What Happened: According to WBTV, a popular college baseball coach was critically injured after a police spokesman says he was involved in a crash along Interstate 77 in Charlotte, NC earlier this week. The crash, which happened along I-77 north near I-485 and WT Harris Boulevard, sent at least two cars off the highway a little after 9 p.m. Dick Cooke, the Davidson College baseball coach, was injured in…
What Happened: A notoriously sharp curve on a mountainous portion of roadway in Surry County, NC will be straightened by the state department of transportation, according to one recent report. The stretch of roadway, on N.C. 89 near Lowgap, NC, has been a deadly location for truckers and other motorists for years, enough so that it earned the nickname, “Snowbird Curve”. Although…
What Happened: A Virginia man is in critical condition after a crash in Rowan County, KY. Kentucky state police say the accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on US 60 West in Morehead. Officials say a man from Virginia was driving his Harley Davidson motorcycle, when he tried to turn into a private driveway. He was hit by a Jeep Cherokee driven by a Kentucky man. The motorcyclist…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, attorneys with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharpreport on a fatal accident near a hospital where the emergency medical technicians involved had just dropped off a patient. To read more, click over to “EMT Riding in Ambulance Killed in Collision With Semi in Monroe, NC.” EJL
In a new post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my attorney colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a successful workplace injury lawsuit by a former railroad employee who blamed his career-ending injuries on poorly designed and maintained equipment. To read more, click over to “Unsafe Locomotive Seat Contributed to CSX Engineer’s Disabling Back Injury,…