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.
Each day in Virginia, two people on average die in motor vehicle accidents and 100 are injured. To reduce the number of traffic deaths and injuries, several Virginia state agencies have joined to implement the Virginia Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Stakeholders say that the plan’s long-term goal…
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 hurt. The rides will not be operational, however, until all of them have been reinspected and are deemed safe. Video…
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 the Opioid Crisis on July 31, 2017, felt compelled to call for an immediate declaration of a national emergency. Tak
A common sight in Washington DC in the summer these days is tourists riding rented Segways to see the sights on and around the Mall. In one recent tour group, a tourist from New Zealand fell on her Segway when she went over a small…
A woman suffered serious but apparently non-life-threatening injuries on a water park ride at King’s Dominion amusement park in Doswell, Virginia on July 5. According to local media reports, the woman is receiving treatment in Richmond for a broken foot, collar bone and shoulder after riding…
The purpose of product recalls is to alert the public about a dangerous or defective product in order for any consumers who purchased that product to either repair or replace that product. Although any defective product can pose hazards, defective children’s products can have especially…
Several students are recovering in Virginia Beach after a car hit their school bus on June 13. The bus accident happened at 3:40 PM at Jericho and N. Witchduck roads. A witness to the accident in Virginia Beach stated that a white car was traveling…
A man is suing AMFM LLC in Charleston, West Virginia, which is the owner of a nursing home where the man’s wife was a resident in 2015. The lawsuit alleges that Lula Jarvis died in the care of the nursing home as a result of…
Over the last 10 years, in-vehicle breathalyzer devices have prevented at least 31,000 people in Massachusetts from driving drunk, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Around the country, ignition interlock devices that prevent convicted drunk drivers from starting their vehicle when intoxica
The sheriff’s department in Lincoln County, Kentucky is investigating a bizarre crash on US 150 on May 12 that left a man dead and three injured. The sheriff’s office reported that a truck pulling a camper was going eastbound on the highway when the camper…
A Virginia Beach man facing charges in a fatal truck accident on May 19 has a long record of criminal and traffic violations. He may have been driving a company vehicle at the time of the accident that killed a local teenager. Jerod Demetrius Johnson…
The number of drunk driving crashes in Florida continues to climb, so the state legislature is trying to stop this alarming trend by passing a bill that would require an ignition interlock device for those convicted of driving under the influence. Florida HB 949 would…
