Safety and Health Reporter

Brien Roche
Surveillance in personal injury cases is not quite as common as it used to be.  It still is used by insurance carriers. 
It’s a very dangerous defense tactic.  It is fraught with deception.  For …

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The U.S. Supreme Court established the concept of modern personal jurisdiction in International Shoe.  However over the last several years the court has shifted gears on what are referred to as “general” and “specific jurisdiction”  General …

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The concept of an eggshell head plaintiff is known to most attorneys.  It refers to a client who was injured who has pre-existing sensitivities.  That doesn’t necessarily mean that the person has a …

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On February 17, 2021 at approximately 7:30 p.m. a construction worker fell to his death.  The fatality occurred in the 1700 block of T Street, NW, Washington, DC.  The worker fell from the …

The Daubert standard was adopted in the federal system in 1993.  The case is Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). 
Daubert has never been adopted in Virginia.  In addition the Virginia Code at section …

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Treatment Must Be Geared to Healing and Compensating
Treating traumatic brain injury has evolved over the years.  Most doctors now recognize that treatment must be closely integrated with …

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In 2016 there was a deadly gas explosion in Silver Spring, MD. That explosion injured more than 30 and displaced more than 100. 
Gas Explosions Preventable
More than 10 …

Negligence per se claims are interesting. Negligence per se is not a cause of action as defined in Rule 1:6.  It may not even be …

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Accidental gun discharges are all too common.  On Christmas Day 2020 a 17 year-old boy was shot and killed.  A teenage relative was handling a gun …

Brien Roche
On December 10, 2020 at approximately 9:00 p.m., a crane operator was killed at a paper mill in Franklin, Virginia.  The crane was operated at an International Paper …