Paula Bellamy was going about her day doing her job as a “slinger” at the APM Terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), when her life came to a sudden, tragic end. She was hit and killed by a forklift. Reports indicate the forklift operator picked up some steel bins and moved forward. As the forklift moved,…
A car has plunged off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia (VA), the first time such a crash has occurred on the structure in five years. After a full day of looking by air, by boat and under water, searchers found the vehicle that plunged into the Chesapeake Bay and recovered the body of its…
A woman was walking through a Sam’s Club when a large freezer door fell on her. She suffered a serious injury to her right shoulder as a result. This injury required surgery. There are many issues in the personal injury case surrounding both liability and damages. The defense attorneys were trying to make a big…
After Franklin County authorities shot a man during a domestic dispute, the man’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a local deputy.
A fire-safety equipment manufacturing company’s appeal has been denied in the case of a firefighter whose widow received $40 million in damages from them. The announcement came on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. In 2007, Angela Martin and her children were awarded $27 million in a judgment against Survivair Respirators Inc. and its parent company, Bacou-Dalloz….