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.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported in December that a trucker and toddler died after a big rig hauling chemicals overturned in Lumberton, North Carolina and hit a car. State troopers stated that the tractor trailer wreck happened on Dec. 7 north of Lumberton on…
Six people in Guilford County, North Carolina were injured after an SUV flipped over a guardrail on I-85 near the Archdale exit on Dec. 23. Police were called to the scene after the SUV flipped over the guardrail on I-85 southbound at 8:30 AM. All…
Positive train control or PTC has been in the news in recent days after a deadly train derailment and crash in Washington state. In that Amtrak train, PTC was implemented but it was not running yet. In North Carolina, PTC also is being implemented, but…
Civil justice cases grabbed huge headlines in 2017, proving the value of the civil justice system in improving United States health and safety. The largest product recall in automotive history was issued this year as a result of civil justice lawsuits over dangerous Takata airbags,…
Civil justice cases grabbed huge headlines in 2017, proving the value of the civil justice system in improving United States health and safety. The largest product recall in automotive history was issued this year as a result of civil justice lawsuits over dangerous Takata airbags,…
A motorcyclist lost his leg in a two-vehicle accident in Southmont, North Carolina on Nov. 20, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The police stated that a Nissan 370Z went left of center on Holloway Church Road in Southmont, and hit a man…
At least three children died and six other people suffered critical injuries after a pickup truck driver smashed into an Amish horse-drawn buggy early on October 29 in central Michigan. The deadly buggy crash happened at 8:34 AM in Sheridan, Michigan, which is located 45…
A community and family are grieving after a Burke County, North Carolina firefighter was struck and killed by a pickup truck while he was cleaning up storm debris on the evening of Oct. 8 in Drexel, North Carolina. Fire department officials reported that two firefighters…
A 16-year old boy and two other teenagers died in a head-on crash in Advance, North Carolina on Oct. 6. The 16 year-0ld was driving the car on Baltimore Road in Davie County, North Carolina when he attempted to pass a pickup truck. He slammed…
A 42-year-old Birmingham, Alabama woman has been arrested and charged with murder for her role in a suspected DUI crash in 2016 in Dora, Alabama. The woman’s name is Rebecca A. Watson and she was booked into jail on Sept. 18. She has been charged…
DAn allegedly drunk driver had a blood-alcohol level more than four times above the legal limit when he killed a woman in a Greenville, South Carolina crash, according to state trooper Jonathan Bridges in court. A toxicology report found that the driver, Scott A. Henning,…
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) blasted a South Carolina law last month that has made dash cam videos a required piece of evidence in DUI cases. MADD thinks that faults and errors in the video making process are leading to plea deals that result in…
