New Virginia Laws Could Affect Safety on the Roads
In an annual tradition, hundreds of new laws came into effect in Virginia on July 1, 2019. My Virginia personal injury law firm colleagues and…
Wrongful Death
Asbestosis Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $5 Million Jury Verdict for Estate of Railroad Worker
As he lay in hospice care contemplating the potential causes of his deadly lung disease, Stephen Fowlkes recalled his extensive exposure to asbestos-containing brake shoes…
Fair Compensation for Wrongful Death
What happens in fatal car wrecks? Like most other states, North Carolina has a wrongful death statute. Under this law, an experienced attorney can provide…
1 Killed, 2 Injured on Ride At Ohio State Fair
The Ohio State Fair will reopen today, one day after one of its rides fell apart during operation. One man died and seven people were…
Florida Rock Band Involved in Serious Truck Crash
The rock band Adrenaline Mob was involved in a fatal tractor trailer accident near Micanopy, Florida on July 14. One member of the band, the…
Maryland and Virgina Inspectors Push Safety After Deadly Fair Accident
It is not clear at this time why a spinning and swinging ride at the Ohio State Fair malfunctioned in July, killing one person and…
Drivers Killed in Crashes Increasingly Found With Opioids in Their Systems
Prescription painkiller abuse and the related resurgence in heroin addiction have reached the point that the recently appointed Presidential Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and…
West Virginia Drunk Driver Charged in Fatal Crash
West Virginia State Police stated April 24 that a man has been arrested and charged for the drunk driving death of a woman in the…
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…
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…