Stuff in the ‘Personal Injury’ Category

Settlement Reached in Infected Total Knee Replacement Case

Hartley Law Group, PLLC successfully litigated against Charleston Area Medical Center’s Dr. James Cox for medical negligence when he performed an incision and drainage procedure on the Plaintiff’s wound, leading to an infection and need to return for surgery. Despite the presence of a possible infection, Dr. Cox did not order cultures, gram stain and […]

Workers’ Compensation Ruling Doesn’t Prevent Civil Lawsuit

Hartley Law Group, PLLC successfully prosecuted an appeal of a dismissal of a third-party product liability case filed in Cabel County Circuit Court when the W. Va. Supreme Court found that the trial court had incorrectly applied collateral estoppel.  Plaintiff had filed a workers’ compensation claim due to solvent-induced peripheral neuropathy.  The claim was denied.  […]

Hartley Law Group Represents Client in Medical Malpractice Case Following MRSA Infection Leading to Quadruple Amputation

In October of 2020, Brian Pankey underwent robotic lysis of adhesions, robotic takedown of end colostomy with resection of ostomy, small bowel resection, and resection of rectosigmoid junction for history of diverticulitis with end colostomy. Four months later, he had no arms or legs