Brain injuries have many causes, and you should never shrug off any incident that may have damaged your brain. The effects of a fall, car crash, or medication or anesthesia error can be difficult to detect at first but may end up permanently disabling you.…
Just four states and the District of Columbia still recognize the ancient and unjust legal principal of contributory negligence. Two of those states being Virginia and North Carolina means that many of the car crash victims we help out of our Virginia Beach personal injury…
Any fire has the potential to be devastating, with the risks of victims suffering debilitating injuries or even death. One of the most common types of fires that occur involves propane and the tanks that are used to store the gas in. Propane comes from…
Families who make the difficult decision to place an elderly parent or disabled spouse or child into a nursing home expect their loved one to receive sufficient and professional care. Sadly, incidents of sometimes shocking nursing home neglect appear to be on the rise. Worse,…
Use the crosswalk. Wait for a green light or walk signal. Look both ways. Cross quickly. We have these rules for safely crossing streets drummed into us from the day on which we take our first steps. This is a good thing because the rules…
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina have charged a woman with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle after a mother and her child died in a crash on May 11. Charlotte police were called to the crash scene just before 8 am to the accident on Eastway…
A women in Houston this month claimed her vehicle’s sunroof exploded while she was driving, which is a problem that Consumer Reports has said is happening more often. The woman told the media it happened to her when she was driving normally on the highway,…
North Carolina state police reported May 12 they had filed charges against a driver in a four car wreck that killed a mother and her three year old son. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police stated that the 27 year old woman and her son were killed when a…
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Logan County, West Virginia on April 18, according to the West Virginia State Police. The crash happened at 4 pm on US 119 and Old Logan Road. The state police reported the driver and passenger in…
A new study from a consumer research group shows that South Carolina ranks #3 in the country for fatal drunk driving crashes. Data from the website ValuePenguin.com shows that even though it has less than half the population of North Carolina, drunk driving deaths are…
A 16 year old boy was charged in a fatal head-on crash on April 3 in Gaston County, North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The boy was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and careless and reckless driving. The fatal car accident happened…
There are hundreds of prescription medicines available that greatly improve patients’ quality of life. These drugs are supposed to go through extensive testing before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants approval to the manufacturer to market the drug. Unfortunately, too many of these medic
