The documents below are available to the public so that they can gain a better understanding of the legal challenges facing them, and why an experienced attorney is so important for success.

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Car Accident Lawyers in Virginia (VA, NC):

Virginia Attorney for Injured Child Has Flexible Settlement Option
Description: The rules in Virginia (VA) courts related to personal injury cases is often less favorable for the family with an injured love one than other states like North Carolina (NC).
Keeping Our Kids Safe: A Review of Child Safety Inside Cars, Including Proper Installation of Car Safety Seats and Other Alternative Safety Restraint Systems
Description: This is a continuing series of articles about keeping our kids safe while they are in our cars.
Do I Need a Seat Belt in a Truck Bed?
Description: Riding in the back of a pickup truck can be incredibly dangerous. Still, because it is a necessary danger for agricultural communities, many states have been reluctant to enact laws prohibiting riding in the back of a truck bed.
Why are Motorcycle Deaths on the Rise?
Description: Despite safety warnings from the NSC, many motorcyclists continue to ride without a helmet. As more and more of these vehicles join us on the road, learn how we can help keep the riders safe.
Hurricane Season means more accidents on highways, roads and tunnels in Hampton Roads
Description: People in the Hampton Roads area brace for hurricane season and the possibility of more weather-related accidents on the roads and in the tunnels of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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Trucking/Tractor Trailer/Semi Accidents (VA NC SC WV, eastern USA):

How Can You Determine A Trucker Was Tired Before A Crash?
Description: Thirteen percent of semi truck accidents are due to truck driver fatigue. Drivers fall asleep at the wheel or become less responsive to danger because driving longer hours and taking shorter breaks increases truck driver incomes. Trucker fatigue is also often blamed on the shippers instead of the truckers themselves - companies want their merchandise as soon as possible, and often pressure truck drivers to drive long after the conditions are safe. Trucker fatigue can also lead to prescription and non-prescription drug abuse among truck drivers - two habits that can also lead to serious injuries and highway accidents.
Getting Emergency Medical Services Tape Is Key In Virginia Car/Truck Accident
Description: There are various strong reasons to hire an experienced personal injury lawyer immediately after an injury or death in a motor vehicle accident. Recovering evidence such as the 911 and ambulance call tapes and transcripts immediately is high on the list.
Do Virginia Rest Area Limits Put Tired Truck Drivers On The Roads?
Description: A law in Virginia that prohibits staying in interstate rest areas longer than two hours may be putting dangerously tired truckers on the road. What is the state doing about a law that might make highway driving more dangerous?
In Trailer/Towed Vehicle Accident/Personal Injury Cases, The Separate Insurance on the Trailer Behind The Vehicle May Provide Further Insurance Coverage
Description: Our personal injury lawyers have handled cases over many years involving accidents where a car or truck operated by a careless driver also had a trailer connected, or was towing an ATV, boat, or other equipment. Also, our clients have actually been in their own car or truck and had their own trailer when they were in an accident caused by a negligent driver of another car or truck. The question a personal injury lawyer must investigate is exactly how many possible insurance sources apply to provide full compensation for a client who suffers personal injury or a wrongful death, especially if any trailer was involved.
Car and Truck Accidents in Florida (FL)
Description: Florida (FL) is a picturesque vacation spot as well as land rich in culture, history, and adventure. Unfortunately, although the state is the destination for many and the home of millions, it is plagued by dangerous roads and deadly truck accidents. Whether traveling and eight-lane interstate or driving on a one lane state road, you or someone you love can be seriously hurt by an 18-wheeler in any number of circumstances. If you live in any city, town, or county in Florida (FL), we can help you sort out the particulars of your crash and find a just ruling for you in court – whether you have been seriously injured in a car or truck wreck or have a wrongful death case. The Law Firm/personal injury lawyers of Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton have the expertise and courtroom track record to resolve your truck and car accident injury case and receive fair compensation. View our videos, get our free reports, and contact us today for a free consultation.

