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Court takes Prudential Insurance Company to task in disability claim.
$19 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Case
A boy from Freehold, New Jersey who was disabled from birth has been awarded over $19 million by a Monmouth County, New Jersey jury in a medical malpractice suit, according to the boy’s attorney, Brian Drazin.
Tragic Anesthesia Case
anesthesia
medical malpractice
sedation surgery
Court was Wrong to Dismiss Case-Now the Parties Wait Longer for Justice
Supreme Court of Virginia says rejects standard defense tactic of "well, there was abnormal anatomy."
Virginia DUI Defense Book Now Available
If you or a loved one has been arrested for Driving While Intoxicated in Virginia, do yourself a huge favor and get this free book before you call a lawyer or attempt to "represent" yourself in court.
Ben Glass and Dan Kennedy author The Ultimate Success Secret
Ben Glass and internationally recognized marketing guru Dan Kennedy have co-authored "The Ultimate Success Secret."
New Fairfax Accident Blog Launched
October BenGlassLaw Newsletter
Yellow Page Ad for Virginia Personal Injury Attorney
Virginia Personal Injury Attorney Ben Glass Yellow Page Ad.
Free Book on Virginia Drunk Driving Arrests
Virginia Verdicts and Settlements
Review Virginia personal injury verdicts and settlements
June Newsletter
The June 2007 edition of the BenGlassLaw newsletter is now available
$350, 000 Settlement after Arbitration
$28,000,000 Award Against Federal Government
A federal judge has awarded $28,000,000 in a medical malpractice case against the United States Government.
$12,000,000 Virginia Slip and Fall Verdict
$65,000,000 Dry Cleaner Lawsuit Official Pleadings
This is the parties' Joint Pretrial Statement in the $65,000,000 dry cleaners lawsuit
Mistakes Virginia Accident Victims Make
After an injury, claimants and their doctors often make preventable mistakes in Virginia. Fairfax personal injury attorney Ben Glass tells how you can prevent these mistakes from wrecking your claim
Virginia Personal Injury and Accident Cases Verdicts and Settlements Summarized
Looking for a case similar to yours? All cases are different but this Virginia personal injury and accident verdict and settlement summary is a good place to start.
April 2007 Personal Injury Firm Newsletter
Virginia Verdicts and Settlements
Mary Washington Hospital Lawsuits Settled
Mary Washington Hospital cardiac surgery cases settled.
Virginia Malpractice Verdicts and Settlements
October 2006 Newsletter--Off to China!
BenGlassLaw October 2006 Newsletter
Wrongful Death Damages in Virginia
A brief summary of the types of damages recoverable in a wronful death case in Virginia.
No Immunity for Report Against Expert Witness
Medical malpractice defendants who reported expert to state board of medicine now will face defamation lawsuit.
Unum ex-employee affidavit
Former UnumProvident affidavit
Ben Glass to Lead Major Conference on Lawyer Advertising
Conference to focus on "Effective, Ethical and Outside the Box" marketing.
Resources for Ethical and Effective Lawyer Advertising
Ben Glass teaches other attorneys how to vastly improve their marketing using highly effective and ethical techniques.
Ethics in Lawyer Advertising
More information about the rules of lawyer advertising
Personal Injury Attorney Resources
Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice Case Upheld
Lawyer who failed to object to improper question waived the objection.
BenGlassLaw Teams Up With Love Without Boundaries
Funds Raised to Give HOPE to Chinese Orphans
The Truth About Lawyer Advertising Book Launched in New Website
Finally, a useful consumer guide to lawyer advertising. "The Truth About Lawyer Advertising" is an excellent reference tool for consumers who are overwhelmed with lawyer ads on TV, the Yellow Pages and the Internet.
Judge Orders Defamation Action Stayed
Fairfax, (VA) Circuit Court Judge Kathleen H. MacKay today ordered a stay of a defamation lawsuit filed by a local dentist against three former employees of his practice.
Doctors doing independent medical exams can be sued
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled that doctors doing examinations of plaintiffs for personal injury cases can be sued if they cause injury during the exam.
Former Dental Office Employees Seek Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit
Runaway Juries in DC?
This brief, filed by the DC Trial Lawyers Association, puts to rest the notion that the District is Full of Runaway Juries.
Honda Expert Caught Destroying Evidence!
Years after an expert witness is caught destroying important evidence, lawyers at Trial Lawyers for Public Justice convince the court to unseal an incredible tale of malfeasance.
Most Recent Print Newsletter Available Here
Summer-2006. Virginia's medical malpractice "reform;" Verdict Reports; Camera in the delivery room?; A form for doctors and patients.
Virginia Personal Injury Newsletters Vol 2
Virginia Personal Injury Newsletters Vol 1
Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdicts
Read these results from real medical malpractice cases in Virginia.
Virginia Verdicts
Real rulings from Virginia Personal Injury Jury Trials
Virginia's New Medical Malpractice Laws--Effective July 1, 2005
"Bad Doctors Targeted"
All of our new client testimonials are now here
Court Throws Out Case After Lawyer Error
Think its not important to make sure YOUR lawyer is an experienced ERISA long term disability claim lawyer?
Medical Liability Reform Kit
This package ensures that doctors can comply with the law and obtain the full "informed consent" of their patients.
$2,000, 000 Settlement for Car Crash Death of 74 Year Old Man
Virginia Court ruled that Maryland's "pain and suffering cap" did not apply to this case even though accident happened in Maryland
$950,000 Settlement for Man Crushed by Garage Door
Injuries will eventually force client to change jobs and be retrained.
$300,000 Settlement for Fibromyalgia Caused by Accident
Fibromyalgia Triggered by Side Impact Collission
$550,000 Settlement for Undiagnosed Broken Neck
Broken neck went undiagnosed for over 24 hours after admission to the hospital.

