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• Maryland Man Dies in Accident Causing Personal Injuries

  Ben Glass | February 08, 2009 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  An 86-year-old man from Hagerstown, Maryland died of the personal injuries he sustained when the vehicle he was a passenger in collided with a tractor-trailer carrying hazardous materials driven by...

• Q & A - Can a Pregnant Woman File Suit?

  Ben Glass | December 29, 2008 12:08 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  Q. A pregnant woman became concerned that her fetus was not moving and left several messages for her vacationing obstetrician. Because the woman’s calls were not answered, she eventually...

• Fairfax, Virginia Drunk Driver Gets Three Years in Prison

  Ben Glass | October 25, 2008 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Fairfax Circuit Court judge Jane Marum Roush sentenced a 22 year old Fairfax County resident to 3 years in jail for an accident that killed one passenger and sentenced another to lifelong severe...

• Involuntary Manslaughter Charged for a North Carolina Accident

  Ben Glass | September 19, 2008 7:44 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A man from North Carolina was recently indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for a car accident on Interstate 95 in Dale City in which the victim died of the personal injuries he...

• Head-On Crash Leaves Four in Hospital in Prince William County

  Ben Glass | August 13, 2008 6:46 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Head-On Crash Leaves Four in Hospital On August 5 at 5:20 pm, a 31-year-old Bristow woman’s 2006 Volkswagen Jetta crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a 2003 Ford F-250. They...

• What information should be made public?

  Ben Glass | June 15, 2008 6:14 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  The North Carolina Medical Board is looking at how detailed information should be reported and what the public should be told concerning the records of doctors’, including medical malpractice...

• Huge Victory in Virginia for Long-Term Disability Claimants

  Ben Glass | June 12, 2008 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a major blow to Prudential Insurance Company of America in an ERISA group long-term disability case involving a claim for benefits.The big...

• Injured Students from McLean Bible Church may Need to Look to Own Insurance

  Ben Glass | April 14, 2008 11:51 AM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Virginia State police are investigating a crash that occurred this past weekend, involving a bus carrying children from McLean Bible Church, in McLean. According to published reports, at least 10...

• Georgia Unfairly Restricts the Right to Sue E.R. Doctors

  Ben Glass | February 07, 2008 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A big difference to hospitals and patients could be made by a slight change in the wording of the malpractice reform law of the state of Georgia.Georgia Watch, a consumer advocacy group, is making a push for an amendment which would make it easier for patients who believe they have been harmed in the emergency room to file suit against hospitals.During the 2007 Georgia General Assembly, Senate...

• $1,000,000 Fairfax, Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict

  Ben Glass | February 01, 2008 7:27 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  We are thankful and pleased to report a verdict for one of our medical malpractice clients in Fairfax, Virginia, yesterday.The case involved a 3 year delay in diagnosing rectal cancer. During this time the defendant ignored signs of rectal bleeding, attributing repeated findings and complaints of bleeding to 'hemorrhoids.' As a result of the delay the plaintiff, a 45 year old male, was deprived...