Miscellaneous

• Malfunctioning Fireworks Traced Back to One Manufacturer?

  Ben Glass | July 06, 2007 5:58 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to various news reports, the fireworks that shot into a crowd in Vienna, Virginia were made by the same company whose fireworks malfunctioned elsewhere on July 4. The fireworks displays at at least six shows operated by Pyrotechnics of Ronks, Pa. allegedly malfunctioned. So far it appears that the only malfunctions causing injuries were at the Vienna Elementary School show.Two people...

• Vienna Virginia Fireworks Injury Horror

  Ben Glass | July 05, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  At least nine people were injured last night at Vienna elementary school in Vienna Virginia when fireworks at a public fireworks display misfired and were shot into the crowd. According to news reports this morning several of the injuries are serious and one man has been transported to the Washington Hospital Center's burn unit.Unfortunately, fireworks are a major cause of injury in the United...

• Merck Dealt Major Blow in Vioxx Case

  Ben Glass | July 04, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The fact that the Food and Drug Administration approved certain warnings to be placed in Merck's pain drug Vioxx does not immunize the company from lawsuits for "failure to warn." This is the ruling of Federal Judge Eldon Fallon, sitting in New Orleans. Drug companies and other product manufacturers typically try to hide behind the fact that "the government approved our warning, so you can't sue...

• Arbitration Award for Falling Ladder

  Ben Glass | June 25, 2007 5:37 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to published reports the plaintiff was injured when a ladder fell in a back room of a Food Lion grocery store in Richmond Virginia. While she did not immediately seek medical treatment she began to complain of persistent headaches about a week after the accident.She was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome and developed short-term memory problems that result by the time of an...

• When "But I just had one beer" might work

  Ben Glass | June 21, 2007 6:06 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to new published studies there's now another risk for those undergoing gastric bypass surgery: it may only take one drink to become legally intoxicated. This should be a clear warning to gastric bypass patients who consider drinking and driving. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine conducted the testng by giving 19 post-operative gastric bypass patients and 17 control...

• Idiot Adults and Underage Drinking

  Ben Glass | June 20, 2007 11:48 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  I've written frequently in my firm newsletter about idiot parents hosting underage drinking parties and some Virginia parents just went off to the slammer for 27 months for hosting a really big one. This morning's Washington Post has an article about a Bethesda soccer club coach who was arrested in Dewey Beach, Delaware, and charged with a whole bunch of counts of endangering the welfare of...

• Middle School "No Touch" Rule is Nuts

  Ben Glass | June 20, 2007 6:13 AM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  OK, OK, this might not be directly related to the law but it is about life, so I'm writing about it. It's bad enough when schools ban dodgeball, soccer, football and the like. My seven year old tells me that when they play kickball, they can't throw the ball at the runnner to get them "out." (Those games on Jayhawk Street in Annandale would have gone on forever without being able to throw the...

• Live Blog from the "$65 Million Pants Lawsuit"

  Ben Glass | June 12, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  The Washington Post has a guy in the courthouse doing a live "hour by hour/witness by witness" blog of the silliest lawsuit currently pending in any court in the country. You'll remember that some judge has sued the local dry cleaners for a whopping $65 million dollars for losing his pants. (They found them later, but details... details....)This suit has been widely and soundly condemned by...

• Greedy Trial Lawyer Image Deserved?

  Ben Glass | June 06, 2007 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  To a certain extent, some lawyers have made things even more difficult for the rest of us because of advertising that does not better than "I can shout louder and bolder than you can." Not knowing any better, frankly, they try to attract the attention of accident victims with ads flashing huge amounts of cash, showing gory accident scenes, or promising "quick and easy settlements." This type of...

• Store Owner's Duty to Use Safety Glass

  Ben Glass | June 01, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  We Get Questions:One of my sons were at a sports bar and a incident occurred inside with my youngest son. The manager on duty asked all parties to take it out side. My other son went out to make sure his brother will be OK. One of the other guys ran up and shoved my son through a plate glass window causing him to go to the Hospital and received 35 internal and external stitches. Should this...