Court takes Prudential Insurance Company to task in disability claim.

Graham Harrison, suffered from Tourette Syndrome which prevented him from working on a full time basis. He applied for partial disability benefits under a disability insurance policy his employer had with Prudential Insurance Company of America. His treating physician, a neurologist and specialist in Tourette Syndrome had recommended that he consider reducing his work schedule to less than full time to accommodate his condition which have led to chronic anxiety, a disrupted sleep pattern and agitation. His doctor felt that a four day work week with a mid week break would benefit him immensely.

Prudential denied the request for benefits. Prudential's position was that since he had suffered Tourette's Syndrome for many years his records did not document a significant recent change that would warrant a change in his work patterns. Prudential also felt that if he could work four days there was no reason that he could not work five days in a week.

At first Prudential relied on the opinion of its "medical director", Jill C. Fallon, M.D., a doctor who was Board Certified in occupational medicine but had absolutely no expertise in neurology or Tourette's Syndrome. This doctor did not even examine the claimant.

Prudential also looked at the wrong definition of disability in denying the claim.

Mr. Harrison appealed the denial of benefits and included additional reports from his well qualified physicians. On appeal, Prudential showed the file this time to Albert Kowalski, M.D. another one of its employed physicians. Not only did Dr. Kowalski not have Board Certifications in neurology or psychiatry, he had absolutely no experience in the treatment of Tourette Syndrome and indeed had not had any clinical practice since 1987. Dr. Kowalski did not examine the claimant. Despite the lack of qualifications and any current experience in actually seeing patients, Dr. Kowalski was of the opinion that the claimant's condition should have improved over time.

On the basis of Dr. Kowalski's opinion, Prudential denied the claim. In denying the appeal Prudential once again quoted the wrong definition of disability. The plaintiff again appealed and this time consulted with yet another expert in Tourette Syndrome. He was evaluated by Oliver Sacks, M.D. a clinical professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an adjunct professor of neurology at the New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Sacks had authored numerous books and articles on Tourette Syndrome. It was Dr. Sacks' opinion that Mr. Harrison could maintain his effort and function very effectively for only two days at a time and then must take a break of a day to recover. He cannot function on a "standard" five day week. On the basis of this letter Prudential reversed its original decision and awarded benefits to the plaintiff. Prudential however continued to misstate policy provisions and indeed quoted language that appeared nowhere in the plan.

Two months after approving the claim Prudential began re evaluating the claim. This time Prudential took the position that the plaintiff's disability was caused at least in part by a mental psychoneurotic or personality disorder and that benefits were limited to 24 months. Prudential advised the claimant that his claim would most likely terminate the next month.

The problem with Prudential's denial of benefits this time was that there was no 24 month limitation in this policy.

Prudential also referred the file to Stephen N. Gerson, M.D. Dr. Gerson was Board Certified in psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry but listed his major professional activity as "administration." There was no evidence in the file that Dr. Gerson had any experience in the treatment of Tourette's Syndrome. He did not examine the claimant. It was Dr. Gerson's opinion that the various treating physicians and the claimant himself were simply making a "preference" for not working a five day work week. Shortly thereafter Prudential terminated benefits yet again.

