Miscellaneous

• Rat Poison May Be Behind Pet Food Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | March 23, 2007 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Menu Foods announced a large recall of pet food last week. It included over 90 brands of "cuts and gravy" style canned and foil packet food. It has been blamed for causing kidney failure in cats and dogs. Early reports coming out now are saying that rat poison has been found in the recalled food. The deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and...

• ABA Takes Issue With the President

  Staff Writer | July 31, 2006 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The American Bar Association has said that President Bush is flouting the Constitution and undermining the Rule of Law by claiming that he has the power to disregard certain portions of bills passed by congress that he has signed. In a detailed report, a bi-partisan eleven-member panel of the ABA documented that President Bush has used such "signing statements" far more than any of his...

• Consumer Products Safety Commission proposes a rule change that will put consumers in danger

  Staff Writer | July 18, 2006 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission has recently proposed revisions to its rules regarding when manufacturers, distributors and retailers of consumer products must report product hazards. The proposed revisions would increase the likelihood that defects in consumer products would not be disclosed to the CPSC or the public. This would make it more difficult for consumers to bring lawsuits...

• Products are safer because of civil law suits

  Staff Writer | July 14, 2006 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Many of the products that we use today are safer because of law suits that have been brought against the manufacturers in the past. Every garage door opener now includes a 15¢ part that causes it to reverse if it hits an object or a child while descending. That 15¢ part was not added until after a garage door manufacturer was successfully sued for the death of a child. Ford used to...

• Hospital restraint hangs patient

  Staff Writer | March 31, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The recent report of a hospital patient who died after being found suspended with a restraining vest slung around his neck should remind hospitals and their employees of the care that must be used in the decision to put a patient in a restraining device and the supervision that must be provided to that patient while restrained. That the hospital in question has reassessed its policy and...

• The Stella Awards

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  It appears that The Stella Awards are being re-circulated on the internet again. The fictitious Stella Awards named after the lady who sued McDonald's because they brewed their coffee so hot that it had caused hundreds of injuries, but didn't bother to warn anyone about it, purport to be some of the most outrageous lawsuits that were successfully prosecuted. These stories, which are complete...

• Smoking in Public Places

  Staff Writer | March 03, 2006 8:47 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A Bill to ban smoking in public places to protect non-smokers from the dangers of second-hand smoke has been defeated in the Virginia Senate. The dangers of second-hand smoke are well known and well documented.This Bill, introduced by Senator Brandon Bell, was opposed by the tobacco industry and by some business interests who were concerned that prohibiting smoking at their establishments would...

• Largest Retaliatory Termination Award in Virginia

  Staff Writer | January 25, 2006 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  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,...

• AV rating by Martindale Hubbell

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2006 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  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...

• Dan Frith & Lauren Ellerman, Attorneys at Law

  Staff Writer | July 13, 2005 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  T. Daniel Frith, III, was born in Lexington, Virginia and admitted to the bar in 1982. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., cum laude, 1979) and Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D. 1982). Dan is a trial attorney with over 25 years of experience, concentrating his practice on medical negligence, nursing home abuse, wrongful death litigation,...