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• Dangerous Dogs In Fairfax County

  Ben Glass | November 01, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  I'm so glad to learn that upon searching, there are no dangerous dogs in Fairfax County.Now I can sleep at night.I'm sorry. This is idiotic. Who is going to go here to search. How much did Virginia spend on this?Oh, I get it now.The state is requiring liability insurance for dangerous dogs. Wonder who is insuring that?Here's the code section:Virginia Code § 3.1-796.93:1. Control of dangerous or...

• Wow, Indiana's Cap is Bad Too

  Ben Glass | October 04, 2007 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Thanks to Wisconsin medical malpractice attorney Mike End for emailing me to point out that Indiana has a medical malpractice cap that tops out at $1.25 million dollars.Here's what's really crazy about their cap. A doctor is only responsible for the first $250,000 for any claim and then a state fund kicks in. And the doctor's total annual "cap" is $750,000. So, in Indiana, the MORE malpractice...

• 13 Virginia Traffic Deaths over July 4 "Weekend"

  Ben Glass | July 19, 2007 6:32 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to the Virginia State police there were no traffic deaths in Northern Virginia over the July 4 holiday. From July 3 through July 8, 13 people did lose their lives in Virginia traffic accidents but none were from our local area.Last year,twenty-two people died in traffic crashes during the four-days surrounding Independence Day. Amazingly, nine of the 13 deaths this year involved...

• Insurance coverage when an injury caused by family member

  Ben Glass | July 13, 2007 10:19 AM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The tragic death of a 14-year-old Fairfax County girl on Wednesday in a car accident in which her sister was the driver raises a question that is often asked by families: can a recovery be made in the case for the family's loss even though it was a family member who apparently was at fault in the accident?The Washington Post reported that Olivia Aull was killed on Jermantown Road after the car...

• Teen Faces 10 Years for High Speed Death

  Ben Glass | March 15, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A local teenager, who was 17 at the time of the accident, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter yesterday in Arlington Circuit Court. Apparently, evidence at trial was that she attained speeds in excess of 100 MPH on the George Washington Parkway. One youth was killed and one other very seriously injured.The young driver now faces up to 10 years in the state penitentiary and she's in front...

• Bad Peanut Butter from Peter Pan

  Ben Glass | February 15, 2007 9:20 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  ConAgra Foods Inc., has recalled peanut butter linked by federal officials to nearly 300 cases of salmonella in 39 states.ConAgra Foods sells Peter Pan peanut butter and certain batches of Wal-Mart's Great Value house brand. Dirty jars or equipment at the plant of the manufacturer, ConAgra Foods Inc, is susected as the culprit in the outbreak.Shoppers across the country were warned to throw out...

• Cautious Charting Skews Medical Error Statistics

  Ben Glass | June 14, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Medical error statistics are skewed because of underreporting and cautious charting by medical personnel who have been taught to chart “defensively,” meaning that they chart with...

• SB 1154 - COPIES OF MEDICAL BILLS PASSES SENATE

  Ben Glass | February 05, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Interesting development in the Virginia General Assembly.. Consideration of a bill that would require health care providers to provide a list of charges or an account balance pertaining to that...

• Praise for Robbery Without a Gun-Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Policy May be a Sham

  Ben Glass | December 18, 2008 8:55 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  North Carolina social security disability attorney Brent Adams recently said this about Robbery Without a Gun, the book which exposes the games of the long-term disability insurance...

• Suing Drunk Drivers and Using Video to Show Impact on the Family

  Ben Glass | November 30, 2008 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  While in many civil cases the use of video to show the impact of the defendant's choice to drink and drive is allowed, sometimes the attempt to use the video is met with an objection of you honor,...