Mr. Harrison filed suit under ERISA.

The court reversed Prudential's denial. The court found that "In the worst light, such conduct [misquoting policy provisions] indicates a conscious attempt on the part of Prudential to manufacture a reason for denying plaintiff benefits."

The court also found that the decision to terminate benefits was not supported by substantial evidence. The court said that Prudential had ceased on one piece of information that one of the doctor's had relayed to it to terminate benefits. The court found that Prudential had not relied on any new information to terminate benefits after it had previously approved benefits on the same information. The court also was critical of Prudential for using doctors who had no expertise in Tourette Syndrome and who never examined the claimant.

Fairfax, Virginia attorney Ben Glass represents doctor, dentists, lawyers and business executive in long term disability benefit claims.

$19 Million Verdict in Birth Injury Case

A boy from Freehold, New Jersey who was disabled from birth has been awarded over $19 million by a Monmouth County, New Jersey jury in a medical malpractice suit, according to the boy’s attorney, Brian Drazin.

Drazin said the money will allow Bonnie Kowalski, his 10-year-old client Brandon’s mother, to pay for his care for the remainder of his life, equip their home to accommodate his disabilities, and purchase a wheelchair-accessible van to transport him. Drazin said that, being completely disabled, Brandon is completely reliant on others to care for him.

After a trial which began on February 11, the jury deliberated for two days before finding that Arvind Palav, an obstetrician, was negligent and awarded $19.25 to the boy on Monday, March 17.

Drazin said that during her pregnancy, Palav misdiagnosed Kowalski after she contacted him on September 11, 1997, complaining of pain in her abdomen. He delayed in determining she was hemorrhaging and lost a great deal of blood, according to Drazin.
Palav also failed to perform the necessary tests on Kowalski and didn’t recognize that the unborn child could be in “fetal distress” and ignored the warnings of a nurse who discovered the problem, according to Drazin.

Drazin said that Brandon, who was delivered by C-section, had to be resuscitated and was in intensive care for four months. He now suffers from severe brain damage and cerebral palsy and is also legally blind.

Over 10 defendants were named in the original complaint, which included Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey and the chairmen of the obstetrics/gynecology and general surgery departments of the hospital. According to Drazin, some were dismissed quickly after he found that they had no part in the delays.

Once deliberations began, Judge Louis Locascio narrowed the issues to that Palav and a surgeon who performed exploratory surgery on Kowalski were the only defendants remaining in the case.

Tragic Anesthesia Case

In Illinois a jury has rejected the medical malpractice claim the family of a woman who was left in a persistent vegetative state after undergoing a surgical procedure for carpal tunnel syndrome filed against two anesthesiologists.

According to the attorneys for the family of Christina McCray, she received too much sedation during a July 6, 2001 surgical procedure in Maryville, Texas at Anderson Hospital, causing her to suffer sever brain damage.

The defendants in the case were Anesthesiologist Timothy Kurt and Gregory Collins. According the lawyers of McCray’s family, they did not properly supervise and monitor the anesthesia of McCray. They asked the jury to award approximately $20 million to the family as compensation for health care costs and non-economic damages.

McCray, 32, worked as a crane operator and had two sons, age 10 and 12 at the time of the operation. She is currently residing in a nursing home in Belleville, Texas.

There were 11 days worth of testimony heard by the jury and they deliberated for about two hours on Thursday, February 28 before reaching their decision.

Court was Wrong to Dismiss Case-Now the Parties Wait Longer for Justice

A typical tactic used by Virginia medical malpractice insurance companies to defend claims ateries are mistakenly clamped or sutured or cut in surgery is to say "well, the anatomy was abnormal," and that's why it happened.

The Virgnia Supreme Court recently held that a trial court was wrong in dismissing a case where there was conflicting evidence that there was abnormal anatomy.

Clifford Lewis Fanucci, Sr., died after undergoing hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for a cancerous growth on his kidney. Daniel Mark Hoffman, M.D. clamped the right renal artery instead of the left renal artery during surgery. When he discovered his error, he unclamped the artery but it tore, killing his patient.

There was conflicting evidence at trial about whether Fanucci's anatomy was unusual. Doctors who came in to repair the torn right renal artery that they found nothing abnormal. The pathologist who did the autopsy said he found nothing unusual about the position of the right renal artery, either.

