Randy Appleton has decades of experience practicing personal injury law. He has handled complex injury lawsuits in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
As states lift COVID-19 restrictions, more people will be back on the roads. But after staying home for the past couple of months with limited driving, we could see a spike in car crashes.
Succeeding with a personal injury claim following a car crash in Virginia requires showing that the other driver was completely at fault for causing the collision.
Evenflo is one of the largest manufacturers of infant and children's products. One of the products they are well-known for is their car safety seats. Recently, it was discovered that one of their products – Big Kid Booster Seat – may not be as safe as the company touted it to be.
Having spent decades advising and representing railroad employees who suffered injuries on the job, I know that accidents rarely just happen. Safety problems usually build up over time. Inspections go undone. Repairs go unmade. Then, suddenly, an engineer, conductor, brakeman, trackman, mechanic or
Working on and around trains was so dangerous during the second half of the 1800s that Congress, in 1893, passed one of the first national occupational safety laws specifically to lower the number of deaths and dismemberments from crashes, derailments, rollback accidents and falls from…
Keyless cars indicate an evolution in vehicle manufacturing. This evolution is exciting, however, it is also leading to new problems and safety concerns. The trend of keyless cars is relatively new, therefore, people are learning about the adverse effects of this technology the hard way.…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that various TJX Companies sold at least 19 different products that had previously been recalled because of safety issues. Recalls for these products had taken place between 2014 through 2019. Countless numbers of consumers purcha
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in this country. According to national statistics, approximately 2,500 teens between the ages of 16 and 19 are killed in crashes each year, and another 221,000 are injured. For many, the injuries they receive are…
A quirk in Virginia law allows drivers to operate without insurance as long they pay an annual fee. This, along with the ever-present danger of hit-and-run drivers (4,521 cases in 2017), put injured crash victims at risk for bearing all the financial costs of recovering…
Unannounced in late August 2018, fleets of rentable electric scooters appeared in downtown Norfolk and at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. A smaller group of the two-wheelers also popped up in Town Center. City leaders responded differently, but all elected officials and public safety personnel expres
The manufacturer of the motorized room partition that killed a nine year old boy in Alexandria, VA stated this month that the product was working properly at the time of the accident. The boy was killed after he was crushed between a wall and a…
A 21 month old girl whose mother died while crossing a street in Florida during an illegal street race passed away in late May. The little girl was being pushed in her stroller by her mother across Bayshore Blvd. in Tampa when both were hit…
