In 2009, over 4,000 pedestrians were killed and 59,000 were injured in accidents involving cars, trucks, and SUVs. Roughly 25 percent of those accidents occurred between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and 13…
The family of a 36-year-old woman who died less than two days after undergoing outpatient cosmetic surgery recently received an award of $1.95 million when a court in Virginia Beach determined that…
I recently learned that a talented young woman in South Carolina (SC) received a $3 million settlement for medical expenses, lost wages and permanent mental disabilities she suffered after a cement…
By: Emily Mapp Brannon, Personal Injury Attorney Recently, Rick Shapiro blogged about an alleged drunk driver in North Carolina that got behind the wheel and killed himself and a young marine…
In suburban, semi- to mostly rural cities like Chesapeake, Suffolk and the southern half of Virginia Beach, people need to have access to a car to shop, go to appointments with doctors and physical…
Being the victim of a car or truck accident is terrible and can lead to a serious injury, but if you’re bicyclist or a pedestrian and a car hits you, the chances of suffering a major,…
Nationally bridges and bridge approaches have been identified as one of the leading locations for severe, single-vehicle crashes. Many of these structures were built decades ago for roads of…
The Chamber of Commerce is one of the biggest proponents of so-called “tort reform” which penalizes victims by denying access to the civil justice system and places an arbitrary cap on…
What scares you? Ghosts? Goblins? Witches? More ordinary and real things like spiders or snakes? How about drunk drivers on Halloween? You should definitely be concerned about that last,…
Imagine coming home to find you have no home. That’s what happened when a log truck ran off the road around 9:15 a.m., and into a house at Sherrill’s Ford Road in Salisbury, North Carolina…
Have you ever been on the interstate and seen someone pull over, back up and actually try to get off the exit they just missed? I have, several times and it burns me up. It’s at those times…
During a recent ECU home football game at Greenville’s Dowdy-Ficklen stadium several Pirate fans were injured when multiple rows of bleachers gave way. East Carolina University quickly released a…