Pottery Barn Kids has issued a product recall for 31,000 crib bumpers that they sold in their store. The defective product has stitching that may come undone and pose an entanglement hazard to young children. This recall involves the Diamond Matelassé, Floral Matelassé and Polka Dot Matelassé crib bumpers made of 100% cotton. The Diamond Matelassé bumpers are white and have decorative...
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If you are a consumer seeking personal injury information (car accident, or any other personal injury information) on...
The beginning of July is a special time for many families in Hampton Roads. Families in Williamsburg, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, VA celebrate this nation's independence with one another by doing many activities, such as going to the beach and picnicking. Seeing fireworks is almost always one of these activities, and while fireworks on the Fourth...
A man was killed about 100 feet from his home after he was dropped off after work. Another vehicle driving down the street had no chance to keep from hitting the victim when he stepped out into the street. The pedestrian accident happened in Jackson.A 23-year-old Jackson man died Thursday after he was struck by a car on Bryantown Road, according to the state Highway Patrol. The victim was...
Mark Force, while driving a '93 Escort, was hit by a Ford Mustang on July 1, 1996. His seat belt, which had a motorized shoulder belt and a manual lap belt, did not work properly. The lap band locked but the motorized shoulder belt failed to restrain him. He was thrown forward and slammed into a roof post on the left hand side of the car. Force suffered a severe head injury. Apparently 10...
According to published reports, a Virginia (VA) jury recently gave a surprisingly strong award for a "soft tissue" auto injury case. While driving, a 39 year old flight attendant was rear ended. The next day she saw a chiropractor and, after six months of chiropractic therapy for soft tissue injuries to her neck, left shoulder and back, she was discharged. She still, however, was in pain. Never...
Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal issue in tort and insurance law today. According to the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (VA) 28,000 visits to an emergency room occur in Virginia (VA) each year as a result of traumatic brain injury. Across the U.S. traumatic brain injury (TBI) costs over 56 billion dollars every...
Saturday, at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia VA), Omon Graham, a nine year old boy, died suffering head injuries. While on Airline Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) he and his friends attempted to cross the congested street. Omon stepped out onto the street and was hit by a pick up truck. No charges against the driver have been made but the investigation is...
Do the various United States Constitutional rights and privileges that we think of as being protections against criminal prosecution apply even in a personal injury case? The answer, at least in Virginia (VA), is yes, all constitutional protections apply even in a personal injury or other type of civil case. In Virginia (VA), there is even a state statute that sets forth, with regard to the...