Posts tagged Rants and Raves

• "No" to Mandatory Legal Malpractice Insurance

  Ben Glass | October 31, 2007 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Virginia State Bar is again considering the issue of forcing lawyers to buy malpractice insurance. Complete waste of time.Their own statistics show that 90% of lawyers who deal with the public have malpractice insurance.I think that lawyers should carry malpractice insurance but its not the business of the bar to force any business owner to carry insurance any more than it could force the...

• The idiots running Little League baseball

  Ben Glass | July 30, 2007 2:12 PM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There is an interesting article in Sunday's Washington Post. It seems that the father of an eight-year-old Little League or was umpiring game, most probably as a volunteer, when a situation occurred that caused him to want to go look up the official rules in the Little League rulebook. He checked the Little League website first with no success. To make a long story very short what he found...

• Dangerous Dogs In Fairfax County

  Ben Glass | November 01, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I'm so glad to learn that upon searching, there are no dangerous dogs in Fairfax County.Now I can sleep at night.I'm sorry. This is idiotic. Who is going to go here to search. How much did Virginia spend on this?Oh, I get it now.The state is requiring liability insurance for dangerous dogs. Wonder who is insuring that?Here's the code section:Virginia Code § 3.1-796.93:1. Control of dangerous or...

• Bad Peanut Butter from Peter Pan

  Ben Glass | February 15, 2007 9:20 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  ConAgra Foods Inc., has recalled peanut butter linked by federal officials to nearly 300 cases of salmonella in 39 states.ConAgra Foods sells Peter Pan peanut butter and certain batches of Wal-Mart's Great Value house brand. Dirty jars or equipment at the plant of the manufacturer, ConAgra Foods Inc, is susected as the culprit in the outbreak.Shoppers across the country were warned to throw out...

• Disciplinary investigation into $65,000,000 dry cleaner lawsuit?

  Ben Glass | May 09, 2007 1:29 PM | 3 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Jon Haber, CEO of the American Association for Justice has written a letter to the District of Columbia Bar, asking that it open an investigation into Judge Roy Pearson, for his pursuit of the $65,000,000 dry cleaner lawsuit.We have previously commented on this lawsuit and posted some of actual pleadings. Jon Haber letter to District of Columbia Bar Association May 8, 2007 Mr. James...

• Health Insurance Plans taking more than their fair share

  Ben Glass | November 20, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There is an article in today's Wall Street Journal about the bit that 'subrogation' can take out of your personal injury case. The WSJ blog has a good discussion going and I have contributed to it. The bottom line with personal injury cases today is that the plaintiff and her lawyer need to figure out, in advance, whether the health benefit plan will be seeking reimbursement. If so, this has to...

• Middle School "No Touch" Rule is Nuts

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

  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...

• $65,000,000 dry cleaner lawsuit official pleadings

  Ben Glass | May 07, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It's a large file but the parties joint pretrial statement in the $65,000,000 dry cleaners lawsuit is available by clicking on this link to the Parties' Joint Pretrial Statement in the $65,000,000 dry cleaners lawsuit in Washington, D.C. It's very interesting reading. Looks like the case is scheduled to be tried without a jury. This dry cleaners case has received national attention, most of it...

• Rocket Ship Liability Crisis in Virginia

  Ben Glass | January 25, 2007 12:49 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Ok all you folks lining up to take sub-orbital space flights originating in Virginia--beware that if the rocket ship provider launching you atop a couple million gallons of explosive fuel screws up and kills you, you might not be able to sue them for their carelessness.I kid you not. There is a bill that has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly that would shield spaceflight entities...

• Is Capping Payday Loan Rates a Good Idea?

  Ben Glass | November 05, 2007 6:20 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Here we go again. New laws being floated in Virginia to cap profits a business can earn. Those businesses making "payday" type loans are in the riskiest of lending businesses. They are taking a huge risk, and should be allowed to charge whatever they want as long as1. Loan terms are fully and fairly described2.The rules of the loan terms are followed.After that, no one is forcing these folks to...