Family members of a mentally disabled woman have received a $150,000 settlement from the Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), group home and assisted living facility at which they alleged the staff abused and…
Operating a Vehicle Operating a vehicle is an important task. When you get behind the wheel not only is your own safety potentially at risk, but the lives of countless others as well. Accidents can…
It had been a festive night, a night for two friends to remember fondly. But because of a drunken driver, it became a nightmare that the young woman will never forget, that the young man did not…
While reading the recent interview by Liam Neeson about his wife’s tragic death in a ski accident, I couldn’t help wondering if she had been wearing a helmet would she still be alive today?…
In a Valentine’s Day interview with Patrick Terpstra of ABC affiliate WVEC-TV, which covers Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News, Virginia (VA), Richard N. Shapiro,…
You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less…
The automobile insurance companies constantly fight for market share on the television, spending millions of dollars of premiums collected in order to get a bigger piece of the business. Having…
A man placed a cup of water in the microwave to heat it up. After he took the cup out of the microwave, the water in the cup burst onto his face giving him first- and second-degree burns to his…
By: Kevin Duffan, Personal Injury Attorney Is it possible to have your driver’s license suspended 25 times? Unfortunately, this isn’t a hypothetical question and a driver whose license…
I am revisiting important asbestos health and safety lessons in this article, “Delayed Russian Roulette.” Railroads such as Norfolk Southern (NS), CSX, Conrail, and others are…
Last Thursday, a Transportation subcommittee of the Virginia House of Representatives voted to approve a law that would allow drivers of motorcycles, mopeds, or bicycles to proceed through a red…
A contractor working in the Kensington Park division damaged a gas line resulting in the evacuation of several homes. Police and fire officials were at the scene of the gas leak in the 200 block…