Miscellaneous

• Lets Keep Track of Autistic Children and Demented Elders

  Dan Frith | February 11, 2009 3:58 PM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  I have often read the sad newspaper report of an elderly nursing home resident who wanders away from the facility (elopes) and is found dead hours or days later due to exposure. Less often, but...

• Tanning Beds....The Sun is Setting

  Dan Frith | July 29, 2009 5:02 PM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The news is disturbing. I knew in my heart that tanning beds couldn't be good for your skin but the conclusions reached in a recent international study are alarming. The International Agency for...

• Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers?

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  You are not dreaming...or hallucinating! Forbes magazine, the mouthpiece for American business and industry called for more tort lawyers in a recent article. The article topic was food borne...

• Don't Sign That Non-Compete Contract!

  Dan Frith | March 26, 2009 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We all know these are difficult economic times. Banks are struggling and the stock market just keeps going down...down....and down. Many business, both small and large, are requiring furloughs and...

• Recruiters....Headhunters...And Placement Agencies

  Dan Frith | May 14, 2008 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Regardless of what you call them...if you hate your job and are looking for a better one you have probably used a headhunter, recruiter, or placement agency. For those employees who have not, a job...

• Merrill Lynch Financial Advisors and Noncompete Agreements

  Dan Frith | October 31, 2008 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Everyone knows the U. S. economy is suffering. I believe we will continue to see corporate bankruptcies, mergers, and requests for financial assistance from the federal government. We will also see...

• 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,...

• Congress May End Mandatory Arbitration for Consumers

  Dan Frith | February 12, 2008 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I cannot express how unfair and biased mandatory arbitration is for American consumers! It seems that every purchase order for a TV, refrigerator, used car, or other product contains language which prevents you (the consumer) from holding the seller/manufacturer responsible for their defective products through our legal system. Instead of filing a lawsuit and having your claim heard by a jury...

• 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,...

• Nevada: How is that Medical Malpractice Cap Working?

  Dan Frith | March 26, 2008 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The television ad closed the deal in 2004! The image of trusted doctors in white coats trooping out of Nevada to flee high malpractice insurance rates bombarded voters, who overwhelmingly decided to cap the amount of money juries could award victims of botched medical procedures. The bitter fight, marked by twisted statistics and emotional hyperbole, pitted doctors against trial lawyers -- and...