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- Car Accident Lawyers in Virginia (VA, NC)
- Trucking/Tractor Trailer/Semi Accidents (VA NC SC WV, eastern USA)
- Surgical Errors, Nursing Home Negligence, Medical Malpractice Lawyers VA NC SC WV
- Railroad Accidents/FELA, Crossing Injury, Occupational injuries/diseases VA NC WV SC and Beyond
- 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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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)
- Makers of Zicam Nasal Spray Deny Loss of Smell as Side Effect
- National Park Service Seeks Volunteers to Watch the Beaches on The Outer Banks, North Carolina (NC)
- Home and Car Invasions Are on the Rise – Tips to Keep You and Your Family Safe
Firm News
- Malfunctioning Lift Gate Blamed for Severe Injury to Leg
- Chinese Drywall Being Used to Build Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) Hotel
- Sailboats Strike Overhead Power Lines in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA)
- Peanut Food Poisoning Hurts NC Peanut Farmers
- Three Die In Freak Boating Accident Near Myrtle Beach; Boy In Serious Condition
Library
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)
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)
For personal injury or wrongful death arising in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C. or the eastern U.S.A., our personal injury lawyers, based in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, have over 100 years combined legal experience handling: wrongful death cases, 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/mesothelioma cancer, toxic and hazardous substance claims. See our website library section for more on the above topics and call our firm if you would like to discuss any other type of serious personal injury claim.We also handle these cases throughout the eastern U.S.A. For more, see our library, news or blog articles under "General Personal Injury Claims We Handle."
Library for 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.” - Pit bull attacks a 7 month old baby in Newport News, Virginia
Description: Pit bull attacks infant in Newport News. Baby in critical condition at Norfolk General Hospital. - Was Someone You Know in an Airplane Accident?
Description: Hopefully, you will never experience the trauma of being involved in an airplane accident or crash. However, if someone you know has been through such a disaster, the aviation/aircraft injury lawyers at Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton can help you get accurate and honest answers to your airplane crash questions. - Boat Capsizes in the Chesapeake Bay Killing Two Fishermen
Description: According to an article in the Virginian Pilot, a 3-to 4-foot wave struck the side of an 18 foot boat, stalling its engine before it overturned in the Chesapeake Bay on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. - Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Lawyers: Accidents/Injuries Causing An Amputated/Severed Leg, Toe, Arm, Hand, or Finger: How Our Experienced Personal Injury Lawyers Handle These Claims
Description: Our Virginia/Carolina personal injury lawyers have helped not only the person suffering the amputated or severed finger, toe or body part, but addressed their psychological and emotional issues, along with their family issues, that can almost overcome a person suffering from such an amputation injury. We have had the experience of representing clients having suffered an amputation accident at a place of work, accidents in a railroad yard, and cases that have also involved paralyzing/paralysis injuries as well as quadriplegia or paraplegia, and our lawyers handle cases in WV, VA, NC, SC, KY and beyond. - Personal Injury Suits/Claims Stack Up Against Retailers Due to Falling Merchandise/Falling Product Negligence
Description: Whether it is Norfolk, Virginia Beach (Va. Beach), Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia (VA) or Kitty Hawk, Hill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), we have all witnessed the widespread development of big box stores such as Lowes, Home Depot, Sams Club, Price Club, etc.
Frequent Questions for 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):
What is the Virginia (VA) general statute of limitations for a personal injury?
- What should I do and not do if I am involved in any personal injury situation?
Videos about 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):
Case Results for 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
- Fiberglass Ladder Defect-Knee Injury/surgery-Bauer brand
- Skiing/Ski Lift Operator Negligence-Knee/Leg Injury
- Department Store Shelf Falls on Customer
- Pilot Suffers Electrical Shock Injury At Hotel Ending Commercial Pilot’s Career--Settlement Soon Before Federal Court Jury Trial
Awarded: $500,000
Awarded: $120,000.00
Awarded: 1.5 Million Settlement For Electrical Shock Injury to Hotel Guest/Pilot
Web Resources for 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):
- National Cancer Institute: Malignant Mesothelioma
Description: Information about malignant mesothelioma providing links to information on this disease, causes and treatment options, research, clinical trials etc.
- National Cancer Institute
Description: Asbestos/Cancer Exposure: Questions and Answers
Providing information on asbestos; illnesses caused by exposure, including mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. - Bob Kraft's Law Blog on Disability and Injury Claims
Description: Kraft on disability law and injury claims, he fights against wrongful denial of claims and reports on injury news.
- Safety and Health: Asbestos
Description: Provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a branch of the US Department of Labor, on asbestos, OSHA safety standards for use of asbestos products, exposure hazards in the workplace, protecting workers from exposure, etc.
- Mayo Clinic: Mesothelioma
Description: Providing links to patient medical information on asbestos-caused mesothelioma, including information on treatment, prevention and coping with the terrible disease.
- Asbestos Litigation
Description: The American Bar Association provides information on the history of the asbestos litigation, ABA official policy on the litigation and more.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Asbestos
Description: Federal government resource on asbestos: where it occurs, where an average person may be exposed to it, the types of products it may appear in and other information on the toxic substance asbestos
- American Cancer Society: Malignant Mesothelioma
Description: Reference center providing an overview of asbestos/malignant mesothelioma, risk factors and prevention, symptoms, treatment options and links to information on the disease.