The only doctors to testify that there was anything 'unusual' about the right renal artery were the defendant and his partner!

The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the trial court and ordered a new trial.

Comment from Virginia Medical Malpractice Attorney Ben Glass: the actions of the trial judge are frightening and demonstrate just how difficult a jurisdiction Virginia is for medical malpractice cases. As I read the opinion, there was basically guess-work on the part of the defendant and his partner as to how or why he managed to clamp the wrong artery. There was no real 'evidence' on this issue. In fact, the only real 'evidence' from two indepedent doctors who actually saw the right renal artery was that the anatomy was normal. To me this case is not even close and there is no way the judge should have stopped the jury from making the decision.

This was enourmously expensive for both parties. Even if the judge felt the case should not have been decided by the jury he should have allowed them to decide it later. Then, he could have reversed the jury's decision, but at least the Supreme Court could have reinstated the jury's verdict.

The judge was wrong.. now the parties wait at least another year, spend another $$75,000 or so to retry the case.

Virginia DUI Defense Book Now Available

The Virginia DUI Defense Book will be emailed to you in just a few minutes. Just click on this link to go to the order form (it's free.)

Ben Glass and Dan Kennedy author The Ultimate Success Secret

Dan Kennedy has done something he has never done before--co-authored a book with an attorney!

Is it possible that there is one single, super-powerful secret of success of far greater importance than all others?

There is (and it was left out of the popular bestseller, The Secret.

In this 172 page book marketing guru's Dan Kennedy and Ben Glass explore the world of successful entrepreneurs to seek out and explore the secret that the most successful people on earth have.

Sample Chapters Include:

A Word About Heroes

It's Not Allstate's Fault

A Conversation You Must Have With Yourself Before You Begin

Nine Success Strategies You Must Know

"Abundance" Doesn't Care

Real World Tips to Get It All Done

Secrets of Renegade Millionaires Discovered

New Fairfax Accident Blog Launched

BenGlassLaw announces the start of another blog, this time devoted to car accident claims in Fairfax County, Virginia.
You can reach this blog at www.FairfaxAccidentAttorney.com

October BenGlassLaw Newsletter

The October 2007 BenGlassLaw Newsletter is available here.

Yellow Page Ad for Virginia Personal Injury Attorney

Here is the Personal Injury Yellow Page Ad from Fairfax, Virginia Attorney, Ben Glass

Free Book on Virginia Drunk Driving Arrests

Virginia's DUI and DWI expert, attorney Bob Battle, has co-authored a fantastic new book that is free to anyone who has been arrested for drunk driving in Virginia. The Virginia Drunk Driving and DWI book is available here.

Virginia Verdicts and Settlements

You can review Virginia personal injury and accident verdicts and settlements here.

June Newsletter

Here is the BenGlassLaw June newsletter

$350, 000 Settlement after Arbitration

The plaintiff’s vehicle was rear ended by a dump truck in Norfolk. She suffered injuries to her neck that prevented her from working as a dump truck driver. Read more.

$28,000,000 Award Against Federal Government

Because the negligence occurred in California Virginia’s medical malpractice cap, which would have limited recovery to $1,000,000.00, did not apply. Read the entire story here.

$12,000,000 Virginia Slip and Fall Verdict

$65,000,000 Dry Cleaner Lawsuit Official Pleadings

You can ge the official Joint Pretrial Statement of the $65,000,000 dry cleaners lawsuit here.

Mistakes Virginia Accident Victims Make

Virginia Personal Injury and Accident Cases Verdicts and Settlements Summarized

Click on the link below to be taken to a page of summaries of reported Virginia accident and injury case verdicts and settlements. You probablhy won't find a case exactly like yours but you may find something close enough to get a 'good idea' of what your case is worth. Remember, that each case is unique.

You can get more information by reading Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Virginia Car Accident Case.

April 2007 Personal Injury Firm Newsletter

Click the link below to go to the PDF version of our Virginia personal injury newsletter

Virginia Verdicts and Settlements

Click the link below to see a summary of Virginia personal injury and car accident verdicts and settlements. While each case is different, you may see a case similar to yours. An experienced personal injury attorney can help you evaluate your case. Get our free personal injury book.

Mary Washington Hospital Lawsuits Settled

Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia has settled five medical malpractice lawsuits filed against it after patients were injured
or died after receiving allegedly contaminated heart surgery medication.

