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• Delay in Cancer Diagnosis is Costly in Virginia

  Ben Glass | June 13, 2009 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A jury in Spotsylvania County has awarded the family of a woman who died after a delayed diagnosis of breast cancer more than $7.5 million. After a five-day trial, the jurors ruled against...

• Bicycle Rider's Death Causes Family to File a Civil Suit Against Driver of Car

  Ben Glass | December 20, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  After the legal remedy handed by a Virginia court left them dissatisfied, the family of a boy who died from the personal injuries he sustained while biking filed a civil suit against the woman who...

• Doctor Put on Hold, Hangs Up, Patient Dies

  Ben Glass | June 10, 2008 5:58 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered a new trial for the estate of a woman who died from a pulmonary embolism after information about her life threatening condition was not acted upon by her physicians after the radiologist who diagnosed the condition hung up the phone after being put on hold.

• Eight Minute Colonoscopy Misses Tumor That Will Now Kill

  Ben Glass | April 20, 2008 6:10 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A colonoscopy is one of the best things you can do to prevent colon cancer. Colon cancer is a killer but it is slow growing and very, very preventable. But....the colonoscopy has to be properly...

• The idiots running Little League baseball

  Ben Glass | July 30, 2007 2:12 PM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  There is an interesting article in Sunday's Washington Post. It seems that the father of an eight-year-old Little League or was umpiring game, most probably as a volunteer, when a situation occurred that caused him to want to go look up the official rules in the Little League rulebook. He checked the Little League website first with no success. To make a long story very short what he found...

• Fleet Bowel Prep Lawsuit for $10,000,000

  Ben Glass | May 16, 2007 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Norfolk, Virginia and AAJ member Jeffrey Breit has filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the manufacturer of Fleet's bowel prep. The claimant claims Fleet's store bought solution interacted with her high blood pressure drugs she was taking, causing kidney failure.The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer "had known for at least 12 years of the potential of the product to produce dehydration,...

• Pet Food Recall Class Action Lawsuits

  Ben Glass | March 23, 2007 10:38 AM | 3 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The first class action lawsuit, with 95 pet owners, has been filed in Wisconsin.The lawsuit, against Menu Foods Inc.,alleges that it produced and distributed pet food that might be dangerous, and possibly deadly, to animals.We have received several calls on these cases and will help coordinate Virginia claims. We will be working with other firms nationally who are handling the Menu Foods pet...

• Aetna's Disability Benefit Termination Thwarted

  Ben Glass | March 17, 2007 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In a recent case in federal court the judge ruled that Aetna Life Insurance Company's decision to permanently terminate disability benefits to an employee was wrong and those benefits would be reinstated. Most disability insurance companies will only make payments to you if you are disabled and under the "regular care and attendance" of a physician. Here there was a period of time during which...

• West Virginia Case to Challenge Malpractice Tort Reform

  Ben Glass | March 01, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The West Virginia Record is reporting an interesting medical malpractice case where West Virginia's requirement of a pre suit certificate of merit in malpractice cases is under challenge. As the District of Columbia moves towards requiring pre-suit notification to defendants and mandatory early mediation of claims, we'll all be following this W. Virginia case.The specific challenge raised is:...

• Government Jobs Causing more Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

  Ben Glass | June 15, 2009 12:21 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to new numbers, more workplace personal injuries and illnesses reported in Virginia were from people involved in government jobs than those in the private sector in 2007. According to a...