In my hometown of Norfolk, Virginia (VA), the excitement about Old Dominion University and its new football program is mixed with serious sadness over the death in a car accident of Monarch player Osric Robinson. On December 12, 2008, the junior linebacker was killed on the road near his home in Alma, Georgia (GA).
The young man had transferred to ODU in Norfolk, Virginia after having played football for two years at Ferrum College. Robinson had just made the team after fall tryouts. He was a star athlete in various sports coming out of his Macon County High School in Georgia. Unfortunately, car accidents are one of the top killers of America’s young adults. When a tragedy like this occurs, there is no amount of money that can ever make it right for the family who has lost a young person. However, I hope that the family of this young man finds a good lawyer to get all of the available insurance coverage to help them deal with this horrible event and move on with their lives as best they can.
Rick Shapiro has practiced personal injury law for over 30 years in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims. During his three-decade career, Shapiro has won client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, VA Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, underscoring Shapiro’s trial achievements. In addition, he and his law firm have won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million. His success in and out of the courtroom is a big reason why he was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers publication (Norfolk, VA area), and he has been named a “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by those peer-reviewed organizations for multiple years. Rick was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia). And in September 2023, Rick was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted from across the country, Rick was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board which certifies civil trial attorneys across the U.S. Rick was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.
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