This lawsuit is not over as two defendants, Central Admixture Pharmacy Services Inc. and B. Braun Medical, the pharmaceutical service's parent company, have not settled and apparently will go to trial.

A total of nine lawsuits were originally filed as families or patients alleged death or injury as a result of the bad medication. The surgeries were performed in 2004 and 2005.

The families were represented by Stephanie Grana of the Richmond, Virginia, law firm of Cantor Arkema.

Those interested in learning more about medical malpractice cases in Virginia should order Why Most Medical Malpractice Victims Never Recover a Dime.

Virginia Malpractice Verdicts and Settlements

Click the link below to see a directory of medical malpractice verdicts and settlements in Virginia. While each case is different, you may see a case similar to yours. Get our free Virginia Medical Malpractice Book.

October 2006 Newsletter--Off to China!

The BenGlassLaw October 2006 newsletter highlights Ben and Sandi's journey to China to adopt 6 year old Emma. Here's the newsletter.

Wrongful Death Damages in Virginia

Attorney Ben Glass discusses the types of damages that a jury can consider in a wrongful death case in Virginia.

No Immunity for Report Against Expert Witness

There is an alarming trend in this country of physician defendants making complaints to state Boards of Medicine about experts who give testimony against them. This new case from Florida makes clear that physicians who make these complaints to the Board of Medicine can be liable for defamation and other torts and cannot hide behind peer-review privileges.

Read more about this defamation case filed by a medical malpractice expert witness.

Unum ex-employee affidavit

Former employee Daniel Donatelli outlines more questionable claims practices at the world's largest disability insurance company.

Ben Glass to Lead Major Conference on Lawyer Advertising

Fairfax, Virginia personal injury and medical malpractice attorney Ben Glass has teamed up with the preeminent provider of law firm newsletters in the country, Newsletters Ink to present the "Effective, Ethical and Outside the Box Marketing Conference" in four locations this Fall.

This unique two day seminar is devoted wholly to teaching consumer lawyers to effectively and ethically promote and build their practices. The program teaches the change in mindset, (i.e. you shouldn't be copying what other lawyers do) followed bylooking at the "outside of the box" techniques that other entrepreuners use to build businesses and asking "how could we use that in our practice?"

The program's featured speakers include Cindy Speaker and Tom Foster . Speaker has a wealth of experience leading the marketing of large personal injury law firms and Foster is one of the country's preeminent web designers for small law firms.

Ben Glass is the creator of the Great Legal Marketing Ultimate Personal Injury Practice Building Toolkit.

Resources for Ethical and Effective Lawyer Advertising

Ethics in Lawyer Advertising

Personal Injury Attorney Resources

Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice Case Upheld

The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled that medical experts must state opinions "within a reasonable degree of medical probability" but that a lawyer's failure to make a timely objection to an improperly phrased question means that objection is waived.
Cosmetic plastic surgeon George Bitar, MD was sued in Fairfax, Virginia Circuit Court for medical malpractice arising out of a "tummy tuck" operation. The jury found in favor of the patient and Dr. Bitar appealed the verdict.
The doctor's complaint was that the patient's expert witness, while outlining details of the malpractice, failed to couch his opinions using the "magic phrase" "within a reasonable degree of medical probability." Dr. Bitar's lawyers waited, however, until after the expert had left the courtroom to make the objection.
The Supreme Court ruled that the objection had to be made while the expert was testifying, not later. The Court upheld the malpractice verdict against Dr. Bitar.
The complete medical malpractice opinion from the Supreme Court of Virginia is here.

BenGlassLaw Teams Up With Love Without Boundaries

As many of you know, Ben and Sandi Glass will be traveling to China later this fall to adopt “Emma” a six year old girl currently living in an orphanage. She will be coming “home” to a family that includes six other brothers and sisters.

Ben and Sandi have teamed up with Love Without Boundaries, a world-wide group of volunteers dedicated to the belief that “every child counts.” Love Without Boundaries provides these children with HOPE by providing nutrition, medical care, education and loving foster families.

Sandi Glass has handcrafted jewelry which is available exclusively at the Love Without Boundaries web site. Visit the site and click on the “store” link or go directly to the store here. . All proceeds go to fund the work of Love Without Boundaries.

