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• Health Insurance Plans taking more than their fair share

  Ben Glass | November 20, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There is an article in today's Wall Street Journal about the bit that 'subrogation' can take out of your personal injury case. The WSJ blog has a good discussion going and I have contributed to it. The bottom line with personal injury cases today is that the plaintiff and her lawyer need to figure out, in advance, whether the health benefit plan will be seeking reimbursement. If so, this has to...

• Appeals Court Issues Rare Public Rebuke of Judge

  Ben Glass | November 14, 2007 5:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In an extraordinary public rebuke of a sitting judge for one of his decisions, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has formally apologized to the parties for the cost and delay that the judge's action caused. The case is Calderon v IBEW Local 47.The plaintiff started a lawsuit and served one party but initially failed to serve a second party. The judge, Manuel L. Real, issued an order to "show...

• 20 Year Wati for Lead Poisoning Justice

  Ben Glass | November 08, 2007 1:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Congratulations to our friend and lead poisoning litigation expert, Richard Serpe.On October 14th, 2007 Serpe a jury awarded one of his lead poisoning victims a $1,500,000 verdict. Chauncey Freeman was poisoned as a two year old, but it was not until he was almost 20 years old that he sought out Serpe to pursue the idea of a claim. The case was filed just before Chauncey's 20th birthday, and the...

• Coin Flipping Virginia Judge Tossed

  Ben Glass | November 06, 2007 6:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In a highly unusual proceeding, the Supreme Court of Virginia has dismissed a Juvenile Court judge who (1) decided a custody matter by flipping a coin;(2) had a mentally disabled woman pull her pants down to show an alleged wound;(3) made and ex parte call to a local hospital to attempt to verify/discredit the woman's story about being wounded.What (else) is unusual is that the Supreme Court,...

• Is Capping Payday Loan Rates a Good Idea?

  Ben Glass | November 05, 2007 6:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Here we go again. New laws being floated in Virginia to cap profits a business can earn. Those businesses making "payday" type loans are in the riskiest of lending businesses. They are taking a huge risk, and should be allowed to charge whatever they want as long as1. Loan terms are fully and fairly described2.The rules of the loan terms are followed.After that, no one is forcing these folks to...

• $3.5 Million Malpractice Verdict Upheld

  Ben Glass | November 04, 2007 7:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Congratulations to Mic McConnell and Jason Konvicka of the Allen Law Firm in Virginia for their win in the Supreme Court of Virginia back in September. Their client suffered a brain injury during gastric bypass surgery. Even though Virginia's insurance company protecting "cap" on malpractice awards immediately knocked the verdict down to $1.65 million (for no reason other than the insurance...

• Dangerous Dogs In Fairfax County

  Ben Glass | November 01, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...