A deadly highway merging accident in central South Carolina has the potential to bring even greater suffering to a family who lost two children or to a tractor-trailer driver who suffered injuries…
The NFL knew as early as the 1920s of the harmful effects on a player’s brain of concussions; however, until June of 2010 they concealed these facts from coaches, trainers, players and the…
In China where roads can be so dangerous a driver is killed every five minutes, a doctor is pioneering a new approach in which bad driving is treated like a disease. “Jin Huiqing has spent…
A few weeks ago on this site, my Carolina medical malpractice plaintiff’s attorney colleague Rick Shapiro applauded the governor’s veto of a North Carolina bill to limit noneconomic monetary damage…
A wrong-way accident has claimed two lives in Nash County, North Carolina, the Virginian-Pilot reports. A driver heading the wrong way on U.S. 64 crashed into an oncoming vehicle. The driver and a…
Millions in the United States, including many in Virginia Beach, VA, were riveted to their television set over the July 4th holiday weekend watching the prosecution and defense deliver closing…
A law that took effect July 1, 2011, allows Virginia (VA) motorcycle, moped and bike riders to run red lights in certain situations. Normally, clists are restricted to following the same rules of…
When I read about cases like those of Staff Sgt. Dean Witt, it seems hard to justify a doctrine that places strict limits on the ability of active-duty military personnel to sue military doctors for…
The Commonwealth of Virginia begins its fiscal year on July 1, meaning — some would say ironically — that each year, Virginians welcome a new slate of laws at the same time that they prepare to…
With temperatures soaring into the 90s here in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), kids are sure to be looking for fun ways to keep cool and those low cost, low effort inflatable pools available at…
Most people have heard about the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee personal injury case. Many tort reform advocates point to that case as an example of a “frivolous” lawsuit and…
A bike rider was injured after being hit by a vehicle traveling down Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) this weekend. The car was trying to avoid hitting another vehicle on the road when…