called respondeat superior. While the language varies from state to state, businesses and corporations are only liable for the negligent conduct of their employees when the negligence “arises out of and in the scope of their employment.” Essentially, as long as…
As a lawyer in a busy personal injury firm which handles many cases involving malpractice I was not surprised to read an article in The Virginian Pilot about Virginia doctors and medical malpractice and the state’s failure to discipline them. The article focuses on the fact that Virginia ranks very low among states that are…
If you or a loved one is a victim of a pharmacy error, contact our office to speak with a Virginia medical malpractice attorney for assistance.
If you are hurt by a surgeon’s error, or if a loved one has been seriously harmed by a medical mistake, you want the best Virginia medical malpractice lawyer you can afford to help your family. To assist you in determining who the best VA medical malpractice attorneys are, attorney-rating systems such as Martindale-Hubbell, the…
Virginia law creates strict liability for pharmacists who supervise pharmacy technicians. Proving a medication error was made and that a patient was sickened, hospitalized or killed makes the medical malpractice case for the patient.