Since 1985, the lawyers affiliated with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp have dedicated their practice to helping people when they need it most. Our clients are usually down and out after an accident, struggling financially, physically, and emotionally.
Concerns are rising about the potential dangers caused by bumper pads in cribs, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics to warn the pads pose a danger of suffocation and strangulation to…
A tragic train accident in Shanghai added to an unease that safety may have been sacrificed in China’s rush to develop, according to the New York Times. Some 271 people were injured when one…
With scooter sales up 50 percent around the country, there are more of these vehicles on the road than ever. Affordable and great on gas, scooters seem like the perfect answer to motorized…
My colleague Richard Shapiro has reported on our firm’s Virginia personal injury attorneys’ website that a roofer was seriously injured after making contact with an electrical line on top of…
In February 2011, the burn unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia held its annual reunion for burn trauma patients in conjunction with National Burn Prevention Month. Recovering from a…
The Hampton River in Virginia is popular with speedboat owners and Jet Ski riders, but new heavy wooden markers placed the water in the water after the City of Hampton dredged the boat channel have…
A fun-filled day on the Chesapeake Bay turned tragic after a local preteen impaled her leg on a boat’s propeller, the Virginian-Pilotreported on July 1, 2011. The girl had been tubing with friends…
The first week of July is usually one of the busiest and deadliest U.S. travel times of the year. Many people use the holiday for driving vacations, resulting in many DUI citations and car…
Accidents between large commercial trucks and passenger cars generally spell bad news for the passenger car. Fortunately, large commercial trucks are only involved in about 2.4 percent of all car…
Phillip Shucet, the president and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit wants adjustments made to the safety and communications systems of the new light-rail system in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), so the trains…
A serious car and pickup truck accident on I-64 near Oyster Point Road in Newport News, Virginia (VA), led to the death of a woman named Pennie Hampton. The car in front of her, a Mercury Tracer,…
Walking across a busy street can be dangerous for almost anyone, but it is especially risky for someone who is disabled and wheelchair-bound. For example, Shirley Sheppard of Newport News, Virginia…
