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Discussion of personal injury law and legal issues, with Virginia focus.

Author: Bryan Slaughter and Greg Webb, who edit this blawg, are Virginia lawyers.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Virginia • Legal Information

Recent Posts from Charlottesville Personal Injury Lawyer

Utah Hospitals Saw Nearly 60 "Never Events" in 2006
Last December, a patient was admitted to Uintah Basin Medical Center's emergency room, complaining he was weak, tired and out of breath. He was found to be severely anemic and needed a blood transfusion. While…
Court System Integral To Guaranteeing Drug Safety
Editors from the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the nation's most influential medical journals, are giving the Supreme Court unsolicited legal advice about a major case, Wyeth v. Levine, that could have…
Hospital Death Rates for Top Three Conditions Unveiled
The government's Hospital Care website has made it easier to find your chance for survival. For the first time, Americans are allowed to see specific death rates for heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia from…
More States Are Not Billing Patients For Medical Errors
Hospitals in almost fifty percent of states in the nation now say they will not bill patients for the worst kinds of medical mistakes. These mistakes are often called "never mistakes" since these events…
Drugs Manufactured By Indian Company Win Approval Even During Government Investigation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved eighteen generic drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. even as the United States was investigating whether or not the company fabricated data in order to get…
Pharmaceutical Billionaire Asks For Drug Industry To Reform Safety Procedures
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire pharmaceutical executive from American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP), is calling for the pharmaceutical industry to reform how it polices its products. He argues these companies must take a larger role in…
Ford Facing Lawsuit In "Limited Edition" Dispute
Ford Motor Co. is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by customers who purchased the "limited edition" 2007 Roush Stage 3 BlackJack, after it was discovered the model was not so "limited" after all. Ford…
Increased Scrutiny For Bus Industry Due To Recent Crashes
Texas legislators and safety experts have asked for tougher enforcement of motor carrier regulations after an illegal bus crashed in North Texas, killing seventeen Vietnamese Catholics from Houston. The bus, which was owned and…
Study Shows Connection Between Agent Orange And Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Vets
A new study has found Vietnam veterans exposed to defoliant Agent Orange have a considerably greater risk of developing prostate cancer, especially the most aggressive form of the disease. These findings are the first…
Prostate Cancer Screening Being Questioned In Recent Studies
A federal task force has concluded that due to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications, the blood test, or prostate-specific antigen test (PSA), millions of men undergo each year to check for prostate…