A woman who suffered cuts to her bladder and intestines during what should have been a routine hysterectomy at the Hampton VA Medical Center has taken her medical malpractice suit against the surgeon to federal court after being denied compensation for her pain and added medical treatment costs by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs….
Two children who were hit by an unoccupied pickup truck in a Dublin, Virginia (VA), Walmart pickup truck on the afternoon of December 23, 2017, remained hospitalized the day after Christmas. The vehicle, which was left running when its driver got out, rolled way in reverse and also struck two parked cars. Pulaski…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will soon require truck drivers to replace their paper logs with electronic logging devices (ELDs). ELDs synchronize with a truck’s engine to automatically record data such as time spent on the road, miles driven, location and engine hours in real time. As of Dec. 18, more than 3 million truckers…
Former Governor Rell said it best, “At the end of the day the goal is simple: safety and security.” Yet the rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle is proof that Amtrak as well as others involved did not put the safety and security of passengers first. None of the…
A Raleigh woman narrowly escaped certain death as a cement truck’s drive shaft flew through her windshield smashing the glass as she drove her car down I-440 in Raleigh, North Carolina (N.C.) In what can only be described as miraculous, the woman was unharmed physically, but was certainly emotionally distraught from the run in with the cement truck. The victim,…