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- Lead Poisoning
- Automobile Accidents
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Jones Act and Maritime Injury
- Toxic Torts
- Legal Malpractice
- Professional Malpractice
- Pain Pump Litigation
Serpe Blog 
Lead Poisoning
- Lead-Tainted Toy Recalls Down Sharply
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi Contains Highest Proportion of Childhood Blood Lead Levels
- Voluntary Recall on Toy Boats that Violate Lead Paint Standards
- EPA proposes stricter health standard for airborne lead
- Proving Lead Poisoning Damage Requires Solid Experts, Testing, and Argument
- Happy HoLEADays Video
- You Can't Rule Out Every Other Source of Lead Paint, Nor Should You Try
- Don't Judge a Case Solely by How Much Lead is in the Blood
Automobile Accidents
- Newport News Assistant Police Chief Convicted of DUI
- Green Run High School and the Community Mourn the Loss of Three Teens Today
- How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse, and Refuse
- White-Tailed Deer Mating Season, Drivers Watch Out!
- Virginia Beach Police Car Involved in a Three Car Collision
- Woman Cut from Overturned Vehicle and Flown to Hospital
- Jordan Bridge to Be Shutdown After Today Causing Traffic Issues Later
- Virginia Beach Man Struck by Car While Crossing Road
- Truck Driver Pinned in Truck Shutting Down Interstate 95
- Military requires motorcycle safety course before sailors can ride in VA
Traumatic Brain Injury
Jones Act and Maritime Injury
- Virginia Port Authority to Reorganize
- Spirit of Nantucket cruise ship grounded in Pungo, Virginia Beach Nov. 8
Toxic Torts
- Chesapeake Fertilizer Spill
- Fly Ash/Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville- environmental concern to residents?
Legal Malpractice
Professional Malpractice
Pain Pump Litigation
- More Pain Pump Information
- Additional Pain Pump Article Posted in Pain Pump Litigation Library
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine: Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis - Shoulder Pain Pump Lawyer
- What is Post Arthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis?
- FAQs on Shoulder Pain Pump Devices Reported to Cause Cartilage Damage in Patients Who Have Received Them
- Medtronic Pain Pump Recall Considered Class I
- Permanent Shoulder Damage Obtained from Pain Pumps
Medical Malpractice
- How should hospitals handle mistakes? Medical malpractice and the top 5 ways to avoid it!
- Can you help prevent hospital infections?
- FDA Says Heparin Tainting was Deliberate
- What’s going on at the FDA?
General
- EPA v City; Water-test Discrepancies Upset Chesapeake Residents
- National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 19-25
- Delta Recalls Nearly 1.6 Million Cribs Linked to Infant Deaths
- FDA Investigates Cold Medicines for Children Under 4
- Two Bicyclists Injured in Hit and Run
- Gunshots Reported Near MacArthur Mall Today
- Automated Horizon's Client of the Month
- Richard Serpe Selected for Best Lawyers in America 2009
- Should Virginia be allowed to require drivers to decide on organ donation? N.J. licenses to require organ donation decision makes state first in the nation!
- Oh those pesky bad driver fees
Firm News:
Newport News Assistant Police Chief Behind Bars
Three Teens from Green Run High School Die in Car Crash in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach Police Car Involved in a Three Car Collision
Jordan Bridge to be Closed After Today and Likely to Cause Traffic Issues Later
Woman Cut from Overturned Vehicle and Flown to Hospital
EPA v City; Water-test Discrepancies Upset Chesapeake Residents
Hattiesburg, Mississippi Contains Highest Proportion of Childhood Blood Lead Levels
Hampton VA blamed in patient's 2001 death
Study: Malpractice "crisis" had little effect on doctor supply
Firm Library
Lead Poisoning
- November 2007 CDC Guide for Blood Lead Levels < 10ug
- Nov. 2007 CDC Guidance Appendix
- Lead Exposure – Symptoms, Treatment, and Advice for your Family
- Recall Madness – Who is Testing Our Toys?
- Think lead poisoning is all media hype? Think again!
- Testing for Lead in Consumer Items for Children fact sheet from National Center for Healthy Housing can help victims of lead poisoning
- EcoNugenics Develops Safe Antidote for Lead Toxicity in Children
- Litigating Claims for Lead Poisoned Children
- Neuropsychological Tests: Direct and Cross Examination by Plaintiff's Counsel
- National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 19-25
- Richard Serpe's Update on Lead Poisoning Litigation
- Lead Poisoning in your Home, How do you know?
