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Car accidents can be traumatic experiences, even when they do not involve a fatality. That stress can increase exponentially when a fatality is involved because criminal and civil liability may follow. Between 2010 and 2019, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reports System showed that speeding was a factor in 32% of all fatal...

By: Chris Dickerson December 8, 2022 CHARLES TOWN – A Harpers Ferry man says a urologist who allegedly botched a procedure on him was under investigation and already had been reprimanded for injuring patients because of visual and dexterity problems. Larry Thomas Krial filed his complaint November 30 in Jefferson Circuit Court against Dr....

What Is Medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when someone who practices medicine, or a medical organization or entity, commits an act of negligence resulting in injury or death. Medical malpractice may range from severe injuries and death to a small misdiagnosis that creates emotional distress or hassle for a patient. Unfortunately, medical malpractice is...

Medical malpractice incidents may result in someone's death. If this is the case, a legal claim will involve many people, and several steps must precede damages assessments and distributions. An experienced attorney should be contacted as soon as medical malpractice is suspected because the advocate can begin an investigation and determine how to move...