- American Cancer Society: Asbestos
Description: Devoted to asbestos with detailed information on what asbestos is, links to mesothelioma and other illnesses, how people become exposed to asbestos, preventing exposure etc
- American Lung Association
Description: Mesothelioma Fact Sheet
Web site providing information on mesothelioma.
Blog for 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)
- Makers of Zicam Nasal Spray Deny Loss of Smell as Side Effect
- National Park Service Seeks Volunteers to Watch the Beaches on The Outer Banks, North Carolina (NC)
- Home and Car Invasions Are on the Rise – Tips to Keep You and Your Family Safe
- Zicam Nasal Spray Causes Loss of Smell
- Heavy Metal Toxins Found in the Water Surrounding Chesapeake Golf Course Could Pose Risk to Residents
- Tendon Damage Associated With Certain Antibiotics
- Dog Attack Highlights Necessity of Proper Pet Ownership and Vigilance
- Firm Attorneys Lewis & Shapiro Named Virginia Super Lawyers for 2009 by Law & Politics
- Firm Injury Lawyer Shapiro Publishes Virginia Injury Law Evidence Article
- Take Necessary Precautions with Carbon Monoxide
- Coal Mining Practices Could Be Contaminating Waterways
- Swine Flu Persists in Peninsula Area of Virginia (VA)
- EPA Finds Questionable Material During Test of Chinese Drywall
- What To Do After a Spinal Cord Injury
- Hydroxycut Imitators Should Be Avoided
- Allied At Fault for Fertilizer Tank Collapse
- Virginia Beach Water Quality Under Examination
- Dangerous Conditions in Apartment Complexes Cause Serious Injury in Young Children
- Serious Injuries at Stores Often Result in Insurance Claims
- Chesapeake Water Supply Contaminated With Fly Ash
- Reglan Connected To Serious Movement Disorder
- Has Swine Flu Made its Way to Hampton Roads Schools?
- Remain Aware of Swine Flu Symptoms and Take Necessary Precautions
- Stork Craft Recalls More than 500,000 Cribs Due to Risk of Entrapment Injury and Suffocation/Death to Babies
- Beach Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash
- Woman Killed After Vehicle Overturns
- One Survivor in the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Boat Accident
- Virginia (VA) Denture Wearers and Neurological Injury
- Do You Know About Virginia’s New Dangerous Dog Registry?
- Dog Bite Injuries: Dog Owner Calls for North Carolina Regulations Over Pit Bulls, After Labrador Attacked
- Accident s Are Leading Children's Cause of Death, Over Disease, in Hong Kong-Are There Lessons to Learn?
- New Injury Law Firm Office Opened in North East North Carolina (NC)
- Airplane Crashes Are Seldom Fender Benders
- Northeast North Carolina (NC) Injuryboard injury blog information on Car Accident Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death Law
- Virginia-Carolina Injury Lawyers Chosen To Edit the Northeast NC Injuryboard (Greenville, Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Outer Banks) Injury Law Blog
- Consumers Suffering Peanut Butter Salmonella Poisoning or Death Still Have Claims Despite Bankruptcy
- Judge Grants 5 Million Dollars To Maine Worker Suffering Major Electrical Injuries
- Recovery of Colorado Airplane Crash Victims Delayed Until the Spring
- Airplane Crashes Near Ohio Home Killing One
- What is Statute of Limitation for A Personal Injury or Medical Malpractice Claim/Case/Suit in Virginia (VA) Or North Carolina (NC)?
- Special Experience in Representing Military/Armed Service Clients in Virginia/Carolina Personal Injury Cases Near the World’s Largest Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia
- Was Somone You Know in an Airplane Accident?
- Boat Capsizes in the Chesapeake Bay Killing Two Fishermen
- Accidents/Injuries Causing An Amputated Leg, Toe, Arm, Hand, or Finger: Our Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Maximizing Compensation and Psychological Issues
- Personal Injury Suits/Claims Stack Up Against Retailers Due to Falling Merchandise/Falling Product Negligence
- Slip, Trip and Fall cases: When Is A Hole Or a Condition Which Causes Personal Injury Open and Obvious?
- Mesothelioma-Asbestos Cancer Verdict for Car Dealership Employee
- Another multi million dollar Fentanyl Patch Overdose Verdict, Another Defeat for Its Manufacturers
- Check out this interesting pilot DUI article posted by my colleague, Emily Brannon
- Fentanyl Patch Lawsuits-Overdoses and Deaths Linked to Prescription of Patches
- Forbes Names Virginia Best for Business, But What About Virginia's Personal Injury System?
- One of our own attorneys is featured in Virginia Lawyers Weekly again.
- Nanotubes Connected to Lung Cancers-New Article Posted
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Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton, P.C.
1294 Diamond Springs Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757) 460-7776
Fax: (757) 460.3428
Toll Free: (800) 752.0042
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101 E. Elizabeth Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: (757) 460-7776
Fax: (757) 460.3428
Toll Free: (800) 752.0042
Case Results
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
- Fiberglass Ladder Defect-Knee Injury/surgery-Bauer brand
- Skiing/Ski Lift Operator Negligence-Knee/Leg Injury
- Department Store Shelf Falls on Customer
- Pilot Suffers Electrical Shock Injury At Hotel Ending Commercial Pilot’s Career--Settlement Soon Before Federal Court Jury Trial
Awarded: $500,000
Awarded: $120,000.00
Awarded: 1.5 Million Settlement For Electrical Shock Injury to Hotel Guest/Pilot
FAQs
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)
What is the Virginia (VA) general statute of limitations for a personal injury?
- What should I do and not do if I am involved in any personal injury situation?