Marlon Lamont McMillan, a 37 year-old Greenville, NC resident, was found dead on the scene in a 2002 Kia minivan on Saturday, March 07, 2009. McMillan was driving east on Short Bridge toward N.C. 43 in North Carolina and went off the road flipping the minivan when he approached a sharp curve heading onto a narrow bridge.
State Trooper A.B. Smith stated that McMillan was driving in excessive speeds when he approached a blind curve ahead of the bridge. The van then went down an embankment and crashed into a fence flipping the minivan into a creek. The van was found upside down. According to Smith speeding on this particular corner is a “head-on collision waiting to happen”.
There were no other passengers in the car and there is no indication if another car was coming in the opposite direction at the time of the accident. Smith stated there were no alcohol or other illegal substances found at the site of the crash. Most car accidents involving serious injuries or wrongful death in NC involve some violation of the motor vehicle laws, whether speeding, improper lane changes, drinking and driving/DUI/DWI, or simple failure to keep the car under control. At this time, it is unclear that any other driver or thing contributed to Mr. McMillan’s accidental death.
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Rick Shapiro has practiced personal injury law for over 30 years in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims. During his three-decade career, Shapiro has won client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, VA Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, underscoring Shapiro’s trial achievements. In addition, he and his law firm have won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million. His success in and out of the courtroom is a big reason why he was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers publication (Norfolk, VA area), and he has been named a “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by those peer-reviewed organizations for multiple years. Rick was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia). And in September 2023, Rick was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted from across the country, Rick was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board which certifies civil trial attorneys across the U.S. Rick was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.
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