The parents of a Virginia Tech suicide victim want to know why school officials didn’t tell them about emails the school received detailing their son’s suicidal behaviors. In our lawsuit filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court, the family of Daniel Kim is charging Virginia Tech and its administrators with gross…
The US Senate voted down yesterday a proposal to limit plaintiff attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice cases to 25% of the verdict or settlement. Virginia’s US Senator John Warner, however, voted in favor of the legislation. The legislation, introduced by US Senator John Ensign (R-NY), is a thinly disguised effort…
Washingtonian Magazine’s December 2009 issue lists partner Gary Brooks Mims as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the metropolitan region. The magazine annually reviews the legal profession and lists “Washington’s best legal minds” in 29 categories. The resulting list represents the top 1 percent of the area’s attorneys.…
All of the partners of Frei and Mims were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Gary B. Mims was named in the category of Medical Malpractice. Mims and Steven Frei were named in the…
Today Show reporter Lisa Myers reports that illegal pool drains are still in use in thousands of pools across the country. The drains were outlawed by the Graeme Baker Pool/Spa Safety Act, which grew out of the lawsuit brought by Sickels, Frei and Mims against pool/spa drain manufacturers. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/31759011#31759011
A new pool/spa safety law, designed to prevent the children from being entrapped by drains, is now in effect. Congress in 2007 passed the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, named after former Secretary of State James Baker’s granddaughter, who became trapped in a hot-tub drain and drowned…
Attorney Gary B. Mims is listed among Virginia’s Super Lawyers 2009 and DC Super Lawyers 2009. Law and Politics publishes Super Lawyers in more than 35 states. According to the publisher the list includes lawyers who have been selected by their peers as the top 5 percent in the state.…
A Caroline County Virginia jury recently awarded $2.7 million and over $500,000 in pre-judgment interest for the victim of a serious auto collision who suffered post traumatic seizure disorder. Partner Steve Frei successfully argued that the 53 year old man sustained trauma to his head when the van in which…
Sickels, Frei and Mims partners Steve Frei and Gary Mims won a $1.45 million settlement for a 65 year old retired Army officer for his HMO’s failure to diagnose prostate cancer. The plaintiff was screened for prostate cancer by his HMO but was never informed that his PSA was elevated…
In December 2007, Washingtonian magazine listed Gary B. Mims as one of the top 1 percent of personal injury attorneys in the region.