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Surgical Errors, Nursing Home Negligence, Medical Malpractice Lawyers VA NC SC WV:

Michael Jackson's death could be related to medical malpractice
Description: Medical malpractice caused Michael Jackson's death. Overdose of pain medicine and anesthesia drugs could have led to cardiac arrest.
The “Rules” Help Medical Malpractice Lawyers Win Complex Lawsuits
Description: As a Plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer practicing in Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC) and West Virginia (WV), I am always trying to continue my education in the best ways to win compensation for my clients who are hurt by mistakes made by doctors and hospitals.
Most Common Surgical Errors in Virginia
Description: A doctor operates on the wrong knee. A surgeon leaves behind a medical clamp in your abdominal cavity. An anesthesiologist over-sedates his patient. These are just a few examples of common surgical errors in Virginia.
Medical Malpractice Regarding Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer
Description: As a practicing personal injury attorney of 20 years, I know firsthand that our Virginia Beach law firm receives calls regarding misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose breast cancer. When dealing with breast cancer, it is critical that doctors catch these developing lesions early. Unfortunately, when doctors fail to diagnose aggressive breast cancer, it can then spread rapidly to surrounding areas such as the lymph nodes or it can metastasize to other areas of the body, thereby reducing the patient’s chances of survival. Many times this occurs when the radiologist reading the film or digital mammogram misses key indicators of cancer.
Overmedication & Nursing Home Abuse
Description: Overmedication is one of the more subtle forms of nursing home abuse - and can even be used on the elderly to hide other more common forms of abuse such as nursing home physical abuse, nursing home sexual abuse, and nursing home financial abuse.

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Railroad Accidents/FELA, Crossing Injury, Occupational injuries/diseases VA NC WV SC and Beyond:

Make Sure to Save Key Evidence in the Event of an Insurance Claim for Injury Arising Out of a Passenger Train Accident on Amtrak or Commuter Railroads Like D.C.’s Metrorail
Description: Our law firm regularly takes on Amtrak and other passenger railroads with regard to claims where people got hurt because of negligence by the people running the trains. If you or a family member is ever hurt or worse, killed, on an Amtrak or Metro train, it is critical that you keep all important information and documents to show what happened.
Two D.C. Metro Trains Collide During Rush Hour, Deaths and Injuries Occurred
Description: According to CNN, two Metro trains collided during rush hour Monday killing four and injuring dozens. Mayor Adrian Fenty said “It is the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Virginia railroad injury lawyers--A short history of railroad injury law in Virginia
Description: Virginia has rich history in railroading and it is historically an area where there are also many railroad injury lawyers. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, now Norfolk Southern, has been based in Norfolk, Virginia for many years and our law office is a mere 20 minutes away.
RAILROAD INJURIES/CROSSING ACCIDENT INJURIES-the applicable law explained by Virginia/Carolina personal injury lawyers
Description: Our Virginia/Carolina based personal injury law firm has a long history of representing personal injury victims in railroad accidents, including derailments, FELA injuries, and accidents that occur at railroad crossings between trains and cars or trucks. Deaths or personal injuries occurring at public or private railroad crossings involve a lot of different overlapping federal, state and local laws and statutes, and some of the unique facets of these cases are discussed.
Railroad Injury Attorneys in VA/WV/NC-Use of Brief on Radio Dispatch Regulation Violations In FELA Case
Description: In railroad injury cases representing workers, our FELA/railroad injury lawyers expend much effort investigating, along with our investigators, whether a railroad complied with pertinent federal or state safety statutes and regulations, that may apply to any circumstances of the client injury. Why? Violations mean the railroad cannot offer the worker’s contributory fault (think rule violations) nor must any “careless” or “negligent” conduct by the railroad be proven.

