Patient goes to Prince William Hospital for throat surgery, and is discharged a year later with both legs amputated above the knees. This 60 year old developed throat cancer and was admitted for throat surgery. He expected to be discharged within several days. The throat surgery was successful, and the…
Medical malpractice recently cost a Woodbridge, VA woman her leg. The 57-year old Prince William County woman checked into the hospital for routine knee replacement surgery. In preparing the femur, the surgeon drilled all of the way through the back of the bone and severed her artery. Attempts to repair…
The US Senate voted down yesterday a proposal to limit plaintiff attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice cases to 25% of the verdict or settlement. Virginia’s US Senator John Warner, however, voted in favor of the legislation. The legislation, introduced by US Senator John Ensign (R-NY), is a thinly disguised effort…