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• Tort Reform Means Less Safety

  Michael Phelan | June 12, 2009 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The naive among us who believe that limiting our Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury would benefit most citizens probably also supported Newt Gingrich's plan in the 1990's to privatize the Food...

• Appellate Court Rules Against Veteran In Suit Against Fahrenheit 9/11 Filmmaker

  Bill Tucker | March 27, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A Federal Appellate Court ruled that a veteran did not have a cause of action for defamation against documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for using footage of the veteran's television interview in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11. The veteran, who lost both of his arms after a helicopter tire exploded while he was serving in Iraq, had been interviewed by Peter Jennings of ABC News while he was being...

• How to Save Hundreds of Dollars on Auto Insurance

  Michael Phelan | September 17, 2007 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Thanks to a tip from fellow injuryboard blogger, Ben Glass, I recently contacted my automobile insurer to report that my eldest child matriculated from his high school and is now attending college. When our auto insurer learned that my son would not have a car on campus, it lowered our annual premiums by almost $700.00. My son is still an insured driver on our policy, but the carrier now deems...

• Local Grocer Wins $16 M Against National Chain

  Michael Phelan | July 19, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Richmond's own Johnny Johnson won a $16 million verdict against grocery giant, Supervalue, Inc., the nation's third largest grocery chain. The jury awarded $15.5 million for negligent misrepresentation and $500,000 for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Johnson started in the grocery business as a bag boy and worked his way up to manager. In the early 1990's, Richfood, Inc....

• $21 Million Awarded in Cellphone Auto Crash

  Michael Phelan | July 19, 2007 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A woman in Palm Beach, Florida caused a car crash that killed another person because she was distracted by talking on her cell phone. A Palm Beach jury recently ordered the distracted driver to pay $21.6 million to the beneficiaries of the person killed in the crash. We've all seen people driving on the highway while distracted by cell phone conversations or, worse yet, attempting to text...

• Avandia May Increase Risk of Heart Attack

  Michael Phelan | May 22, 2007 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Avandia was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999 to treat type 2 diabetes and is used by an estimated two million people worldwide. An article published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that Avandia significantly increased the risk of heart attacks and heart-related deaths. The article prompted the FDA to issue a public safety alert advising users of...

• The Independence of Judges

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2006 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Violence against Judges is on the rise. So much so that some Judges now carry a concealed weapon for fear that they will face retaliation for prior judicial decisions. At many courtrooms, Judges now feel the need to park in secure areas and be protected by airport like security.Recently, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) stated that there might be a connection between the violence against Judges and...

• HEC Shoots Down Bus Seat Belt Bill

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Citing the fact that school bus safety studies are inconclusive, the House Education Committee voted 18-4 against requiring seatbelts to be installed on all new busses puchased by school districts.The proposals by Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., D-Chesapeake, and Bob G. Marshall, R-Prince William , were then tabled indefinitely by 18-4 votes.Spruill said he submitted his bill, HB8 4, partly in...

• Wal-Mart Settles Massive Wage & Hour Lawsuit

  Zev Antell | December 03, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to an article in today’s Boston Globe, Wal-Mart has agreed to settle a wage and hour lawsuit which will net $40,000,000 to be divided amongst a class of tens of thousands of...