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Disabled Adult To Supreme Court with Charitable Immnunity Challenge

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Posted by Ben GlassApril 04, 2009 7:59 PM
Tags: Didlake, Inc, charitable immunity, Supreme Court of Virginia
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A disabled adult from Prince William County, Virginia will take the dismissal of his lawsuit against Didlake, Inc. the Virginia Supreme Court.

Juan Jimenez, who is severely disabled from seizures suffered as an infant, alleged that he was injured while in the care of Didlake, Inc. an organization devoted to caring for and employing disabled adults. When his guardian filed suit on his behalf, claiming Jimenez's leg was broken while in the care of Didlake employees, Didlake moved to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that it was an charitable organization entitled to full immunity.

After a hearing the court agreed and dismissed the lawsuit.

Read more about the appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia on the dismissal of this lawsuit here.

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Wayne ParsonsInjuryBoard Attorney Member
Posted by Wayne Parsons
April 05, 2009 2:31 PM

Immunity is a terrible concept. Isn't American democracy based upon checks and balances and responsibility. For the past 1o years the lobbyists for powerful special interests have lined up at outr legislatures essentially bribing politicians to pass laws to eliminate responsibility. The end result in the case of "charitible organizations" is that they will be shunned by the public when people find out that they don't care about safety because they can injure without be held responsible. What do you think the Supreme Cort will do? Isn't Roberts an attorney who favors eliminating lawsuits by the public in mots situations?

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