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.
Portsmouth City Council last night followed the lead of their Virginia Beach counterparts in imposing a ban on fundraising and other solicitations by individuals standing in the medians of busy…
For some reason work related injuries are somehow disregarded and not given enough legal attention and there are many logical reasons for this. More than likely it is because workers and /or…
A Rhode Island hospital is expected to pay $150,000 in fines after a surgeon operated on the wrong part of the body – not for the first time. Rhode Island Hospital in Providence is the…
The Raleigh-Cary area of North Carolina (NC) has been ranked the sixth most dangerous area for pedestrians according to a study done by Transportation for America. The study is part of a larger…
Donnovan Kendall Yates, 23 will be facing multiple charges as a result of the incident that happened at 4 a.m. at the Bayside Restaurant on Maine Street in Craven County, NC. According to…
When a pedestrian gets hit by a car or truck, the injuries are typically quite severe, including broken bones or even the death of the pedestrian. The pedestrian has the right of way in Virginia if…
In what certainly could be many more to follow, the first two lawsuits against the self-help guru, James Ray, who once appeared in the hit documentary called “The Secret”, has been…
The driver of a 2006 Toyota Scion was traveling along Indian River Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) when tragedy struck. The driver turned too quickly around a curve, overcorrected, and…
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs when an outside force traumatically injures the brain. It can be classified based on severity, mechanism or other features like the location of the injury. In…
Viktoria Vasiliye Melnik was walking along the northbound lane of Highway 357 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (SC) when her life came to a tragic end. A 1980 Ford pickup truck, driven by…
An amazing series of documents were unsealed by a court in a dangerous drug injury case involving Prempro, a hormone drug. Injured plaintiffs argue that the drug causes breast cancer and other…
Railroad workers are hard working individuals, in a physically demanding and strenuous job. Although there is a belief that unsafe and poor work conditions are a occupational hazard, no one should…
