“I want this drug off the market. It killed my 39 year old son, I am going to fight to have this drug removed…It is killing people!” That message was posted on our Virginia…
Some tort reform advocates not so keen on arbitrarily limiting damages for victims are proposing another idea to significantly alter our country’s medical malpractice system – health…
Spring fever is in the air and as of February, 2011, Swimways Corp., a maker of outdoor toys and furniture located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), issued a recall of its Kristi G Go & Grow…
Despite empirical evidence pointing to the contrary, public officials continue to point to “tort reform” as a method of reducing health care costs. The House Judiciary Committee recently…
A tragic accident can have a devastating effect on friends and family of the victim. That devastation can get even worse when no one is held accountable for the accident. This past June a homeless…
Reports indicate that DePuy, manufacturer of the hip replacement device Acetabular ASR XL, paid 200 physicians across the country over $80 million. Some surgeons collected more than $1 million from…
Personal injury attorneys must use technology and get their boots (and eyes) on the ground at the scene of the accident as quickly as possible. But just getting to the scene is not enough in the age…
Starting this season, high school baseball players in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake and every other city and county in Virginia (VA) will have to use wooden bats or aluminum bats engineered to…
According to statistics gathered by the Highway Patrol, four people were killed in car crashes over the recent holiday snowstorm in North Carolina. Initial reports confirm that a Greenville, North…
Over twenty years in the planning — or should I say heated debate — the North Carolina Department of Transportation has received the all-clear to begin new construction of the aging Herbert C…
A teenager was driving a classmate to community college when the rear axle on the Ford Windstar he was driving cracked in half. This caused the Windstar to crash into a building. Sadly, the teen…
In some states, a “no refusal” policy is being instituted on weekends to try and deter drunk driving. During a “no refusal” weekend, state highway troopers can receive a…