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• Largest Retaliatory Termination Award in Virginia

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2006 2:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Krasnow Law Firm of Roanoke, Virginia is reporting the largest retaliatory termination award in Virginia. The jury in the matter of Pamela L. DePaoli v. Vacation Sales Associates, LLC; Vacation Sales, Inc.; and Atrium Corporation returned this astounding verdict after only eighteen minutes of deliberation. The figures awarded to the Plaintiff in this matter are $5M for punitive damages,...

• Insurance Companies Significantly Overstating Their Losses

  Staff Writer | January 18, 2006 9:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A recently published study by The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights demonstrates that insurance companies have been significantly overstating their losses and then revising them downward in later years.The study showed that the insurance companies reported "incurred losses," what they expected to have to pay out on claims, averaged 46% larger that what they actually paid out. The...

• AV rating by Martindale Hubbell

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2006 1:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Jeff Krasnow, the founder and senior litigator at The Krasnow Law Firm has been honored by his colleagues in the Roanoke legal community with an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell.This rating, the highest one awarded is given only to lawyers who have the highest legal ability and a high adherence to ethical standards. Jeff Krasnow was the first attorney in the Roanoke Valley to be certified as a...

• New Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2006 9:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The National Cancer Institute (NCI), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, has issued an announcement regarding an encouraging new treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer.The treatment involves delivering anti-cancer drugs into a vein and directly into the patient's abdomen. This has been found to extend overall survival for women with advanced ovarian cancer by about a...

• DC Scare Tactics

  Staff Writer | January 06, 2006 9:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A new survey by Public Citizen has put the lie to the scare tactics employed by the Medical Society of the District of Columbia which grossly understated the number of obstetricians practicing in the District. The Public Citizen survey sought to identify and determine the status of all DC obstetricians and found that obstetric services are readily available and there are dozens more...

• Virginia Medical Malpractice Crisis?

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 3:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In an opinion piece from the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, a closer look is taken at the Medical Malpractice "crisis" affecting Virginia and 19 other states. As usual, high med-mal insurance premiums are being blamed on "frivolous" lawsuits, but a closer look at the facts reveals that this simply isn't true.A few of the more interesting points from the column:In the Old Dominion, figures show,...