My law partner, Jim Lewis, wrote an article about the continued concern surrounding the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu. Jim talks about Swine Flu in Hampton Roads and ways to avoid contracting the virus. Please click here to read about the recent Swine Flu cases and Swine Flu cases in Hampton Roads.
My partner, Rick Shapiro, one of our railroad/FELA injury law attorneys, wrote an article about how we investigate and use railroad violation of safety regulations in FELA worker injury or death cases.Proving a railroad violated a regulation makes the case proof better and easier, and normally eliminates any rail employer argument that the worker violated…
My partner, Rick Shapiro, just settled a FELA case involving a conductor who contracted diesel fume asthma, his doctor believed was caused mainly by years of railroad engine diesel fumes at work. A series of railroad regulations enacted under the Locomotive Inspection Act require that railroads provide locomotives that are safe in general, or that…
The Virginian Pilot reported that a 24 year old man was killed early Monday in a crash involving alcohol and excessive speed. According to the Virginia Beach Police the driver of the motorcycle, Joshua Schools, of Virginia Beach was pronounced dead at the site of the crash on Lynnhaven Parkway. Schools was wearing a helmet when he…
In Virginia Beach a woman was killed Monday morning when her car struck another vehicle, before setting off a chain reaction on First Colonial Road. The accident caused her vehicle to overturn. The Virginian Pilot reported that police dispatchers received a call at 9:30a.m. from a witness that said that the woman’s vehicle sideswiped another…