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Intoxicated Driver Kills Passenger in Norfolk, Virginia (VA)

According to published reports in the Virginian Pilot newspaper on May 18, 2007 a Marine is being charged with drunken driving associated with a car crash that killed a Navy woman. The wreck happened in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) around 2:00 A.M. The 26 year old driver was charged with driving under the

By Richard Shapiro

/ 29 May 2007

More Suits Settled In Plane Crash Case

The estates of two wrongful death victims of a recent aviation crash have settled their cases with the airline. The claims involved the crash of a Comair Jet carrying 50 people that attempted to…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 25 May 2007

Pre-existing injury in accident cases

One issue that comes up a lot in automobile accident cases and FELA railroad cases is the questions of pre-existing conditions, like degenerative disc disease. Pre- existing condition means that the claimant had something wrong with the part of their body before it was injured in the car or train ac

By Richard Shapiro

/ 24 May 2007

Virginia's Eastern Shore Highway Death Rates Remain High

By Randy Appleton, HSCLA AttorneyIndividuals who have suffered severe personal injuries and wrongful death on Virginia’s Eastern Shore (as well as their family members) often travel on Route 13 over the 17 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel spanning the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, south to the “main

By Richard Shapiro

/ 22 May 2007

Evenflo Recall of Bad Car Seats as an Example of Products Liability Case

A recall was recently done of the Evenflo Embrace infant car seat/carriers made before April 8, 2006. This involves over 450,000 bad infant car seats with faulty handles. If you or your family has experienced and injury as a result of this defective product in Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), or

By Richard Shapiro

/ 19 May 2007

Consumers Injured and Hospitalized by Bad Beef.

In a news piece on May 11, 2007, an announcement came out that beef shipped to Virginia (VA) among other states was recalled because of E. coli. Over 100, 000 pounds of beef was accidentally shipped to eight states according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture which appears to have been tainted. S

By Richard Shapiro

/ 18 May 2007

Brain Injury Verdict Among Virginia's Largest

A woman was recently awarded 12 million dollars for a brain injury from a 2003 fall. The Hampton, Virginia (VA) jury made this large award in a slip and fall accident case. The large multi-million dollar jury award is probably among the highest in the slip and fall/premises liability category in Vir

By Richard Shapiro

/ 15 May 2007

Older People Face Jury Prejudice

Trial lawyers in the cities of Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, as well as other areas of Virginia (VA) are all trained to anticipate the prejudices that jurors have and express toward parties to litigation. Especially in cases involving medical negligence and malpr

By Richard Shapiro

/ 11 May 2007

All Railroad Employees Should Be Aware Of The Developing Area of "Cumulative Trauma" Injuries

A growing number of locomotive engineers have successfully pursued FELA claims against their employers based upon excessive vibrations found in locomotives. These claims are related to various long term maintenance issues (i.e. poorly maintained track, altered or poorly maintained locomotive seats,

By Richard Shapiro

/ 27 Apr 2007

Virginia Tech tragedy raises security issues

By Editors Rick Shapiro & John CooperWith over 30 dead Virginia Tech students, the entire nation including Virginia residents mourn the loss of innocent lives. As of the day after the massacre in Blacksburg Virginia, it appears that the gunman was himself a Virginia Tech student with serious psychia

By Richard Shapiro

/ 17 Apr 2007

Transport of Nuclear Power Plant Waste By Railroad Still A Thorny Issue

We still have many nuclear power plants around the United States that are generating nuclear waste, nearly all in the form of spent nuclear fuel rods. Also, the United States has a continuing problem with where to store the low-level nuclear waste in the form of these spent fuel rods. The problem ha

By Richard Shapiro

/ 16 Apr 2007

Recent DUI Wreck In Virginia Beach Sets Off National Immigration Firestorm-Fox News Stirs Controversy

There has been outrage in the local communities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and other surrounding Virginia and North Carolina communities over the alleged drunk driving of an illegal immigrant who killed two innocent teenagers who were sitting at a red light in Virginia Beach on the night of March 30

By Richard Shapiro

/ 11 Apr 2007