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.
Every day in the United States, nine people are killed and more than 1,000 are seriously injured in car crashes caused by distracted drivers. Many safety advocates believe the number is much higher because many drivers don’t admit they were using their cell phones while…
As a Virginia dangerous drug attorney, I have tracked the tragic consequences of the overprescribing and illegal sale of powerful prescription painkillers for more than two decades. Doctors, dentists and pharmacists who did too little to limit access to medications like OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vic
A federal jury in Chicago awarded a man who suffered a heart attack while using the testosterone replacement product AndroGel $150 million in punitive damages. With their July 24, 2017, decision, jurors found that AndroGel’s maker, AbbVie, misrepresented the risks of using the product. While…
A man from Durham, North Carolina was charged in a car accident on July 15 that killed a motorcyclist. Durham Police stated that a 1996 Cadillac Seville driven by Rodney McLaurin, 45, was turning left in Durham from Massey Ave. onto South Alston Ave. when…
A pair of studies were released last month that comes to seemingly opposite conclusions about whether an increase in the use of marijuana is causing a higher number of car accidents across the US. The first study, which was done by the Insurance Institute for…
Recent health and safety information has arisen with regard to asbestos contamination of common talc baby powder products, including talc products sold by Johnson & Johnson, and other talcum powder products still for sale throughout the United States. During 2016 and 2017, defective product personal
A rare win appears within reach for the “forgotten people” who stand to lose so much if Republicans in Congress succeed in completely repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). H.R. 1215, introduced as companion legislation to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and…
An entire family of four died in Lexington, North Carolina on May 16 when they were hit by a tractor trailer that apparently failed to slow down in a construction zone. The North Carolina State Police reported that three adults and two children in total…
A jury in St. Louis awarded $110.5 million to a woman who developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower products for more than 40 years. The civil defective and dangerous product lawsuit centered on the questions of whether…
April 2017 brought bad news about drug-related fatalities on two fronts. Virginia became the latest state to see dramatic increases in deadly opioid overdoses, and a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) revealed that, for the first time, people killed in traffic crashes…
Over the past several years, there have been multiple recalls involving implant devices because of the dangerous risks they pose to patients. These recalls have included devices use for hip replacement and for knee replacements. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new recall…
A 26 year old man has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and felony passing a stopped school bus, after he struck and killed a 16 year old boy at a school bus stop in late March. The early police investigation indicated that the 16…
