A federal judge ruled last month that seven homeowners should get a combined total of $2.6 million from the Chinese drywall manufacturer, Taishan Gypsum. The seven Virginian homeowners claimed the corrosive drywall had ruined their homes. But American Association for Justice (AAJ) President Anthony Tarricone says there is no guarantee the company will comply because…
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According to the VDOT Work Safety Zone Coordinator Brian Fry, in 2008 there were more than 2,000 crashes in highway work zones in Virginia. In those crashes, 6 people died and more than 1,000 were injured. The statistics show that 80% of those killed in work zone crashes are drivers, not highway workers. When you…
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This will be a short post. The law firms that are buying television, radio and newspaper advertising “trolling” for oil spill cases in Florida, Texas and Louisiana demonstrate some of the worst of what people think of trial lawyers. The big class action firms have already bought google ads and have begun on-line searching for…
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A jury awarded $51,000 to a woman who claimed a motor vehicle accident ruptured her breast implants. In 2007, the plaintiff was rear-ended by an uninsured motorist while stopped at a traffic light. The plaintiff initially claimed soft-tissue back injuries. As sometimes happens in personal injury litigation, she was later diagnosed another medical condition. In…
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3/16 Why does a car crash, slip and fall and dog bite case cost so much to take to trial ? There is one cost item that is common to truck/car crash, slip and fall and dog bite cases. Purcellville and Middleburg area injury lawyer Doug Landau points out that in each of these cases,…
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