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.
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…
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…
As our loved ones age, we are faced with the decision of whether to entrust their care to a nursing home. Widespread cases of nursing home abuse make that decision even harder. We expect a nursing home to protect our elder population from illness, not…
This LiveScience.com summary of a just-published report from University of North Carolina Center for the Study of Young Drivers is worth quoting at length: Teen drivers … were six times more likely to have a serious driving incident — such as a collision, near collision,…
Each year brings new, and I hope, conclusive evidence that medical practice insurance, lawsuits and so-called “defensive medicine” add little to the total spent on health care in the United States. Just as reliably and regrettably, every year also brings the same old demands that…
A white cross near a railroad crossing is a silent reminder that a victim of a railroad accident lost their life. Regardless of who was at fault, the driver for not obeying traffic signals or the railroad for an unsafe or poorly maintained crossing, the…
