A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after suffering an infection in a hospital that was allegedly caused by a tainted IV. The complaint was filed late last month by Barbara Stanford in Virginia’s Winchester County Circuit Court. Read more »
Leader: Reforms have aided medical malpractice climate – Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- The new leader of the West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. said the medical malpractice insurance climate in West Virginia has made significant strides since 2004, when the state Legislature passed sweeping civil justice reforms. Read more »
Physician-owned firm names leader [Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.] – Insurance News Net
Jan. 24--The physician-owned insurance company that was created during the state's medical malpractice crisis has a new leader. Read more »
Change At Top For Doctor Run Insurance Program – Metro News
There will soon be a change in the leadership of the doctor-run medical malpractice insurance company in West Virginia. Dave Rader, the CEO of the West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, is retiring with the close of the year. Read more »
Cuccinelli: Senate GOP ‘Jobs’ Bill ‘Tramples the States and Violates the Constitution’ – Think Progress
This provision — a proposal to impose damage caps on medical malpractice suits in both state and federal court — has now attracted the ire of yet another Tea Party heartthrob, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: With Senate Bill 197 ... Read more »
Ohio Co. jury awards $4.2 million med mal verdict – West Virginia Record
WHEELING - An Ohio County jury recently awarded $4.2 million to the estate of a woman in a medical malpractice case. A wrongful death suit was filed by the estate of Terri K. Hiam against Dr. Read more »
Mirena Lawsuit Filed Over Doctor’s Failure to Remove IUD Birth Control – AboutLawsuits.com
A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an OB/GYN clinic and her doctor for allegedly leaving a Mirena IUD (intra-uterine device) birth control floating in her system. The complaint was filed by Angela Collins in Winchester ... Read more »
Clarification: Malpractice Award story – Journal-News
WHEELING, W.Va. — In a Sept. 29 story about a medical malpractice award, The Associated Press reported a jury found an emergency room physician liable in the death of an Ohio woman who had been treated at West Virginia's Wheeling Hospital Read more »
West Virginia Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Methadone Overdose – AboutLawsuits.com
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against against a West Virginia hospital and three doctors, alleging that negligent care caused the plaintiff’s husband to die due to a methadone drug overdose. The West Virginia wrongful death lawsuit was ... Read more »
Paul Farrell Jr.: Bad doctors do not deserve special laws – Herald-Dispatch
Recently, the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 2003 medical malpractice "cap" on noneconomic damages. I am an unabashed medical malpractice trial lawyer and the ruling leaves me with mixed emotions. West Virginia needs to ... Read more »