As a lawyer in a firm of seasoned attorneys, I always take pride when one of my colleagues is featured in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly for a noteworthy case. This week, Virginia Lawyers Weekly published a summary of attorney Rick Shapiro’s $1,500,000.00 settlement in a very interesting case. Our client was a commercial airline pilot who…
My partner recently took the depositions of several railroad employees in a case where a man driving a pick up truck was killed in a collision with a short line railroad freight train, while trying to cross an unmarked private railroad crossing. Our investigation revealed that there were no stop signs or railroad cross bucks…
My partner, Rick Shapiro, has posted an article relating to the railroad safety legislation passed by Congress in early October 2008, which is expected to be signed by President Bush this year. Amazingly, there has not been a major rail safety legislation enactment since 1994. Several of the highlights of the railroad safety legislation are…
My colleague, personal inury lawyer Rick Shapiro posted an article about railroad accidents, especially railroad crossing injuries and wrongful deaths. Our law firm has handled dozen and dozens of such cases involving railroad crew, car drivers, truck drivers, engineers and conductors. Please read the entire article to get a feel for some of the issues…
My Co-worker James Lewis just posted a nerve tingling article about a Tractor Trailer that crosses a four lane highway smashing into a passenger vehicle causing brain injury along with multiple broken/fractured bones. Along with some statistics about Tractor Trailer Accidents in Virgina alone, that you may find uneasy to read, but helpful to know.