The most important thing if you have been involved in a train collision and have been injured is to get appropriate medical help at a hospital or doctor’s office as soon as possible. As I saw the news and watched the “walking wounded” wandering around the scene of the Metro train wreck, I knew that…
The Washington and Maryland areas where the two D.C. commuter trains wrecked on Monday are well known to Rick Shapiro, our senior partner, whose practice has focused on train and railroad accidents for well over a decade.
My law partner Randy Appleton wrote an article on the Northeast North Carolina InjuryBoard blog about a recent funnel cloud that may have spawned a tornado in Lenoir County. To read the full article on what damages were the result of the storm and how you can make sure you are safe next time, please…
Signal Malfunction Combined With D.C. Metro Train Operator Errors? Clues Arising.. I wrote last night about potential causes of the 7 deaths and 60 injuries in the DC Metro train crash of June 22, 2009, the deadliest in Metro history. The United Transportation Union (UTU), one of the main national unions of railroad conductors, released…
My colleague, Emily Mapp Brannon, wrote an article on the Northeast North Carolina InjuryBoard blog about a recent arrest made of a Ohio man driving a stolen 18 wheeler carrying dangerous ammonium nitrate. To read the full article about this incident and find out more about this arrest in Kenly, please click here. About the…