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.
With temperatures reaching well above 100 F for the third day in a row, I’m tempted to pray for rain — lots of rain — just to cool things off. As a longtime resident of Virginia (VA), though, I…
Insurance companies and personal injury victim lawyers rarely agree on issues, with one exception: It’s best not to have a minimum limits, bare bones insurance policy coverage because it will not…
Jurors sided in favor of a Shannon E. Taylor, a medical malpractice victim, and awarded her $3 million plus legal interest. The verdict was reached after a four-day trial in Winchester Circuit…
Virginia (VA) highway officials are considering increasing speed limits on certain sections of some VA interstates to 70 MPH. The logic behind this increase is that people driving faster will ease…
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Boating Safety Division reports that boating operator errors account for 70% of boating accidents. Operator error includes excessive speed or speeding, inattention to…
North Carolina (NC) sees an influx of visitors during the summer months as vacationers arrive to enjoy the beaches of the North Carolina coast. This means increased traffic volume on Interstate 40…
Recently, Virginia’s new governor proposed increasing speed limits on many Virginia (VA) interstate highways, including I-81, I-64, I-95, and several others. There has been some outcry to this…
The risk of patients falling and breaking bones is a known problem in hospitals and nursing homes. After all, these buildings are, by their very nature, going to be full of people who are…
Virginia Beach traffic officials have agreed to lower the speed limit along most of Shore Drive from the current 45 mph to 35 mph, the Virginian-Pilot reported on June 2, 2010. The move comes in…
More summertime college-aged tourists and workers on the Outer Banks of North Carolina (NC) can mean more reveling, drinking, and driving. According to the North Carolina chapter of Mothers…
As summer approaches, millions of people will drive down Interstate 64 (I-64) headed for the Outer Banks of North Carolina (NC) to enjoy Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke, Bodie, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, and…
Thousands of people have been adversely affected by the oil disaster off the Gulf of Mexico. Fishing, crabbing, and tourism industries in and around the Gulf, and even businesses down in Florida…
