Miscellaneous

• 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...

• 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...

• Not enough car insurance? Whose fault is that?

  Ben Glass | May 29, 2007 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  At least two times a month I get calls from potential clients who have been involved in serious automobile accidents but for whom I can be of no assistance. I spoke to a woman the other day who had been rear ended by a large SUV. She suffered a serious injury to her neck and faces the prospect of multiple surgeries and an inability to work at all in the future.The bad news is that despite the...

• Fleet Bowel Prep Lawsuit for $10,000,000

  Ben Glass | May 16, 2007 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Norfolk, Virginia and AAJ member Jeffrey Breit has filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the manufacturer of Fleet's bowel prep. The claimant claims Fleet's store bought solution interacted with her high blood pressure drugs she was taking, causing kidney failure.The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer "had known for at least 12 years of the potential of the product to produce dehydration,...

• Telephone call. Did not settle case.

  Ben Glass | May 15, 2007 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A Rockingham County Circuit Court judge has ruled that even though an insurance claims adjuster and a plaintiff reached a verbal agreement by telephone to settle a case for $1,500.00, the cover letter from the insurance adjuster clearly contemplated that the settlement would only be final once the release was signed and the settlement check cashed. Therefore the claimant, who consulted with an...

• Death From Falling Soccer Goal

  Ben Glass | May 11, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  As a life long soccer player and soccer referee for over 30 years, this story saddens me deeply.Apparently another child has died from injuries sustained when a soccer goal tipped over. The death of a 10 year old Winchester, Virginia soccer player happened just a couple of days ago.The consumer product safety commission has long warned of the danger of soccer goals tipping over, yet even today...