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• "Curbside" Buses: What you should know.

  Mark Schofield | September 27, 2006 9:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  With fall returning to the District, many of the wonderful things about living here in the nation's capital return, such as the Redskins, and the scores of college students returning to the area. But with the holidays approaching, many students will be searching for the cheapest ride home from the holidays. For many students living in the Northeast, they may turn to the few inexpensive bus...

• Hasbro Issues Toy Recall For Defective Product(2)

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 11:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  On September 22, 2006, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of Hasbro's Playskool Team Talkin' Tool Bench following the Wrongful Death of two young children. The toymaker received reports the defective product caused two deaths- a 2 year old boy from League City, Texas, and a 19-month old boy from Martinsburg, West Virginia. Both died by suffocation when...

• Your Personal Injury Clam May be Barred by Contributory Negligence

  Tad Farrington | September 20, 2006 11:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In Washington DC the Doctrine of Contributory Negligence may bar your right to recover when you have suffered a personal injury. Contributory Negligence means that if you were slightly at fault, even as little as 1% at fault in causing your injuries, then you cannot recover any of your damages. Even thought the other person involved was 99% at fault, your claim is 100% gone. Let me give you...

• Mayor-Elect Adrian Fenty and Medical Malpractice Reform

  Mark Schofield | September 18, 2006 4:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On September 12, 2006, voters in the District of Columbia headed to the polls to select a Democratic candidate to replace outgoing Mayor Anthony Williams. With 57% of the votes, former D.C. Council member Adrian Fenty defeated council Chairwoman Linda Cropp. With nearly 74 percent of the District's voters registered Democrats, Fenty's primary win virtually insures him of taking over as Mayor...

• Understanding the District's Court System

  Mark Schofield | September 18, 2006 9:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  For many personal injury victims, one of the more daunting aspects of resolving their personal injury matter is retaining an attorney to help them with their case. Often, personal injury victims believe that they can wade their way through the complex world of litigation on their own, however, the rules of litigation and civil procedure often hamper their efforts. The District of Columbia is...

• Wrongful Death Personal Injury Claims in Washington, D.C.-Act Fast!

  Staff Writer | September 17, 2006 9:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  If a person is killed as a result of negligence that occurs in Washington, D.C., the heirs of the deceased person can bring a wrongful death claim. The claim must be brought by the personal representative of the decedent's estate. However, the claim must be brougt quickly since the wrongful death claim must be brought within one year after the death of the person injured. Because of the one...

• PIP Claims For Personal Injuries in Washington, D.C.

  Staff Writer | September 10, 2006 4:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The law in Washington D.C. for personal injury car accident victims regarding PIP Benefits (Personal Injury Protection Benefits) is extremely complicated because it requires accident victims to make an election between PIP benefits and filing a civil lawsuit within 60 days of the accident. If the PIP Benefits are elected by the car accident victim, then the car accident victim loses his/her...

• Medical malpractice Lawsuit results in $1.1M Award

  Staff Writer | September 07, 2006 10:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  An eight-year-old girl whose right arm was paralyzed at birth was awarded $1.1 million last week in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the late doctor who assisted in her delivery and his estate.Madelyn Instone, 8, was born in June, 1998, in Wood County Hospital under the care of two midwives. When complications developed, Dr. Hoag was summoned to assist with the delivery.The girl's...

• Car Accidents and the Elderly

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2006 9:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An article in Sunday's Seattle times examines the need for new driver's license renewal requirements as America's elderly population increases. The article singles out DC as one of three states requiring road tests for DL renewal after a certain age.The number of crashes per miles traveled starts out high in the teenage years before falling and staying fairly level from ages 30 to 65, according...