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• Bus Driver Settles for $5 Million During Trial

  Michael Phelan | February 24, 2009 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A bus driver who lost a leg in a tractor trailer truck crash in Norther Virginia settled his case for $5 million while a Richmond Circuit Court jury was deliberating the case last Tuesday. The...

• Criticism of Defense Malingering Test Gaining National Traction

  Michael Phelan | April 20, 2008 7:38 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On March 5 2008 I criticized the use by professional defense neuropyschologists of a controversial malingering test called the Fake Bad Scale See Fake Bad Scale Weapon of Defense...

• Asbestos Verdict in California

  Michael Phelan | March 13, 2008 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A San Francisco jury Monday returned a $20 million verdict in favor of an asbestos victim. The jury determined that the sole remaining defendant at trial, Georgia Pacific Corp., was responsible for 30% of the verdict. The plaintiff was a former film actress and singer who toured the world seven times entertaining our troops as a USO singer. The plaintiff and her husband started a part-time...

• Digitek® (digoxin tablets) Recalled Due to Deadly Manufacturing Defect

  Michael Phelan | May 15, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek® (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution The following is an FDA notice...

• Toxic Denture Creams

  Michael Phelan | July 09, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Many years ago, I handled a product liability case against a major pharmaceutical corporation in which our client's physicians opined that she developed a fatal pre-leukemic condition as a result of...

• "All-Hands Meeting" Called At FDA To Discuss Lax Medical Device Oversight

  Michael Phelan | April 28, 2009 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Nine scientists signed letters to President Obama charging that Food and Drug Administration officials had acted illegally and that patients were routinely put at risk by unsafe medical devices...

• New Laws Aimed at Curbing Underaged Drinking and Driving

  Michael Phelan | July 01, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The General Assembly voted in March to institute tougher penalties to curb the number of car accidents involving teens who drink and drive. Those stiffer penalties go into effect today....

• Fredericksburg Tractor Trailer Crash Yields Jail Time for Truck Driver

  Michael Phelan | October 27, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On February 2, 2009, a tractor trailer truck loaded with 83,000 pounds of sand ran a red light on U.S. 17 and killed a Stafford, Va. woman. The truck driver told police he thought the light was...

• Working "Off The Clock" May Entitle Workers to Overtime Compensation

  Bill Tucker | February 25, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A recent Department of Labor investigation against a Municipal Sheriff's Department illustrates how requiring employees to perform work-related activities prior to "clocking in" violates the unpaid overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Sheriff's Department required its deputies to attend meetings at the start and end of the workday, but did not include this time in...

• Crib Recall Post Sparks Defective Trailer Comment From Concerned Citizen

  Staff Writer | September 23, 2007 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Fellow InjuryBoard Blogger, Milwaukee accident attorney David Lowe, recently posted a notification that 1 million Simplicity baby cribs were recalled. A reader here in Virginia found David's post and contacted us regarding his concern about another dangerous product - unsafe trailers on Virginia highways. We are publishing his letter at his request:Dear concerned:With regards to the baby crib...