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.
During a recent ECU home football game at Greenville’s Dowdy-Ficklen stadium several Pirate fans were injured when multiple rows of bleachers gave way. East Carolina University quickly released a…
After over 20 years of representing personal injury victims and their families who have had their lives changed forever in all sorts of terrible accidents, I am here to offer a unique perspective…
The traffic enforcement cameras installed at key intersections in Chesapeake such as Battlefield Boulevard/Atlantic Avenue and Campostella Road and George Washington and South Military highways…
Personal injury jury trials are vanishing in our country. What are the causes of this slow extinction? Read below to learn my opinion on this issue. Despite the dire proclamations of tort reform…
The United States Coast Guard, a military branch of the armed forces under the Department of Homeland Security, is comprised of nearly 42,000 men and women on active duty and carries out a variety…
Many of us recall that Dennis and Kimberly Quaid went through a medical malpractice nightmare involving their twins back in 2007, but I was compelled to revisit what happened to the Quaid twins, and…
Medicated driving is one of the most widely ignored problems in the United States today. It is quite interesting that while drunk drivers are widely condemned and incarcerated for taking the wheel…
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…
