Miscellaneous

• $54 Million Lawsuit over dry cleaned pants won't get new trial

  Ben Glass | December 18, 2008 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Remember the knucklehead who sued the dry cleaners for $54 million and wasted everyone's time? Couldn't find a lawyer so he represented himself? Remember that guy. The D.C. Court of Appeal turned...

• Fairfax, VA fraud: "you owe the police $7,500 for false alarms from your burglar alarm.

  Ben Glass | December 14, 2008 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A woman at reported getting a call with this message by a bill collector. The bill collector told her that they were collecting an overdue debt owed the Fairfax police because of false alarms from...

• Virginia Federal Court Rules in Favor of Disability Claimant

  Ben Glass | August 27, 2008 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  In the first ERISA disability case to discuss the newest case from the United States Supreme Court, the disability claimant was awarded a huge win against Liberty Life Insurance Company. I was...

• More on WhoCanISue.com

  Ben Glass | August 08, 2008 6:59 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  Interesting that the Whois Database lists the address for this website as the same building as an alleged spammer and an company that allegedly did not fulfill promises. Also the URL has been owned...

• WhoCanISue.com Won't Attract Real Trial Lawyers

  Ben Glass | August 08, 2008 6:36 AM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Time Magazine has an article about a new attorney referral marketing website and Time is using it to take another shot at lawyers....and rightfully so this time...except that I don't believe the...

• How long do I have to decide what to do (file a suit, hire a lawyer, etc)?

  Ben Glass | July 31, 2008 3:11 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  How long do I have to decide what to do (file a suit, hire a lawyer, etc)? How can I find the right lawyer for my personal injury case?

• Paying for the estate

  Ben Glass | July 31, 2008 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  My mother was in accident and died. It was head on the car behind her hit her also. The two people in that car are suing estate for 75,000 dollars. She only had $2,000 in estate account. Will I...

• Senate Finally Questioning Dubious Disability Insurance Practice

  Ben Glass | July 25, 2008 6:24 AM | 4 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The disability insurance companies are being taken to task again for helping to waste government money and being a part of the cause of social security claims being so backed up in this country.

• Consumer Alert (again) Lawyer Directory AttorneysDelivered.com

  Ben Glass | July 17, 2008 9:49 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  I previously talked about DUI1.com a "Find Your DUI lawyer" website that boasted about its qualified lawyers at the same time it was soliciting lawyers to "join the network" by telling them that...

• Consumer Alert--Tread Cautiously With the Lawyer Directory Websites

  Ben Glass | June 25, 2008 10:21 PM | 4 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  An email sent today to lawyers across the country should cause consumers use due-diligence when searching for a lawyer on the Internet. DUI1.com, a very popular and highly ranked (in Google)...