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Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers: Traumatic Brain Injuries/Closed Head Injuries/Concussions VA WV NC SC:

Sports Injuries Resulting in Head Trauma Where Responsible Parties Are At Fault
Description: Obviously, not all sports injuries are anybody’s fault. We are all aware that there are dangers in children’s athletics which a personal injury lawyer can’t do anything to prevent. However, there are numerous situations where someone has in fact been negligent and done something wrong that results in a child suffering a brain injury on the athletic fields. When I have my three kids play lacrosse in the Hampton Roads Lacrosse League (HRLAX), I am putting my children in the hands of adults who are supposed to be in the position of coaches and temporary guardians to watch out for the children’s safety.
Virginia/Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury
Description: Brain injuries are some of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed types of personal injuries cases that we see from a legal standpoint. Traumatic brain injury lawsuits can also be some of the most challenging personal injury cases to litigate
About Handling Virginia Beach/Norfolk, Virginia (VA) Medical Malpractice Claims
Description: As Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) medical malpractice lawyers with over one hundred combined years of legal experience, we are familiar with the local practices that govern medical malpractice claims in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and the surrounding areas of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia and beyond, as we have filed injury suits in virtually every court in the area on behalf of Virginia Beach/Norfolk medical malpractice victims. (Note: we have also represented Eastern Shore, VA and Outer Banks, North Carolina (NC) victims of medical negligence/errors.)
Plane crashes into NC home, pilot and passenger injuries not serious
Description: Plane crash in NC, plane crashes into home, pilot and passenger without serious injury
Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Important Details of Truck/Tractor-Trailer Or Other Accidents With Brain Injury/Closed Head Injury
Description: Our personal injury lawyers have extensive experience in handling brain injury/closed head injury personal injury/wrongful death cases, having handled and tried to verdict several substantial brain injury cases including a record personal injury case in Northern Virginia that resulted in a $46 million verdict in 2000. Brain injury/closed head injury is a difficult medical diagnosis, sometimes even for a doctor who specializes in brain injury. For this reason, a protocol of various tests is normally appropriate: CT scans of the brain, MRI of the brain, and neuro--psychological tests are done to evaluate whether a closed head injury may actually be a traumatic brain injury with permanent consequences, although a positive MRI or CT scan is not necessary to a diagnosis of brain/closed head injury.

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Wrongful Death Claims in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina VA NC SC WV:

Boating Safety: What You Should Know About Accidents on the Water
Description: Summertime is finally here, and more people are spending these warm months on the water. Southeastern Virginia (VA) is blessed with great rivers, bays, coves, and inlets, like Hampton Roads itself, the Chesapeake Bay, the Lynnhaven River, and the James River. However, not everyone stops to think about the dangers of their boating pastime.
Drug Safety: Are the Drugs You Use Safe, or Do They Have Dangerous Side Effects?
Description: As an attorney who specializes in injury and wrongful death cases, I have represented many clients who were harmed by drugs that had dangerous side effects. As consumers we depend on drug companies and organizations such as the FDA to ensure that our drugs are safe and that they will not have harmful unforeseen effects on our health. We also expect that drugs be labeled properly and have appropriate warnings.
Mediation Successes in Virginia (VA) Wrongful Death and Major Injury Cases
Description: Mediation has brought great changes to the practice of law in the field of serious personal injury and wrongful death. In Virginia, medication is not required by the court but can be agreed to by the parties, unlike other states like North Carolina (NC) where medication is mandatory.
Wrongful Death Lawyer Needs Skills of Family Counselor
Description: I have come to realize in our firm’s handling of several wrongful death matters this year how critical the lawyer’s skills at working through family emotional and grief issues are to getting the best result for a family whose loved one has been killed as the result of the negligence of someone else. The law related to wrongful death when a person has been killed by the negligence or fault of someone else are different from state to state.
What Are The Four Elements Of A Wrongful Death Claim?
Description: The death of a family member can be devastating - and even more so if that death could have been prevented if not for the negligence of someone else. Here, we outline the four basic parameters of determining a wrongful death case.

