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Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: $800,000 Settlement Reached Over Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Patient

Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports that an $800,000 settlement was obtained against a psychiatric hospital in a wrongful death lawsuit after one of its patients committed suicide.  As summarized in the magazine, the patient had been voluntarily admitted to the hospital because he was experiencing an overwhelming sense of dread and hearing voices telling him to hurt himself….

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Elderly NC Woman Crashes Into DMV Office, Causing Personal Injuries and Property Damage

In mid-November 2011, an elderly woman crashed her car into a Fayetteville, North Carolina (NC), DMV office shortly after completing her driving test. According to FOX 8, the 77-year-old drver accidentally stepped on the gas and smashed her 2008 Acura into the front of the building. Four individuals needed hospital treatment for their injuries, and the…

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Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: Parkinson’s Risk for Railroaders Working With Solvents

In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro comments on research showing that working with solvents containing TCE, PERC or CCL4 significantly raises a person’s risk for developing Parkinson’s disease. Rick writes that this link is particularly worrying for railroad workers who often use degreasing agents containing the…

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Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: Riders Will Be Key to Keeping Amtrak Here

In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro argues that even if funding issues for plans to return Amtrak service to Norfolk, Virginia (VA), are resolved, passengers must fully embrace passenger rail. He also notes that because more trains will be running along Norfolk Southern tracks, drivers, pedestrians…

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