Our law firm's home office is based in Virginia (VA), and as a Virginia personal injury lawyer practicing in the South, I read with interest an article outlining that Forbes magazine recently named...
The Washington Post reported on a British study, in late May, 2008 that new microscopic nanotubes that are being made for a wide variety of consumer products can cause the same kind of damage in the body as asbestos, and its deadly cancer of the lung lining called mesothelioma. These findings were made by well respected British researchers in a recent study of mice and the study is sounding alarms among workplace experts. Nanotubes are increasingly being used in electronic equipment, and sporting goods equipment and other products.
What happens when a spinal surgeon requires spinal surgery himself, and the spinal surgery is botched by the Virginia spinal specialist/physician he selected, leaving the injured surgeon with chronic pain syndrome? What happens is he retains a personal injury lawyer and a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit arises and the spinal surgeon with serious spinal injuries casts aside every anti-tort, anti-medical malpractice argument he may have favored before the day he was permanently harmed! Ultimately, the Richmond State court Judge, in Garver v. Mathews, CL No. 07-206, ruled that defendant, Doctor Mathews violated medical standards, and awarded Dr. Garver $650,000.00 in damages, as explained below.