A recent investigation by NBC News reveals a pattern of neglect and criminality at nursing homes and elder care facilities owned and operated by Skyline Healthcare. While the report is deeply disturbing, it reveals what nursing home negligence attorneys and victims know all too well: corporate cost cutting and low government oversight translate into systematic …
“On the cover of the Rollin’ Stone!” – Atkinson Law in the news
I am pleased to report that Atkinson Law settled two cases in December with a combined value of $1.15 million, and it earned an article in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a statewide trade publication. It all arose out of a serious car accident on the eastern shore. My clients were making a left turn with a …
Adopted Pit Bull Mauls and Kills Elderly Owner
On June 1st, just hours after being adopted, a pit bull attacked and killed its 90-year-old owner at her Virginia Beach, Virginia home. The deceased’s daughter told WAVY that she witnessed the pit bull, “Blue” kill her mother in a vicious and unprovoked attack. Notably, the daughter said she was playing with the dog outside …
Norfolk Traffic: New Bike Lanes on Llewellyn
For the past several weeks, the city of Norfolk has been altering Llewellyn Avenue, converting two automobile lanes into bicycle lanes between downtown and 35th Street. I was excited about this development when it was first announced, and I wrote about it in my personal injury lawyer blog last year. “Putting the sexy back in …
Virginia: Dogs that bit five-year-old child were Belgian malinois
WAVY 10 news reported this Sunday that a dog attack in Chesapeake, Virginia left a five-year-old girl with a bite on her neck that required an airlift to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The girl later underwent surgery at CHKD. According to WAVY, the child and her mother were visiting with friends at the home where the …
Ed Atkinson named a 2016 Super Lawyer Rising Star
I am pleased to report that I was named for this peer-nominated award presented by the Thompson-Reuters company. While the representative from the company did not specifically say so, I feel certain that the 2016 Rising Star award confirms that: “I’m rocking my peers, puttin’ suckers in fear” in the great tradition of LL Cool …
Compensation for Virginia Victims of Eugenics Sterilization
Attorney Representation for Virginia Eugenics Sterilization Victims The Commonwealth of Virginia forcibly sterilized over 7,000 people between 1924 and 1981 under the Eugenical Sterilization Act, claiming that they were either “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In an effort to remedy this historic crime, Virginia law now offers up to $25,000 of compensation to sterilization victims …
Virginia Hospital Settles Child’s Medical Malpractice Claim for $1.8 million
Carillon Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia settled a medical malpractice claim with parents of a young child who suffered a brain injury during surgery. The child, Michelle Zhang, was hospitalized at Carillon Roanoke Memorial Hospital in September 2012 for pneumonia and other respiratory conditions. Michelle was just 21 months old at the time. A lawsuit filed on …
Medical Malpractice verdict: obstetrician’s negligence caused mother’s death
A jury awarded nearly $2 million to the surviving husband and children of a 26-year-old Chinese national who died in Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center in Orange County, California as a result of postpartum hemorrhaging following the delivery of a child. Obstetrician Long-Dei Liu was the main defendant, as the hospital settled before trial for over …
Fatal Truck Accident May Result in Wrongful Death Claim
At around 3:42 a.m. this morning, a crash involving multiple semi trailers on I-64 in Newport News resulted in the death of 69-year-old William E. Robinson of Staunton, Virginia. Robinson, who was operating a 1999 Mack truck, died at the scene.
