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The Norfolk Legal Examiner provides coverage of personal injury and safety issues making headlines in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, and surrounding areas. You can find news stories and legal insights that matter to individuals, families, and communities.

Liability of nightclub/bars for drunken patrons

As a busy Virginia personal injury attorney, I was recently pondering about a case I have against a Norfolk nightclub/bar. Here is the scenario. My client is in the bar minding his…

By Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

/ 16 Sep 2008

FELA Attorney, John Cooper, Wrote Recent Article About Remote Control Operations (RCO) of Freight Trains.

Have you ever heard of a freight train going down the tracks with no one in the engine compartment of the locomotive? A train with no engineer sounds like a headless horseman. Unfortunately, that…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 8 Sep 2008

Virginian Pilot Headline Screams “Woman Dies in Motorcycle Accident on I-64”

Police out of Norfolk, Virginia (VA) are looking into why the woman on the motorcycle got thrown from the bike and hit by a car. The tragedy of this lady’s death was shocking, even to me as a veteran personal injury attorney in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA).

By Richard Shapiro

/ 13 Aug 2008

John Cooper Elected as Chair of the Railroad Law Section

John M. Cooper of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton in Virginia Beach has been elected to a one year term (2008-2009) as Chair of the Railroad Law Section of the American Association for Justice…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 24 Jul 2008

Saving Gas with a National Speed Limit?

Senator John Warner (R-VA) recently proposed to Congress that they should consider implementing a national speed limit in order to curb gasoline consumption and lower gas prices. Senator Warner…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 24 Jul 2008

Amusement Parks and Lawsuits

As a parent and an injury lawyer, I am amazed and scared by the threats posed to the public at theme parks. On June 29th, 2008, a 17 year old boy climbed two six foot fences and strolled into a…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 22 Jul 2008

CSX Stock Up 58% Because of Mismanagement?

All the railroad stocks have done well in recent years, the stock of CSXT may have increased not just because of increase in freight and the higher cost of gasoline but also because of the…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 30 Jun 2008

John Cooper to Speak at Upcoming Personal Injury Seminar

Seminar: Preparing and Trying the Bodily Injury Case sponsored by National Business Institute When: September 25, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Where: Holiday Inn Executive

By Richard Shapiro

/ 27 Jun 2008

New Virginia Law Gives Car Insurance Limits Information

The most significant change for attorneys focusing on personal injury was a new Virginia statute that requires automobile insurance carriers to tell the attorney representing someone hurt in a car wreck what the amounts of the automobile insurance are for the at-fault driver under certain circumstan

By Richard Shapiro

/ 25 Jun 2008

Are Government Subsidies to Railroads Serving The Public Interest?

The nation freight railroads such as CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) are posting healthy profits, but should state and federal governments be paying Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads for…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 11 Apr 2008

Women Awarded $7.5 Million From Norfolk for Son Who Was Hit by City Truck

The city of Norfolk is awarding a woman $7.5 million because her son was hit by a truck which was driven by an employee of the city.The circuit judge hearing the case must approve the settlement so the case is scheduled to go to trial next week. Council approval isn’t necessary but the judge sought

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Feb 2008

DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES SLOW YOU DOWN

Authored by: Randall AppletonAs a personal injury lawyer with a long commute from Nags Head, NC to Virginia Beach, VA each day, I was amazed at some news about cars and cell phones in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper. Recent studies have indicated that drivers talking on cell phones are making commutes

By Richard Shapiro

/ 18 Jan 2008