According to one recent estimate, 1 in every 69 Americans suffers a dog bite or an attack by a canine each year. The overwhelming majority of these incidents result in no serious injury, but hospitalizations and deaths do occur. One particularly shocking dog attack occurred…
Mostly because banana peel slips are featured on so many comedy TV shows and movies, many people assume that a slip-and-fall cannot be a serious injury. But the truth is much different. Each year, falls account for more emergency room visits than any other injury.…
On May 31, 2015, a 6-year-old girl drowned in a private pool in Virginia Beach, VA. Very little information was made public about the tragedy, but it prompted the head of the city’s Emergency Medical Services Division to share these backyard pool safety tips with…
When is the host of a cookout or other gathering of multiple families liable for injuries suffered by a child who is not his or her own? The Virginia Supreme Court clarified this tricky issue of civil law when ruling on October 31, 2014, that…
The mother of two children who were electrocuted at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri over the July 4 holiday is suing Union Electric. The lawsuit alleges that the two children, 8 and 13, were swimming near the dock at the vacation home of the…
The victim of slip-and-fall injury was awarded $38.6 million by a California jury. The victim suffered a brain injury after slipping and falling from the balcony of a hotel. The argument...
Even more amazing and welcome than the April 7, 2012, announcement that Virginia Beach, VA, fire and rescue crews found no fatalities in the wreckage of the Mayfair Mews apartment buildings all...
Last week, a 6 year old girl was attacked by a shark at Ocracoke beach. This type of attack is a rare and unexpected tragedy for our normally relaxing shorelines, filled with families and...
With temperatures reaching well above 100 F for the third day in a row, I'm tempted to pray for rain -- lots of rain -- just to cool things off.
As a longtime resident of Virginia (VA), though, I...