Portsmouth, Virginia (VA) Police Shoot Unarmed 26 Year Old
In law enforcement, the use of deadly force is an unfortunate necessity under life-threatening circumstances. Unfortunately, those circumstances are sometimes not all that cut and dry. On April 23,...
View ArticleI-64 Tow Truck Accident That Killed Two Truck Drivers Highlights Risks of the...
Two tow truck drivers died in a horrific tow truck accident on Interstate 64 (I-64) near Oyster Point Road in Hampton, Virginia (VA). One of the tow truck drivers lost control of his vehicle and...
View ArticleDUI Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Virginia
Wrongful death claims stemming from a January 2010 drunk driving accident in Virginia Beach, VA, have been settled for $200,000. To read more, click over to our main Virginia personal injury...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Job Done by Crossing Guards
In October 2011 a school crossing guard working near Western Branch Primary School in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), was struck by a vehicle and later passed away at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The...
View ArticleSettlement of $10 Million Reached in Courthouse Asbestos Wrongful Death Case
As experienced personal injury lawyers with offices in Virginia (VA) and North Carolina (NC), we have been involved in cases in which railroad workers have been exposed to asbestos and have developed...
View ArticleUnfairness of Binding Arbitration Highlighted in Blackwater Contractors’...
The recent settlement of four wrongful death lawsuits brought by family members of military contractors killed in Fallujah, Iraq, during March 2004 for about 2 percent of the $30 million originally...
View ArticleQuestion Of Liability Raised After Psychiatrist Warns About Aurora, CO...
A newly appointed judge presiding over the James Holmes murder trial agreed to release a trove of previously sealed documents which shed light on what the University of Colorado knew and when about...
View ArticleRecent Negligence Lawsuit Highlights Importance Of Ignition Interlock Devices
A family from Seattle, Washington has filed a $45 million negligence lawsuit against the city. The lawsuit claims that the city is responsible for a recent deadly drunk driving accident that resulted...
View ArticleTwo Successive Judges Reversed by Appeals Court For Failing to Honor Jury’s...
After a myriad of appeals, the tides of justice are finally turning in favor of a plaintiff whose case was decided by a Tennessee jury back in 2010. The case is Payne v. CSX Transportation Inc., No....
View ArticleWisconsin’s Medical Malpractice Cases Drop 50%; Is Virginia Headed in the...
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report found that medical malpractice lawsuits in Wisconsin have plummeted while the state’s malpractice insurance fund ballooned. Medical malpractice filings have...
View ArticleWhat Needs to Be Established for a Defective Product Case in Virginia
If you suffered a serious injury or lost a loved one due to a defective product, you may be able to pursue financial restitution through a defective product liability claim. In determining whether you...
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AAA Sounds the Alarm on Marijuana-DUI Laws Across Country
AAA stated this week that setting a blood test limit for marijuana is impossible, noting that six states where marijuana is now legal have laws that require blood tests for possibly impaired drivers....
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New York State Passes Tougher Drunk Driving/Boating Law
A bill called Tiffany Heitkamp’s Law passed the New York State legislature last week, which will require state judges to consider earlier drunk driving and boating offenses when deciding on a sentence....
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Alleged Child Decapitation on Water Slide Highlights Ride Safety
A 10 year-old boy was apparently decapitated on what is billed as the world’s tallest water slide in Kansas City, KS last week, which is increasing the spotlight on how closely water slides and...
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Deadly Motorcycle Accident
A Denville NJ teenager and her father, who is the owner of the car his daughter was driving, are being sued for negligence and wrongful death after a June crash in June on Route 15 near Morristown NJ...
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FMCSA Declares Van Driver in Fatal Crash Is ‘Imminent Hazard Public Safety
Two months ago, our Virginia personal injury firm reported on a grisly Carolina County car crash that killed six people. The fatal auto accident occurred on I-95 northbound, on June 18th, at around...
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Bus Driver Charged in Deadly Tennessee Accident
Just a day before their Thanksgiving break, a bus holding 35 children crashed into a tree in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Nov. 21, killing six elementary school children and leaving 24 others with...
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Two Dead, Dozens Injured in Grisly Gas Tanker Crash
Two people were killed and more than a dozen other victims were injured in a grisly tractor trailer accident in Baltimore when a gas tanker skidded on the icy road and exploded. The fatal truck crash...
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Man Charged with Third DUI in Fatal Chesterfield County Crash
A 46-year-old husband and father of two children was killed early Tuesday morning when an alleged drunk driver plowed into his car. Alonza Jefferson, Jr, of Midlothian, Virginia, was heading home from...
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Driver Killed When Tractor-Trailer Goes Off CBBT
An investigation is under way to find out what caused a tractor-trailer to drive off the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) and plunge deep into the waters Thursday afternoon. Emergency...
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