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• Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ben Glass | February 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Just got finished reading a police accident report in a Virginia car accident case where the defendant, who blasted through a red light, told the investigator that she was "practicing her driving" when her foot mistakenly mashed the accelerator, instead of the brake.She caused massive injuries and guess what? She has minimal insurance.Fortunately, it looks as though our client had the...

• Important Patient Safety Bill

  Ben Glass | February 16, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  What if your HMO doctor ordered a test by an outside radiologist who then reported the results back to the HMO doctor, and the doctor never read the results, resulting in your death? What if the doctors then pointed fingers at each other, forcing the patient's family to trial? This stuff goes on all the time in Virginia courts.This sad but true set of facts is being litigated right now in a...

• Bad Peanut Butter from Peter Pan

  Ben Glass | February 15, 2007 9:20 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...

• $3,325,000 wrongful death verdict to be reduced.

  Ben Glass | February 09, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A recent medical malpractice case tried in Fairfax County showed once again how devastating Virginia's medical malpractice cap can be to families.A 3‑year‑old child developed neurological signs demonstrating an error of metabolism resulting in increased ammonia levels in the blood and brain. The child and her family presented to Inova Fairfax Hospital where allegedly the standard of care...

• More Protection Against Drunk Drivers

  Ben Glass | February 08, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  There is an interesting bill percolating in the Virginia General Assembly that would require anyone convicted of drunk driving to have double the mandatory minimum liability insurance in place before being permitted to drive again.You can check this bill out here. If you agree with me that this sounds like a good idea then you should contact your Virginia legislator and give them a piece of your...

• New York Advertising Rules Under Immediate Challenge

  Ben Glass | February 03, 2007 5:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I'm all for effective, ethical marketing by attorneys but state regulation of attorney ads must be weighed against First Amendment protections. Generally, states cannot regulate "taste" and are limited to limiting advertising by attorneys (or any business) that is false or deceptive. If the state wants to restrict advertising, it generally must show that a particular marketing technique results...

• Mary Washington Hospital Settles Five Malpractice Cases

  Ben Glass | February 01, 2007 8:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  According to an article in the TimesDispatch Mary Washington (Fredericksburg) Hospital has settled five of nine medical malpractice lawsuits filed against it after patients were injured or died after receiving allegedly contaminated heart surgery medication.This doesn't end this very sad story as two defendants, Central Admixture Pharmacy Services Inc. and B. Braun Medical, the pharmaceutical...