Richard N. Shapiro (Rick) is a personal injury trial attorney, American inventor, and international award-winning fiction author. One of his co-authored legal treatises was published in the American Jurisprudence “Trials” Law Encyclopedia.
An accident on Wesleyan Drive in Norfolk, Virginia resulted in the death of a 33-year-old Chesapeake native. The victim wound up pinned between two vehicles and succumb to his serious injuries. The incident occurred on the 1500 block of Wesleyan Drive. A Dodge Stratus was…
The U.S. Department of Transportation determined that details about volatile oil train shipments are not sensitive security information and should be released to state officials. This decision was made after big railroads like CSX, BNSF Railways, and Union Pacific sought to keep the information secr
Four passengers suffered injuries of varying severity when the Amtrak train on which they were riding collided with a tree-trimming truck and its attached wood chipper near a private crossing in Berlin, Connecticut (CT). The driver of the truck also sustained serious injuries in the…
A 24-year-old Williamsburg woman drove her Honda the wrong way through a traffic circle, up onto the median and sidewalk eventually crashing into a fence at nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA). The Pavilion was hosting the 96X Fest, a popular concert event. The damage…
A 2002 Toyota four-door was traveling down Va. 231 in Madison County when it approached a curve. Unfortunately, reports indicate that the driver did not slow down while making the curve and wound up losing control of the vehicle. The vehicle then slammed into a…
South Carolina on June 9, 2014, became the 49th state to enact a ban on texting and driving. While I applaud the effort as a Carolina personal injury and wrongful death lawyer who has helped hundreds of victims of automobile accidents caused by distracted drivers,…
What likely began as a fun weekend boating trip turned tragic when two men died after a boat overturned in the James River near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel in Newport News. The boat involved in this tragic incident was a 1975 Manatee. Reports indicate that…
UPDATE: Reuters is reporting that the truck driver who caused this awful accident had not slept for over 24 hours. The truck driver, an employee of Wal-Mart, was driving a company truck at the time of the fatal wreck. Driving while drowsy is a major…
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…
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…
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…