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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Rail, Bus):

High School Student Develops Device to Prevent Plane Crashes
Description: Just days after the emergency landing on the Hudson River in New York of a US Airways jet due to what has been widely thought to be caused by birds clogging the engines, a high school senior in North Carolina presented her science project: “Deflection Over Disaster; Metal Deflection Devices to Prevent Airplane Engine Destruction”.

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General Personal Injury Claims We Handle-Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or Eastern U.S.A. (VA NC SC WV):

FDA RECALL OF HYDROXYCUT
Description: Many people have been injured from Hydroxycut. Health problems reported including liver failure, kidney problems and death
Why Clients Choose Us (See reasons, and the links to many reference sources)
Description: Clients Choose Us Because of Experience in Injury law, records verdicts, high ethical standards and commitment to personal injury law, this page highlights our background
What is Injuryboard blog network, and what is an injury law blog? (About Virginia Beach, Norfolk-Portsmouth, and Northeast NC Injuryboard blogs)
Description: Our injury lawyers serve as lawyer-editors for three regional injury law blogs: Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk-Portsmouth Injuryboard, and the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard blog, all in addition to our own Law firm injury blog. A blog is an internet based forum to write about and discuss a topic, and of course we focus on personal injury law for the injured. Injuryboard is an official injury law news source of Google news and other internet news portals.
The Most Likely Breeds Of Dog To Attack You Or Your Family
Description: Any and every breed of dog has been responsible for a violent attack on humans throughout history. However, some breeds, such as pit bulls, have significantly higher rates of attacks than other breeds of dog. Do you know the most dangerous breeds of dog?
Airplane Crashes Are Seldom Fender Benders
Description: Because I am a licensed private airplane pilot, I have access to a tremendous amount of information regarding airplane crashes throughout the United States. It will come as no surprise that most of these crashes produce serious personal injuries or death for the occupants of the airplane. Aircraft crashes do not produce “fender benders.”

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Testimony Excerpts from Personal Injury Cases:

Actual excerpts of testimony from personal injury cases in Virginia/Carolina and elsehwere are presented (Group 1)
Description: As experienced Virginia/Carolina injury lawyers often in court, we constantly receive testimony of experts and witnesses by deposition or during trial. To familiarize potential clients and consumers with how deposition and trial testimony works, we have posted such testimony to our injury law website.
As experienced Virginia/Carolina injury lawyers often in court, we constantly receive testimony of experts and witnesses by deposition or during trial (Group 2)
Description: As experienced Virginia/Carolina injury lawyers often in court, we constantly receive testimony of experts and witnesses by deposition or during trial. To familiarize potential clients and consumers with how deposition and trial testimony works, we have posted such testimony to our injury law website.
Testimony Excerpts-Railroad Crossing Safety Expert-Heathington
Description: Personal injury lawyers handling injury law post testimony from one of their injury cases.
Testimony Excerpts-Materials Engineer-Norfolk Southern
Description: Personal injury lawyers handling injury law post testimony from one of their injury cases.
Testimony Excerpts-Dr. Goldman-CSX Medical Doctor
Description: Real testimony from a personal injury case our lawyers have handled.

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Co-Counsel:

We Welcome Lawyer Referrals Of Injury or Death Cases
Description: Because our firm handles many types of significant personal injury cases, as well as wrongful death cases, we foster and welcome co-counsel relationships with other personal injury lawyers or lawyers who do not specialize in personal injury or wrongful death, as not only clients, but lawyers search for the best, top, injury lawyers/attorneys in Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), West Virginia (WV), or South Carolina (SC).

