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Five years ago, the Institute of Medicine issued a startling report that acted as awake-up call to hospitals, health care providers, and patients: As many as 98,000people die each year in hospitals in the United States from infections, drug mix-ups,and other mistakes–mistakes that could have been pr
The Bush Administration has taken yet another step to weaken the rights ofvictims of medically related mistakes. The latest effort to protect the drugmanufacturers in the United States is the issuance of a new rule by the Food and DrugAdministration pertaining to labeling requirements by drug manufa
For years, the automobile manufacturers of the world have touted air bags as soft pillows that will greatly reduce injuries and deaths on our nation’s highways. While it is true that air bags have reduced deaths and injuries, these achievements have come at a high cost. Due to the manufacturer’s dec
A Virginia Beach police officer was injured Monday morning when a car made a left turn in front of him. Officer Troy Cornett was traveling north on Princess Anne Road around 8:30 AM when Mary Homesly pulled out in front of him while making a left turn from Newstead Drive. The force of the crash thre
The state of Virginia recently struck down proposed memorials at the sites of three fatal trucking accidents. While this might sound ridiculous – that the state wouldn’t allow memorials at the sites of fatal crashes – the catch is that the memorials were proposed by People For the Ethical Treatment
Bruce Stern over at the Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog notes that a team of doctors at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new technique for Traumatic Brain Injury imaging.Bruce summarizes that the testshows just what the brain does when the skull accelerates. Test subjects heads wer
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Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton law firm is dedicated to representing those injured due to the carelessness and fault of others, including railroad, truck and car accidents, faulty product injuries, and medical malpractice claims. The firm has represented thousands of accident victims throughout th
Richard N. Shapiro practices injury law exclusively, and is with the law firm of Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton, P.C. Rick served as staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Whitehurst (1979-1981) and graduated from George Mason Law School With Distinction in 1984. He served as a law clerk to Federal D