The Truth About Lawyer Advertising Book Launched in New Website

Finally, a useful consumer guide to lawyer advertising. "The Truth About Lawyer Advertising" is an excellent reference tool for consumers who are overwhelmed with lawyer ads on TV, the Yellow Pages and the Internet.

Judge Orders Defamation Action Stayed

JUDGE ORDERS STAY OF DEFAMATION CASE PENDING BOARD OF DENTISTRY REVIEW

Fairfax, (VA) Circuit Court Judge Kathleen H. MacKay today ordered a stay of a defamation lawsuit filed by a local dentist against three former employees of his practice.

The Virginia Attorney General’s office had asked for a stay of the $700,000 Fairfax County lawsuit filed late last year in which the dentist alleges he was defamed after one of the employees filed a complaint against him with the Virginia Board of Dentistry.

The Virginia Board of Dentistry will take up the matter in a public hearing currently scheduled to take place on June 16, 2006. The stay will be in effect at least until that date.

In the lawsuit, Farid A. Zurmati, DDS, owner of Kingstowne Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, alleges that a former office manager “made numerous allegations against [him]” that were false and defamatory and that as a result, he has suffered “personal humiliation, mental anguish and injury to his business.” The lawsuit also alleges that the former employees conspired with each other to willfully injure Furmati’s reputation. The former employees have vigorously denied the allegations.

Benjamin W. Glass, III, attorney for one of the former employees said: “My client made a confidential complaint to the board of dentistry after she witnessed several incidents in the office. We are pleased that Judge McKay stayed the lawsuit pending a full hearing by the Virginia Board of Dentistry. Citizens should feel free to file confidential complaints regarding patient safety without fear of being sued. This lawsuit will have a real chilling effect on the Board of Dentistry’s efforts to investigate complaints filed against Virginia dentists and will likely frighten other consumers who are contemplating making these types of complaints.”

The defendants and the Commonwealth of Virginia have also moved to dismiss the case entirely. The motion will be taken up after the stay is lifted, later this year. No trial date has been set.

Mr. Glass is a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney in Fairfax, VA. Pleadings in this case are available. The case is Zurmati v. Gailliot, Fairfax, VA Circuit Court, No. CL-2005-5555

Doctors doing independent medical exams can be sued

Former Dental Office Employees Seek Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit

Runaway Juries in DC?

Honda Expert Caught Destroying Evidence!

TV screenwriters could not have written a more sordid tale of corporate malfeasance. Here's the story of how one judge stood up to a major corporation, and then how Trial Lawyers for Public Justice fought to have an order unsealed which exposed this expert witness.

Most Recent Print Newsletter Available Here

The newest issue of our popular free newsletter.

Virginia Personal Injury Newsletters Vol 2

Virginia Personal Injury Newsletters Vol 1

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdicts

Virginia Verdicts

What Virginia Juries say about injury cases.

Virginia's New Medical Malpractice Laws--Effective July 1, 2005

Repeat Offenders to face competency hearings. Expressions of sympathy not allowed at trial. More.

All of our new client testimonials are now here

Court Throws Out Case After Lawyer Error

Fourth Circuit upholds dismissal of claim when law firm missed internal appeal deadline.

Medical Liability Reform Kit

Medical liability reform back on the minds of many Virginia legislators (and not a few national legislators as well.) This package will help doctors get the full consent of their patients and offers an opportunity for legislators (state and national) to sign up their own families right now. Just click on the link below.

$2,000, 000 Settlement for Car Crash Death of 74 Year Old Man

Our firm, together with my friend, Rob Jenner, of Janet, Jenner and Suggs, of Baltimore, Maryland represented the family of a 74 year old man killed when he drove his car into the back of a tow truck that had stopped in the "fast lane" of southbound 495 in Prince George's County, Maryland.

$950,000 Settlement for Man Crushed by Garage Door

Our client was hit and injured by a falling 500 pound garage door. He suffered fractures to his shoulder, ribs, back, femur and heel.

$300,000 Settlement for Fibromyalgia Caused by Accident

In August we reached a settlement in a case where the plaintiff's fibromyalgia was triggered by a car accident that occurred in Tyson's Corner, Virginia. Click the link below to reaq more.

$550,000 Settlement for Undiagnosed Broken Neck

In July we reached a settlement on behalf of the estate of a man who's broken neck went undiagnosed for over a day after he entered the hospital. He had been involved in a minor accident and taken to the hospital with back pain. When he later developed neck pain, no one paid attention to his complaints.

Click on the link below to read more.

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