During 2017, some 4,700 construction workers suffered work-related injuries in Virginia. Reports collected by Virginia Occupational Safety and Health indicated that for just that year alone, 27 individuals engaged in construction tasks died and another 2,400-plus needed to miss time from their jobs because of an accident. LEARN MORE A Virginia Personal Injury Attorney Discusses…
The most-thorough review of U.S. hospital records, insurance claims and medical malpractice lawsuits ever conducted produced an estimate that slightly more than 4,040 surgical errors harm patients each year. Further, the mistakes by surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and other members of the surgery team were found to be preventable in almost every instance. Patients are regularly…
This news item focuses on Rick Shapiro being invited to speak before members of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
This news item focuses on a major procedural victory secured by firm attorney Rick Shapiro in a FELA railroad worker injury lawsuit.
A train car derailment southeast of St. Louis on Sept. 10, 2019, immediately brought back memories of a deadly tragedy in South Carolina 14 years earlier. No one lost their lives in the rail yard outside of Dupo, Illinois (IL), but the incident did suggest persistent problems with transporting volatile chemicals and other hazardous materials…