http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/ Published by Pierce & Thornton en-us 2012-01-15T17:16:34-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2012/01/recent_study_of_medicare_patie.html Virginia residents should be aware that a recent study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services covering the 15 percent of the U.S. population enrolled in Medicare found that each month one out of seven Medicare hospital patients... Anthony Gantous 2012-01-15T17:16:34-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/12/virginia_jury_awards_more_than.html A jury in Charlottesville, Virginia recently awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of a woman who died after a concrete mixer truck fell on her car in 2007. The victims were a married couple from southwest Virginia who... Auto Accident Anthony Gantous 2011-12-15T17:14:44-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/11/virginia_family_settles_medica.html According to a news reports, the federal government will pay $2.3 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a Virginia child born with neurological damage at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. The parents of the child alleged that inadequate care... Anthony Gantous 2011-11-15T17:10:23-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/10/study_shows_that_nurses_long_s.html Virginia residents should be aware that a recent study has shown that patients in hospitals where nurses work long hours are much more likely to die of pneumonia and heart attack. In most U.S. hospitals, nurses work 12-hour shifts exclusively,... Anthony Gantous 2011-10-14T17:07:12-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/09/study_shows_that_hospitals_oft.html Virginia residents should be aware that according to recently released study, as many as 75 percent of hospital tests are not followed up on and this failure can have serious consequences for patients, including delayed or missed diagnoses and even... Anthony Gantous 2011-09-28T17:02:40-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/03/norfolk_jury_awards_535_millio.html A jury in Norfolk, Virginia recently awarded a doctor beaten by a patient in a Virginia Beach psychiatric clinic a $5.35 million judgment. The award was against Psychiatric Solutions Inc. and First Hospital Corp. of Virginia Beach, the companies that... Anthony Gantous 2011-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/02/virginia_motorcycle_fatalities.html According to a recently released report by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, there are substantially more motorcyclists traveling Virginia’s roads, which has in turn contributed to an increase in fatal accidents involving motorcycles. Since 2001, DMV spokeswoman Melanie Stokes... Anthony Gantous 2011-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/02/negligent_supervision_of_medic.html In Virginia, residents (“doctors-in-training”) at teaching hospitals may be immune from civil liability based on the ancient doctrine of sovereign immunity. National medical research, however, increasingly supports the long-held concern that lax supervision of residents at teaching hospitals contributes to... Anthony Gantous 2011-02-01T10:00:00-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2011/01/federal_study_finds_hospital_e.html A major federal study released in November 2010 found that one in seven Medicare patients are harmed while in a U.S. hospital, and 15,000 die each month as a result of malpractice by hospitals and their employees. The report by... Medical Malpractice Anthony Gantous 2011-01-24T11:02:53-05:00 http://www.virginiainjurylawblog.com/2010/11/jury_returns_verdict_against_n.html A jury recently returned a verdict in a class-action lawsuit totaling nearly $619 million against one of the largest nursing home chains in the country. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., which owns and operates nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation therapy... Anthony Gantous 2010-11-18T11:43:59-05:00