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• Florida Lawyer Brings Class Action Against UnitedHealthcare

  Jenny Albano | July 25, 2007 9:59 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Attorney Joe Saunders, of Pinellas County, filed a class action suit against UnitedHealthcare yesterday. The lawsuit accuses UnitedHealthcare of Florida of misrepresentation and fraudulently marketing some of their health care plans. According to the lawsuit, the defendants, UnitedHealth Group and UnitedHealthcare, enrolled Medicare recipients into their Medicare Advantage HMO or PPO plan...

• Fairfax, Virginia (VA) Man Paralyzed for Life in Accident

  John Cooper | July 11, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to a published article in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, on December 27, 2005 at 3:45 am, Jerome Stewart of Fairfax County, Virginia (VA) was in an accident that left him a quadriplegic. A garbage truck, owned by Potomac Disposal Services of Virginia LLC, collided with Stewart's 1990 Jeep Cherokee while he delivered The Washington Post. His spinal cord at level C5-C6 was...

• Railroad FELA Verdict in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA)

  John Cooper | July 10, 2007 9:05 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  In August of 2003, John Wilson, a former conductor for The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, was injured when a fence pole hit his shoulder while he was on the side of a train car. Wilson, a United Transportation Union local chairman, filed a FELA claim against the railroad company he worked for because of this close clearance problem on the line servicing the Ford Motors plant. The...

• Virginia (VA) Woman Suffers Brain Injury Caused by Teenagers in Automobile Collision

  John Cooper | July 06, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  According to an article in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a nurse from Falls Church, Virginia (VA), named Molly Raymond, suffered mild brain injury after being hit by two cars, both driven by teenagers. Because of the brain injury, she has no longer been able to work or continue her regular activities. The lawsuit from this accident was pending in the Fairfax, Virginia (VA) Circuit Court. The...

• Nursing Home Abuse Becomes an Ever Growing Problem

  John Cooper | July 05, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  According to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, by the year 2030, 8.9 million people will be 85 or older. This is double the amount of elderly today. With this rise in population many will head to nursing homes for special care. However, a nursing shortage is sure to come with such an overwhelming increase in population. Neglect is the number one cause of nursing home abuse cases. A...

• Diving Injury Paraplegic Awarded 16 Million

  John Cooper | July 03, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  An 18 year old young man from Kansas dove from the dock into a lake in 2005 and came out without being able to walk again. The water where he dove was less than 4 feet deep, but was not properly marked. A jury in 2007 held the corporation that owned the lake responsible for this injury and awarded 20 millions dollars for the permanent, catastrophic injury to the young man. The jury did find...