D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Vanessa Ruiz, who has been aggressively pushed by a number of well-connected Democratic lawyers for promotion to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is being taken to task for having an excessive backlog of undecided cases. As part of a mandatory review before Ruiz could be...
Read MoreResidents at a Washington D.C. Nursing Home Say the Facility Has Mounting Problems
[ubermenu-map address="Washington, D.C." zoom="14" width="375px" height="375px"] In Washington D.C., residents at the Washington Center for Aging Services and their families have reported several problems that are affecting the care of senior citizens at the facility. One female resident told her family that the food service was struggling, and stated that lately it's become even more insufficient....
Read MoreChapman Selected To Executive Committee Of The Council For Court Excellence
Partner Paulette Chapman has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Council for Court Excellence (CCE), a nonprofit organization that works to improve the administration of justice in the local and federal courts in the Washington D.C. area. “From its initiatives and programs including modernizing the trial jury and grand jury...
Read More$1 Million Given to Family of Fatally Beaten Patient
The District paid $1 million Monday to the family of a former patient of St. Elizabeths Hospital, the city’s public psychiatric facility, who was stomped to death by another patient. City officials made the payment 10 months after a D.C. federal court jury found the city liable in the 2005 death of Alan Martin....
Read MoreRecent Studies Show Misdiagnosis is a Big Problem in the U.S.
After the publicized death of a 12-year-old boy last year, who was sent home from an emergency room after doctors misdiagnosed the systemic infection that quickly killed him, the media put a human face on the problem of misdiagnosis in America. Misdiagnosis “happens all the time,” stated David Newman-Toker, who studies diagnostic errors. “This is...
Read MoreDo I Have Workers’ Comp If I Am a Government Employee?
Information from Our Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Injury Attorneys
Workers’ compensation is one of the most important benefits available to many American employees. Every person needs help when they sustain injuries on the job, and workers’ comp allows a hurt individual to stay financially afloat while he... Read MoreGovernment Study Reveals Soldiers with TBI’s Show Symptoms Five Years Later
According to a recent study, the majority of U.S. troops diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) since the beginning of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars have continued to experience “significant symptoms and problems” five years after their initial injury. Despite efforts, there have been funding issues for...
Read MoreRecent Report Reveals Washington D.C. Has ‘Worst Drivers in the Nation’
[ubermenu-map address="Washington, D.C." zoom="14" width="375px" height="375px"] According to a new study, Washington, D.C. drivers are twice more likely to get into traffic accidents than the national average, making residents of the nation’s capital the worst drivers in the U.S. The average American goes approximately 10 years between each car...
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