- Ben Glass | August 31, 2007 11:10 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeEvery once in a while I think that Virginia couldn't be a worse place to be hurt or killed by a doctor and then I read stories like this.Seems that German doctors removed the top of a man's skull for an operation. They put it in the refrigerator during the operation but the fridge wasn't working, so the skull deteriorated and could not be replaced. The German court, reasoning that his new...
- Ben Glass | August 30, 2007 3:02 PM |
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Automobile Accidentsto deny claims..This story is almost unbelievable yet Progressive Insurance Company has ADMITTED to these actions. It seems that the insurance company actually hired private detectives to JOIN A CHURCH in order to discredit a couple suing the insurer.Progressive Corp Chief Executive Glenn Renwick has apologized for the use of private detectives."What the investigators and Progressive people did...
- Ben Glass | August 23, 2007 8:52 AM |
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MiscellaneousMy family is insured under an individual health insurance policy with CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield here in Virginia. Every so often I get a letter from a law firm called Seidel Subrogation Associates, LLC, which demands information from me, on behalf of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.Someone is paying to send out the letters. Probably me since I am a policy holder.CareFirst has obviously...
- Ben Glass | August 15, 2007 5:46 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Virginia State police are now reporting that Elaine Minnette "Nettie" Thackston, 20, of Fairfax, Va. had been drinking when the car she was driving pulled in front of a tractor trailer on graduation night, killing all four women in the car.Other alcohol and marijuana were also found in the car. While the alcohol limit did not meet Virginia's definition of "drunk driving" it did exceed...
- Ben Glass | August 15, 2007 12:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousOk, so you get yourself in hot water with the feds over your alleged dog fighting scheme and the nuts come out. Now, Michael Vick has been sued in Federal Court in Richmond, Virginia for $63 billion by an inmate in South Carolina who alleges that Vick:Stole pit bulls from him to use for fightingDamaged the RFID chips in his dogs' collars so they couldn't be trackedSold the dogs on EBAY (and used...
- Ben Glass | August 14, 2007 4:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis case shows why you should be checking your own car insurance policy right now. This local accident victim suffered what a jury determined to be $400,000 of injuries. The driver who hit him only had $50,000 of insurance (and, in Virginia, its perfectly legal to drive without car insurance.) Fortunately he had been smart enough (or just plain lucky) to have purchased a USAA policy with...
- Ben Glass | August 13, 2007 5:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousMSNBC has pretty good video on this silly 1-800 Flowers lawsuit. Now he's complaining about all of the negative publicity he's gotten and the 'mental anguish" from the public feeback he's getting from his lawsuit.So let me get this straight. He cheats on his wife and buys flowers for his mistress. Then he complains when his wife finds out about the affair. Then he files a lawsuit that somehow...
- Ben Glass | August 13, 2007 4:34 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Virginia Beach mother of two who was broadsided by a car traveling at 40 MPH and suffered wrist, neck, and back pain, was awarded $194K in a recent trial in the Norfolk, Virigina area.. After the crash, the plaintiff consulted with a chiropractor, neurosurgeon, and physiatrist who determined that she was a member the very small minority of people who are unable to fully recover from...
- Ben Glass | August 12, 2007 5:23 AM |
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MiscellaneousSeems a Houston man used 1-800 Flowers to send his love interest flowers and a card. Problem was, it wasn't his wife. So, to be careful, Leroy Greer told the flower delivery company to not send him a receipt. They didn't. But they did send a thank you card to his home later.Guess what happened next?Yes. His wife, curious, calls the flower company and gets receipt faxed over. Then she files for...
- Ben Glass | August 11, 2007 11:44 AM |
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MiscellaneousMid way through training for the Marine Corp Marathon, there's a terrific race this Sunday in Leesburg. Brian and I will be running, and we'll be joined by Herndon attorney Doug Landau and his better half, Melissa. Apparently we'll be hanging out with 1300 other runners at the 19th annual Leesburg 10K/20K Race along the W&OD Trail.This Fall I'll be running with Caitlin and Brian in the Marine...
- Ben Glass | August 10, 2007 11:40 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to a press release from the Virginia State Police, a cargo van driven by 60-year-old Donald Weeks slid under the back of a tractor-trailer parked at the rest area two days ago. Reportedly, Weeks died at the scene. State police said a toxicology test will be conducted to determine if drugs or alcohol were involved although no autopsy will be performed.The truck driver, James Cash of...
- Ben Glass | August 01, 2007 2:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued an opinion this week in a case called to Viola J. Scott v. Crestar Financial Corporation. Nothing particularly esoteric or difficult about the decision. Footnote 15 of the decision however sad "the court sincerely regrets the unusual delay in issuing this opinion." You see, the case was argued over seven years before was decided.In a time...