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• 10 Year Old Girl Died from a Hit-and-Run Accident

  Ben Glass | December 22, 2008 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A 14-hour manhunt ended on August 22 when a man from Fairfax County surrendered to Maryland State Police and was charged in a hit-and-run accident in which a 10-year-old Montgomery County girl...

• Consumer Alert--Tread Cautiously With the Lawyer Directory Websites

  Ben Glass | June 25, 2008 10:21 PM | 4 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  An email sent today to lawyers across the country should cause consumers use due-diligence when searching for a lawyer on the Internet. DUI1.com, a very popular and highly ranked (in Google)...

• Nurse Arrested After Infecting Patients

  Ben Glass | March 29, 2008 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In an unfortunate case of medical malpractice, a nurse suspected of theft of painkillers during surgical procedures is believed to have infected at least 15 members of military service or their relatives with hepatitis.The nurse, retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones, was placed under arrest in Miami, Florida earlier in March and charged with assault of three of those patients and possession of a...

• $809,000 for Testicle Lost by Delay

  Ben Glass | March 21, 2008 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A Superior Court jury in Worcester County, Massachusetts has awarded a New Jersey man over $809,000 in damages and interest after he lost a testicle due to an emergency room doctor's failure to correctly diagnose his testicular torsion, according to court records.Dr. Mohsen Noreldin was ordered to make a payment of $500,000 in damages, to which over $309,000 in interest was added, said court...

• Sterling, Virginia Motorcycle Accident Caused by Missed Turn

  Ben Glass | July 14, 2007 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to published reports, Estel Henderson was seriously injured Friday when the driver of an SUV cut across several lanes after missing her turn. The Washington Post is reporting that a 28 year old driver from California cause the accident on Route 7 and Belmont Ridge Road. Motorcyclists are often difficult to see. Of course, missing your turn and crossing four lanes of traffice (as...

• Allstate Decision Leaves Insured's Personal Assets Exposed

  Ben Glass | August 05, 2008 8:00 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  When an insurance company elects to take a case to court, the insured's assets may be at risk. Here are some tips for those who are being defended by an insurance company

• Charges Pending in Deadly Fredericksburg Area Car Crash

  Ben Glass | July 25, 2008 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Charges Pending in Deadly Fredericksburg Area Car Crash. According to Virginia State Police reports,said the vehicles collided when Lamont Bryson Hendershot IV, of Montross, crossed over a double yellow dividing line on State Route 3, about a half mile west of State Route 634, in an apparent effort to pass another vehicle.

• Woman Can't Sue for Circumcision She is Not Happy With

  Ben Glass | February 13, 2008 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  On Tuesday, February 5, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that a mother who was unhappy with how her baby's circumcision looked cannot sue a hospital in Fridley, Minnesota for medical malpractice.Unity Hospital and Dr. Steven Berestka were sued by Dawn Nelson who claimed that Berestka removed "the most erogenous tissue" after the boy's birth on January 1, 2000 without consulting either...

• Oklahoma Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Malpractice Affidavit Requirement

  Ben Glass | March 14, 2007 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Virginia medical malpractice law requires that before serving a medical malpractice lawsuit on a Virginia doctor the plaintiff or his attorney must have in his file a signed "Certification of Merit" from an expert witness that says, in effect, that the case is valid. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has recently thrown out a similar requirement in that state on the basis that the requirement,...

• Deadly Diseases from Improper Injection Practices

  Ben Glass | June 14, 2009 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Several media outlets have broken the story that officials from the U.S. Army have confirmed that 16 patients have tested positive for Hepatitis B and C. According to reports from the Associated...