lawyer for doctor negligence

Cody’s chance to live a normal life ended at birth when a maternal infection went undiagnosed by doctors. His birth ushered in the beginning of a crushing legal and medical battle for his parents to get the assistance he was owed.  The family initially sought relief from the Virginia Birth Injury Fund (VBIF) — a no-fault insurance system that is supposed to cover expenses for victims of birth-related injury in Virginia. The General Assembly created the program in 1987 as a tort-reduction effort designed to keep malpractice lawsuits out of courts and cap awards for plaintiffs. The fund pays claimants […]

So you think you have been the subject of medical malpractice? How do you know if this could be a potentially successful case?  First, you must make sure that your statute of limitations has not run.  Generally, Virginia gives two years from the date of the incident to file a medical malpractice case.  There are certain exceptions to this rule, but generally, the two-year rule is the one to follow.  For example, if a doctor operates on the wrong leg, then most probably your statute would run two years from the date of the surgery on the wrong extremity.  Two […]

Medical Malpractice attorneys, or “med mal” attorneys, help distinguish whether a cause of action is specifically due to Medical Malpractice or whether the action be considered general negligence. The difference matters. This is because, for better or worse, Virginia law imposes numerous restrictions, limitations, and prerequisites to maintaining a medical malpractice action that are not present in other personal injury actions. Failure to comply with some of these requirements can be fatal to your case. For example, if a plaintiff fails to comply with the myriad of requirements to bring a medical malpractice action, including the requirement for, the case […]