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Firm Newsletters:

Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton - Personal Injury Attorneys' Winter 2008 Newsletter [PDF]
Description: The Virginia-Carolina personal injury law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton publishes this newsletter on personal injury law, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, railroad injuries/diseases, and medical malpractice cases. Each issue focuses on injury prevention and safety tips, product recalls, dangers to avoid and similar safety issues that are prevalent at that time.
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton - Personal Injury Attorneys' Summer 2008 Newsletter [PDF]
Description: The Virginia-Carolina personal injury law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton publishes this newsletter on personal injury law, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, railroad injuries/diseases, and medical malpractice cases. Each issue focuses on injury prevention and safety tips, product recalls, dangers to avoid and similar safety issues that are prevalent at that time.
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton - Personal Injury Attorneys' Spring 2008 Newsletter [PDF]
Description: The Virginia-Carolina personal injury law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton publishes this newsletter on personal injury law, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, railroad injuries/diseases, and medical malpractice cases. Each issue focuses on injury prevention and safety tips, product recalls, dangers to avoid and similar safety issues that are prevalent at that time.
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton - Personal Injury Attorneys' Winter 2007 Newsletter [PDF]
Description: The Virginia-Carolina personal injury law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton publishes this newsletter on personal injury law, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, railroad injuries/diseases, and medical malpractice cases. Each issue focuses on injury prevention and safety tips, product recalls, dangers to avoid and similar safety issues that are prevalent at that time.
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton - Personal Injury Attorneys' Winter 2006 Newsletter [PDF]
Description: The Virginia-Carolina personal injury law firm of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis and Appleton publishes this newsletter on personal injury law, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, railroad injuries/diseases, and medical malpractice cases. Each issue focuses on injury prevention and safety tips, product recalls, dangers to avoid and similar safety issues that are prevalent at that time.

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Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers-Ads:

Law Firm Needs Focus Group Participants
Description: Law Firm conducting quarterly focus groups seek qualified participants.
Pilot and Personal Injury lawyer Jim Lewis handles aircraft/airplane crash injury cases, here seen beside a small plane
Description: Personal Injury lawyer James (Jim) Lewis is a licensed pilot and experienced personal injury lawyer with our law firm. His piloting experience is very useful in aircraft injury cases, especially when locating and discussing facts with experts or the opposing witnesses.
Personal Injury Lawyer Jim Lewis at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Description: Personal Injury attorney James Lewis of our firm is a big Nascar fan, and has done 170 mph at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, in a Richard Petty driving school.
Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer-Ad 5
Description: For personal injury claims arising in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or the eastern U.S.A., our personal injury lawyers have over 100 years combined legal experience handling: car and truck accidents, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, railroad/FELA/crossing injuries, dog bite/dog attack cases, food poisoning cases, aviation/airplane crashes/accidents, ATV accidents, amusement/theme park accidents, boat/jet ski/PWC accidents, food poisoning, slip, trip or fall accidents, pedestrian/bicycle accident cases, dangerous/defective drug-medicine cases, workplace/industrial accidents, gas, electrical shock, burns and explosion injuries, faulty product cases and asbestos, toxic and hazardous substance claims.
Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer ads-4
Description: For personal injury claims arising in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or the eastern U.S.A., our personal injury lawyers have over 100 years combined legal experience handling: car and truck accidents, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, railroad/FELA/crossing injuries, dog bite/dog attack cases, food poisoning cases, aviation/airplane crashes/accidents, ATV accidents, amusement/theme park accidents, boat/jet ski/PWC accidents, food poisoning, slip, trip or fall accidents, pedestrian/bicycle accident cases, dangerous/defective drug-medicine cases, workplace/industrial accidents, gas, electrical shock, burns and explosion injuries, faulty product cases and asbestos, toxic and hazardous substance claims.

