An electrical contractor lost his life in a tragic incident at the Janaf Shopping Yard in Norfolk, Virginia. Reports indicate that the contractor was working on the new Tesla charging station at the shopping center in the 5900 block of E. Virginia Beach Blvd, according to Pilot Online. “During the installation process at our new…
A Lincoln County, West Virginia woman is suing Michael Spindel, M.D., in Huntington for allegedly botching her breast augmentation surgery. The surgery was performed in May 2013, and the plaintiff states that Spindel was negligent and reckless in her surgery and follow up care. The lawsuit documents state that Spindel did not inform the woman…
Four Norfolk Southern employees suffered serious injuries when the freight trains they were crewing collided head-on and derailed outside of Sandersville, Georgia (GA), on the afternoon of August 7, 2015. The train crash occurred at a grade-level crossing across Highway 242, which is known locally as Sunhill Grange Road. Two of the railroad workers were injured so…
The parents of a 24 year-old man from Virginia Beach, who committed suicide in 2012 after being prescribed large doses of Adderall, recently settled a $2 million lawsuit for $200,000. The wrongful death lawsuit involved former psychiatrist Waldo Ellison, who prescribed the 24 year-old man Adderall to treat his attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder when he was…
A Winston-Salem, North Carolina construction worker died last week in a boom lift accident, according to the Winston Salem Journal. The paper reported that the 65 year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive on elevated train tracks running through the job site. According to police, the worker’s cherry picker was nearby. It appeared that he…