For only the second time in VTLA’s 50-year history, a Life-time Achievement Award will be presented. Bob Hall was the President of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association when I came to work for him in Fairfax after graduation from the University of Miami School of Law. He was my mentor, and we travelled all over…
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In yesterday’s post I discussed the drug Reglan, what it is used for, why it may be dangerous and what kinds of claims are brought when a drug causes harm to innocent users. The negative side effect from this drug include a condition called “Tardive Dyskinesia.” “Tardive” means “late” or “tardy” and “Dyskinesia” (or “dyscinesia”)…
Continue readingOver 25 years ago, after graduate studies in Applied Anatomy & Physiology, I worked at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America headquarters in Georgetown. At the Drug Product Liability Exchange, we researched cases involving defective and dangerous drugs and assisted lawyers from around the world with cases on behalf of injured drug users. That…
Continue readingIn 1983 I had the good fortune to work for the Thompson solicitor firm in their London headquarters. This firm of over 120 solicitors in a dozen locations throughout the United Kingdom used the most advanced advocacy techniques to help clients with injury, accident and disease claims. Because the science is the same on “both…
Continue readingA delivery man was bitten through storm door and received a puncture wound to his hand. The innocent delivery man had to undergo surgery for the tendon and nerve damage caused by the dog’s attack. In this case, the plaintiff was a UPS delivery man who was bitten in the hand by the defendant’s white…
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