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FREE Reports:

The Free Railroad Worker's Do's & Don'ts When Injured at a Railroad Booklet
Description: Do's & Don'ts When Injured at a Railroad--The Railroad Worker's FELA Rights Booklet.
This free must have "blue book" has been reprinted for railroad workers for over 10 years, and outlines the do's/don'ts as well as what the FELA covers and much more. The bible on the FELA. Order yours for Free Today.
TOP TEN TIPS FROM EXPERIENCED VIRGINIA/CAROLINA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERS
Description: Free Report titled: TOP TEN TIPS FROM EXPERIENCED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYERS. Free Patient Guide to Medical Malpractice Claims tells the consumer what an "insider" Virginia/Carolina personal injury/medical malpractice lawyer practicing medical malpractice law daily has learned. The must have guide for people who have suffered an injury caused by a doctor, hospital, nursing home or any surgical error. This booklet gives families who may have a medical malpractice or nursing home neglect case the basic tools to understand what to do about this legal problem, whether in Virginia, North Carolina, or elsewhere. This is a free report.
The Free Best Car Accident Guide To Injuries In Virginia
Description: Learn why car insurance adjusters hate this Free car accident information book! The Book With Everything You need to Know if Hurt in a Car accident. The inside advice you need if you are hurt in an auto collision caused by someone else’s fault. An experienced Virginia-based lawyer for personal injury victims anticipates the key Virginia or Carolina accident information you need, and most info applies to other states as well. As a service to the public and car/truck accident injury victims we provide this insightful and informative book written by our lawyers with over 100 years combined legal experience. This book includes valuable information on the how insurance claims are valued; insurance company negotiation tactics, how to avoid injury case mistakes; and steps to finding a qualified personal injury attorney…
Insurance companies take advantage of consumers
Description: Read this free article and series to see why you should be cautious of insurance companies and big corporations

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Medical Legal Exhibits Used in Court:

Actual Court Exhibits From Personal Injury/Wrongful death cases
Description: Creative use of medical illustrations, medical exhibits, and other charts and graphs can supremely help judges and juries understand abstract and complicated issues.

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General:

Five Ways You Can Prevent Drunk Driving In the Virginias And Carolinas
Description: Every single person can help prevent drunk driving accidents. For watching your own alcohol consumption, to throwing responsible parties, to writing your local lawmakers, you can make a difference in minimizing drunk driving injuries and deaths.
Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) is a big military region
Description: Growing up in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), I know what a huge presence the military has in our area. Norfolk is home to the largest naval base in the world. Virginia Beach with its Oceana facility is home to tons military aircraft.
Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses Typical Ethical Issues in Personal Injuries
Description: Personal Injury Lawyers get early client questions about what a case is worth, about the need for client loans, and about disclosure of prior injuries or perceived damaging information, and how these issues are addressed.
Lawyers USA 2.11.08 - “Firefighters can sue for emotional injuries despite firefighter’s rule”

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Case Results

Car Accident Lawyers in Virginia (VA, NC)

Motorcycle Passengers Recover $1,512,000.00

Awarded: $1,512,000.00

Rear Ender-Neck/Cervical Fusion Surgery, Lost Income and Earnings
Pedestrians Struck by Automobile Recover $540,000.00

Awarded: $545,000.00

Car Accident-minivan-knee surgery
Crosswalk Accident With Broken Leg Settles For $227,000.00

Awarded: $227,000

Trucking/Tractor Trailer/Semi Accidents (VA NC SC WV, eastern USA)

MACK truck-trailer-wreck/leg fractures
Truck-Train crossing collision-back injuries
Automobile Accident Causing Coma and Paralysis

Awarded: Counsel settled with the motorist's insurer, and then with two additional underinsurance carriers for a total settlement of $600,000 which constituted all available insurance.

Collision Between Two Big Rigs Creates Fireball

Awarded: Case settled at mediation for $450,000.00, from the parked truck’s insurance, plus additional monies and concessions from the client’s workers’ compensation insurer

Virginia Automobile Accident

Awarded: The case was settled for $350,000.00 without the necessity of a trial.

