Courts and juries can find adults who have temporary supervision or custody of children liable for injuries to those children even when the harm resulted from the actions of someone other than the…
Halloween is all about ghouls and goblins, dressing up, eating some delicious candy, and maybe even enjoying a scary movie. But there’s a truly terrifying aspect Halloween few people seem to…
Hospitals routinely struggle to keep their patients motivated and active in the traditional rehabilitation routine. Why? Because most routines are repetitive, cause pain, and are not very…
Randy Piche, a long-time Hampton Roads Sanitation District employee, died Tuesday morning after falling through an opening on a third-floor walkway at the Army Base Treatment Plant in Norfolk on…
The percentage of people killed in highway accidents has been steadily decreasing over the past few years and we’re at the lowest percentage of highway fatalities since 1961, according to the…
When it comes to legal liability and negligence, the threshold question is generally what attorneys call duty. If I am injured in some way, I cannot recover any damages unless the person responsible…
Questions remain after an explosive tanker truck crash on Interstate 664 in Newport News (VA) near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel in September that left the truck driver dead. The…
I have long advocated for the overturning of the Feres Doctrine, a nearly 60-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars active-duty military personnel from receiving compensation for injuries they…
As an injury lawyer who regularly handles railroad accident cases, there’s been a lot of talk about “RailView” and LocoCAM” being used by many major railroad companies. Some…
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., which has a substantial presence in Hampton Roads, has been accused of employing a driver who was distracted from the road by a wireless device – a distraction…
It’s rare that an insider whistleblower risks all by admitting personal knowledge of alleged fraud on courts, obstruction of civil justice and conspiracy. But these and further serious…
USA TODAY had an interesting story Thursday about how driver’s education, on the wane in public schools for many years, is becoming more popular. A generation ago, driver’s ed was in…
