By Emily Mapp Brannon, Virginia (VA) Medical Malpractice Attorney

As a woman and a Virginia medical malpractice lawyer, I shudder to think about how much pain a VA woman must have been in when she went to her doctor four times and asked to have her intrauterine device contraceptive removed.  The IUD was left implanted long after its scheduled removal date, but the woman’s doctor dismissed her concerns and blamed her pain on scar tissue.

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About the Editors: The VA-NC medical malpractice attorneys at Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton include medical and surgical malpractice lawyers licensed in both Virginia and Carolina. Our medical/hospital malpractice focus on personal injury and accident law and have experience handling medical malpractice cases involving hospital and doctors’ mistakes, as well as nursing home abuse and neglect. Check out our case results to see our track record of success in medical malpractice lawsuits, and also be sure to read our free medical malpractice reports Top 10 Tips From a Medical Malpractice Insider and Top 5 Surgical Errors. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. They have also been named Virginia Super Lawyers since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of outstanding attorneys receive.