A devastating report from the Disability Law Center of Virginia reveals that dozens of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities died in state-licensed facilities after staff failed to provide basic life-saving care. The report examined 181 unexpected deaths and found patterns of negligence Virginia authorities have known about for years. The Failures Were Systematic In 46 cases, staff found patients unresponsive and didn't perform CPR at all. In 33 more, CPR wa

When we talk with potential clients about medical malpractice, they often focus on individual doctors—t he surgeon who made a mistake, the physician who missed a diagnosis. But some of the most serious cases we handle involve something broader: institutional negligence, where the hospital's own systems and policies contributed to patient harm. Institutional negligence is different from individual malpractice. It's not about one provider making a mistake. It's about hospitals