- LeadCheck Swabs Have 64% Failure Rate
- Plaintiff's Brief: Defendant's failure to comply with BOCA
- Is Brain Damage from Lead Permanent?
- Fisher-Price recalls lead based paint toys: steps parents can take to protect their legal rights
Automobile Accidents
- How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse, and Refuse By the American Association for Justice
- Avoid automobile accidents: Drive Smart Virginia promotes programs to improve automobile safety for Virginia drivers
- The 6 Most Common Causes of Automobile Crashes
- Client Resources: Auto Accident form
- Client Resources: Cell phone rules
- Client Resources: Driver’s License guidelines for kids under 18
- Client Resources: Licensing Requirements and Restrictions
- Training by military helps reduce motorcycle accident deaths
- Got a teenage driver needing a car? Which one(s) is the safest?
- Kids in Car Accidents – The Importance of Specialized Research
- How Motorcyclists Can Avoid Accidents on the Road
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- What Car Drivers Need to Know About Truck Accidents
- Top Ten Worst automobile Insurance companies: Accident victims should not think their car insurance company is on their side
- 10 rules for dealing with insurance companies after you have been in a car accident
- Top Safe Automobiles for 2008 – and Some Surprises
- Safety Tips for Avoiding Automobile Accidents
- What Makes Teenagers Such Bad Drivers?
- Drunk and Distracted – Fighting Back Against Bad Drivers
- Need Repairs after an Auto Accident? Beware of Scammers!
- New Law Aims to Enhance Auto Safety for Children
- Making Virginia's roadways safer to avoid serious injuries in automobile accidents: Click It or Ticket – Getting Serious About Seat Belts
- Virginia’s 2008 Highway Safety Plan to help reduce car accidents
- Taking the Kids for a Ride – Tips for Staying Safe and avoiding car accidents
Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury – What You Need to Know
- Understanding Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, the Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Attorneys that Can Help with your Lawsuit
- Traumatic Brain Injuries: Why Experience Counts
Jones Act and Maritime Injury
- Maritime Death Remedies Revisited
- Use of expert witnesses by attorneys in Admiralty Proceedings
- CHOICE OF COURT, CHOICE OF LAW, AND CHOICE OF TRIER OF FACT
- Maritime Personal Injury From the Plaintiff Perspective - 10/23/07 seminar by Richard Serpe
- Discussion of Select 1996 Maritime Cases
Toxic Torts
Professional Malpractice
Pain Pump Litigation
- The Effect of Local Anesthetics Administered Via Pain Pump on Chondrocyte Viability
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine: Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis - Shoulder Pain Pump
- Man Dies after Shoulder Surgery While on Morphine Pain Pump | National Pain Pump Lawyer
- Post-Arthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis Caused by Shoulder Pain Pumps
- Permanent Shoulder Damage from Pain Pumps
- I-Flow Pain Pump Medical Device FAQs and Product Information
Medical Malpractice
- North Carolina residents will be able to go online to see what, if any, medical malpractice claims their doctor has paid
- Medical Malpractice
- The Medical Malpractice "Crisis:" Blaming the Victim
- Hospital Infections: A Serious Epidemic
- Melanoma Misdiagnosis: More Common Than You Think
- Medical Malpractice Insurers: Pleading Poverty From the Land of Plenty
- Are Doctors too Cozy with Drug Makers?
- Heparin Deaths Reveal Troubles with FDA, Supply Chain
- Avoiding Surgical Errors and Medical Malpractice
- Avoiding Hospital Acquired Infections
- Virginia Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations
General
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Can you help prevent hospital infections?
Few things scare patients more these days than the possibility of acquiring a hospital infection while undergoing a simple operation or routine hospital stay. Patients who ordinarily wouldn’t think twice about a short hospital stay are now nervously eyeing their nurses and doctors, wondering about the cleanliness of their hands and their gowns.
This is for good reason – each year, 1.7 million Americans are infected and more than 100,000 people die from these infections. It’s enough to scare even the most pragmatic of patients away from a stint in the hospital. But avoiding surgery and necessary hospitalization isn’t always possible. Fortunately, there are steps that patients can take to ensure their own safety, and possibly avoid contracting MRSA or another type of hospital infection.
To find out more about what you can to do stay safe during your surgery or hospital stay, please read the article “Avoiding Hospital Acquired Infections” in our legal library. You can find more information about hospital infections in our other article, “Hospital Infections: A Serious Epidemic”.
Have you or someone you know been affected by a hospital acquired infection? Do you have a scheduled surgery or hospital stay coming up, and are you concerned? If you have thoughts to share about hospital infections, we’d like to hear them. Please leave us a comment.
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