- Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | January 09, 2012 1:05 PM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
Category:
Wrongful Death
The recent settlement of four wrongful death lawsuits brought by family members of military contractors killed in Fallujah, Iraq, during March 2004 for about 2 percent of the $30 million...
- Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 20, 2011 9:17 PM | Virginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA
Category:
Miscellaneous
I am heading a little off topic today. This is about flag waving hypocrisy:
But when the tax man comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale.
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- Kevin Ryan | August 12, 2010 3:50 PM | Roanoke, VA
Category:
Toxic Substances
My father was a West Point graduate and retired from the U. S. Air Force after more than 30 years of service. When I hear about the conduct of our military, I am reminded of the West Point motto and...
- Greg Webb | April 19, 2010 9:35 AM | Charlottesville, VA
Category:
Wrongful Death
A federal judge has recently decided that most of the lawsuits claiming Houston-based KBR should have stopped a deadly 2004 supply truck convoy in Iraq, which killed six civilian drivers and...
- Greg Webb | March 14, 2010 9:16 PM | Charlottesville, VA
Category:
Miscellaneous
A range of health problems are being linked to pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan that are used to burn various materials; toxic chemicals have been found in the smoke. For example, in...
- Dan Frith | April 22, 2008 9:03 AM | Roanoke, VA
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Talk about a country that has failed its Veterans! In a stunning admission, top officials at the Veterans Health Administration confirmed that the agency’s own statistics show that an average of 126...