UNC Chapel Hill Buying Bed Rails For Bunks After Fatal Head Injury
After a woman died from a fall from a bunk bed on campus, UNC Chapel Hill is struggling to provide safety rails for the thousands of dorm room beds used by their students.
School Bus Driver Fails to Yield, Injures Five
An Albemarle Co. schools bus driver didn’t make the grade this weekend when he recklessly endangered a school bus full of disabled school children. He pulled into the path of a pick up truck failing to yield the right-away at the intersection of Route 53 and Route 618 According to police the bus pulled out…
Virginia Brain Injury Victims Often Denied Workers’ Compensation
Some Virginia workers are being denied workers’ compensation benefits because they can’t remember how their head injury occurred while on the job.
Head-On Collision Near Martinsville, Virginia (VA) Leaves One Dead, Two Injured
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague John C. reports on how apparent distracted driving and failure to use seat belts or a child safety seat contributed to the severity of a head-on collision between and a van on a rural highway in southwest Virginia (VA). John concludes his post…
Brain Injuries And Youth Basketball: A Growing Problem
A new study shows that more and more young people and students are suffering from head injuries while playing basketball.