The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is taking charge of the investigation of an oil train on April 30 that was hauling crude oil through Lynchburg, Virginia (VA). However, it will be many months before any conclusions are reached and recommendations issued. According to Investigator…
SPECIAL REPORT By Richard N. Shapiro and Patrick J. Austin Whether you love it, hate it, or now have it, Obamacare (a.k.a. the Affordable Care Act) is the law of the land and it may impact you or your loved one’s personal injury claim. This…
Greenville, North Carolina (NC) police and fire officials continue to investigate a train derailment that occurred April 30. The accident occurred between Charles Blvd. and Evans St. in Greenville. The train was carrying ammonium polyphosphate, which is an agricultural ingredient used in fertilizers
A tractor trailer hit a maintenance vehicle and a light pole on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel last Thursday at 10 am, plunging off the bridge into the bay below. The driver of the truck was killed. The VA Beach Fire Department reported that Navy…
David Alan with WVEC 13 News Now discovered that potentially unsafe football helmets are being used in Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. In fact, WVEC 13 News Now uncovered 20 high schools in Hampton Roads using helmets not recommended by a group…
A recent study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute showed that up to 25,000 crashes annually could be prevented and 800 lives saved, if all heavy trucks and buses had on board video monitoring and safety compliance technology. The study was done by the Center for Truck and…
“Almost 500 hit-and-run incidents have been reported to North Carolina Highway Patrol this year. Some are fender benders, but others involve injury or death.” That quote from a WGHP Fox-8 news report on May 7, 2014, jumped out at me. As a personal injury attorney…
A recent decision in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia civil lawsuit illustrates one of the more unique grounds for bringing, and succeeding with, a wrongful death claim. Jurors essentially determined that the defendant had been negligent in failing to act to prevent the…
Time and again, people’s lives are harmed by the careless, reckless decision of someone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle while intoxicated. Unfortunately, we see another tragic example in a wreck that occurred on Interstate 440 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The operator of…
Another innocent life was taken by the careless, unfortunate decision of a driver who decided to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. A Virginia Beach resident Jim Ira Miller, Jr. died after he was hit by a car in the 1700 block of Pacific Avenue.…
A vehicle reportedly ran a red light and crashed into a Hampton Roads Transit bus in Virginia Beach. Twenty passengers were on the bus when the collision occurred and nine people suffered injuries as a result. The extent of the passenger’s injuries is unknown at…
A CSX Corp train was carrying crude oil when it derailed and burst into flames in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. The derailed cars wound up spilling oil into the James River and forced 300-350 Lynchburg residents to evacuate. The CSX train was traveling from Chicago to…