Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Nursing Home Abuse Law Blog


This blawg is focused on recent developments in the law with an emphasis on medical malpractice, products liability, and nursing home abuse and neglect.

Author: Josh Silverman practices at Williamson & Lavecchia in Richmond, Va.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Medical Malpractice • Product Liability Law • States • Virginia • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Nursing Home Abuse Law Blog


  • $300M Verdict against Philip Morris

    On November 19 a Florida jury awarded the plaintiff $300 million dollars in the case of Naugle v. Phillip Morris USA. The plaintiff had become wheelchair bound as a result of emphysema after a history…

  • Estate of Georgia Woman Wins $6M Verdict in DVT Case

    A jury in Georgia awarded the family of a deceased woman $6M on October 20 in a medical malpractice action.The woman had had knee surgery, and afterward developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT), essentially a blood…

  • Republican Health Care Bill Takes "Tort Reform" to Extremes

    Republican members of congress put forward their own healthcare reform bill last month to counter the healthcare bill authored by Democrats, which currently has majority support. Among other things, the bill seeks to cap non-economic…

  • Drugs Often Go Untested, Report Says

    The Government Accountability Office reported this week that of the tests that the FDA ordered drugmakers to perform in thlast 16 years, over a third of them have not been done.These drugs are already on the…

  • $3.2 million recovery in Zometa drug case

    On Wednesday, October 21 a Montana jury awarded $3.2 million dollars to a Missoula woman, finding that drug-maker Novartis was negligent in failing to warn about risks associated with its bone-strengthening drug Zometa. The plaintiff…

  • Why is Medicare refusing to pay to remove surgical sponges?

    The reason is simple and logical: it is a never event.  There is no legitimate reason why a patient should leave the operating room with a surgical sponge, towel, or instrument left inside her body.  These…

  • Falls in Healthcare Facilities

    When someone is injured as a result of a fall, "medical malpractice" is not a phrase that readily comes to mind.However, when that fall takes place in a health care facility, as a result of negligent supervision…

  • Texas Woman Receives Settlement in Case Against Policeman who Tasered her

    Travis County, Texas settled a case against it this week involving misconduct by one of its police officers. During a traffic stop in May, the officer became very aggressive with a 72 year old woman,shoving her…

  • Doctor Allows Patient to Die to Steal Watch

    In an appalling story covered by multiple new outlets recently, a California Emergency Room physician was indicted in August for grand theft after stealing a Rolex watch from a dead patient.The family of the dead man…

  • Children's Tylenol Recalled

    According to Associated Press reports today, Johnson & Johnson has recalled some of the children's and infants'  Liquid Tylenol it produced this year due to possible bacterial contamination. The company recalled nearly two dozen varieties. A complete list…