Argument over remote results in death of elderly man – $550,000 Settlement 
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Published: September 12, 2011
Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death
Plaintiff’s decedent, a 79-year-old retired Fairfax County substitute school teacher and railroad conductor, got into a verbal argument with his FiOS technician over the adequacy of instructions on how to operate his new remote control after his Vienna home had been wired with FiOS.
When the FiOS installer informed the decedent that he had completed his ...
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