In his latest posting to the Brain/Head Injuries website, my colleague Randy Appleton reports how universities in North Carolina are developing smart helmets with sensors that wil tell athletes when they have had a serious blow to the head. The move comes as sports becoming increasingly concerned about how concussions are leading to serious brain…
In his latest post to our Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my Carolina personal injury law firm colleague Rick Shapiro shares important new information about health risks faced by rail employees for work for Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and other railroads. Rick notes that federal health officials have listed formaldehyde, which is a component of diesel engine…
Related verdicts in favor of a retired plumber have relevance for current and retired railroad employees who worked with and around cancer-causing materials.
This week alone, there have been two different fatal single-vehicle accidents around the Williamsburg, Virginia (VA) area. The newest one occurred on July 15, 2011. This time, the accident was caused when a tire that blew out causing a truck to flip while it towed a camper. The driver and father of the family died and his wife,…
Police are investigating a crash in July 2011 that left one person dead and two injured in Suffolk, VA, when the car fled after an officer tried to stop it for a traffic violation in the 1500 block of Holland Road, according to he Virginian-Pilot. One of the car’s passengers, a 36-year-old Franklin, Virginia woman,…