Surgical Errors, Nursing Home Negligence, Medical Malpractice Lawyers VA NC SC WV

Retained Surgical Sponge and Subsequent Complications

Awarded: $425,000.00 Settlement

Failed Back Surgery

Awarded: The case was settled before the trial for 1.25 million dollars.

Failure to Diagnose/ER Doctor/vascular incident (aortic aneurysim)

Awarded: $700,000.00

Gastric Bypass (stomach stapling) Surgery complications

Awarded: $550,000.00 settlement during mediation.

Gallbladder Surgery Error

Awarded: $425,000

Railroad Accidents/FELA, Crossing Injury, Occupational injuries/diseases VA NC WV SC and Beyond

Shoulder Injury requiring surgery for Locomotive Engineer

Awarded: The Jacksonville, Florida State Court jury returned a $978,000.00 verdict in favor of TA against the railroad.

Locomotive Engineer with Shoulder and Knee Injuries

Awarded: Several days before court-ordered mediation, the parties arrived at a settlement of $950,000.00.

Railroad Conductor gets back injury due to fall in ballast depression

Awarded: The case was settled for $900,000

Railroad conductor/back injury-surgery/Safety Appliance act Violations
Locomotive Engine Fire causes Rail Engineer right arm and wrist surgery

Awarded: The case was settled at mediation for $700,000.00

Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers: Traumatic Brain Injuries/Closed Head Injuries/Concussions VA WV NC SC

Gas Station Worker Pinned In building-train derailment, brain injury

Awarded: $46,000,000, with Interest 60 Million

Brain Injury To Railroad Engineer Caused By Exploding Valve on Engine (verdict)

Awarded: $365,000.00

Wrongful Death Claims in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina VA NC SC WV

Wrongful Death-Car Struck By Tractor Trailer

Awarded: $2,400,000.00

Car Accident-Death of Minor/Child-Wrongful Death Settlement
Wrongful Death settlements-Asbestos/Mesothelioma Cases

General Personal Injury Claims We Handle-Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or Eastern U.S.A. (VA NC SC WV)

Personal Injury/Partial Loss of Eyesight-Bar/Restaurant/Nightclub Lack of Security- $500,000.00 VA Settlement

Awarded: $500,000

Fiberglass Ladder Defect-Knee Injury/surgery-Bauer brand
Skiing/Ski Lift Operator Negligence-Knee/Leg Injury
Department Store Shelf Falls on Customer

Awarded: $120,000.00

Pilot Suffers Electrical Shock Injury At Hotel Ending Commercial Pilot’s Career--Settlement Soon Before Federal Court Jury Trial

Awarded: 1.5 Million Settlement For Electrical Shock Injury to Hotel Guest/Pilot

Other

Faulty Product - Fiberglass Stepladder Failure

Awarded: Ultimately, the parties all submitted to mediation carried out by a retired judge. The case was resolved for $375,000.00, with part paid by both Bauer and AT&T.

Skiing Accident

Awarded: The case was tried and the jury returned a verdict for $150,000.00, plus interest and costs. No settlement offer was ever made before the verdict.

Hotel Guest-Glass Coffee Carafe Shatters-Hand Injury

Awarded: Hand Injury Settlement/Glass Coffee Carafe Shatters-Hotel Guest

Car Accident Lawyers in Virginia (VA, NC)

Trucking/Tractor Trailer/Semi Accidents (VA NC SC WV, eastern USA)

Is the law applying to a car and truck wreck case different from a car injury case and how?

Are the laws or rules applying to a wrongful death claim different from a personal injury not involving death?

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Surgical Errors, Nursing Home Negligence, Medical Malpractice Lawyers VA NC SC WV:

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Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers: Traumatic Brain Injuries/Closed Head Injuries/Concussions VA WV NC SC:

Wrongful Death Claims in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina VA NC SC WV:

Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Rail, Bus):

General Personal Injury Claims We Handle-Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or Eastern U.S.A. (VA NC SC WV):

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