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.
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…
A middle school student was walking to their bus stop in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) when they were struck by a motorcycle. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department the…
A woman is in the hospital suffering from severe injuries after she was struck by a car. According to the Charlotte Police Department, the woman was standing with her husband holding a baby on…
The driver of a tanker-truck remains in the hospital with severe burn injuries after a trucking accident on Interstate 95 in Cumberland County, North Carolina (NC). It all started when the driver…
X-rays, by in large, are a great medical tool which assist doctors in making diagnoses and provide an internal view of the human body without making surgical incisions. However, this technology is…
This article explains depositions and how they work, and is not limited to Virginia or Carolina where I primarily practice. It is part of a continuing series of articles where Injuryboard injury…
