Virginia Highway Department has announced that it will add metal studs to the James River Bridge’s new steel deck to help combat what it says is a worrisome rise in car accidents. The cost of the addition is estimated at around $800,000, but officials say…
A new Propecia hair loss drug lawsuit in New York alleges that the product caused him several sexual problems after he took the hair replacement drug.The complaint is one of 140 other lawsuits on Propecia that allege such side effects. This particular complaint was filed…
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and brain injuries are more common than you may think. Nearly 1.7 million Americans fall victim to a TBI every year and nearly half of those are caused by a car accident. By learning the difficulties that these TBI survivors go…
Nearly two million Americans live in long-term care facilities. Too often, we share with our readers stories of elderly patients being abused and/or neglected at nursing homes or assisted living facilities. These are the very places that many victims’ families entrusted to take care of…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill last week that is going to strengthen what is known in the state as Leandra’s Law. That law imposed tough penalties on people who operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and have a child…
According to a paper presented at the annual conference for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) last month, a study conducted at five hospitals across the country found that three out of twenty flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes used for screening were…
Trial attorneys in Florida have filed five separate lawsuits against health care providers to challenge the Florida law that puts new limits on medical malpractice awards. The attorneys maintain that the law lets medical malpractice defendants obtain personal health care data about a plaintiff from…
The trucking industry is seeing a lot of division about new federal mandates that put a firmer limit on the numbers of hours that truck drivers may drive in one stretch. The purpose of the new rules is to reduce highway deaths, many of which…
The guardian of a young girl whose father was killed in a Quebec train crash in July has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Illinois against several railway and fuel service companies that are related to the wreck. The lawsuit is thought to be the…
By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Personal Injury Attorney A new controversy is waging over an old medical malpractice law in California. A group of trial lawyers, consumer advocates and the nurses union is gathering signatures for a new state ballot initiative to increase California’s cap on…