A car has plunged off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia (VA), the first time such a crash has occurred on the structure in five years. After a full day of looking by air, by boat and under water, searchers found the vehicle that plunged into the Chesapeake Bay and recovered the body of its…
After Franklin County authorities shot a man during a domestic dispute, the man’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a local deputy.
A woman was walking through a Sam’s Club when a large freezer door fell on her. She suffered a serious injury to her right shoulder as a result. This injury required surgery. There are many issues in the personal injury case surrounding both liability and damages. The defense attorneys were trying to make a big…
A fire-safety equipment manufacturing company’s appeal has been denied in the case of a firefighter whose widow received $40 million in damages from them. The announcement came on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. In 2007, Angela Martin and her children were awarded $27 million in a judgment against Survivair Respirators Inc. and its parent company, Bacou-Dalloz….
A grandfather of eight lost his life when a heavy tree fell on him this week as he worked as a lumberjack in Bedford County, Virginia (VA). The Bedford Sheriff’s Department said Jake R. Goff , 72, of Sky Rock Road died while logging with a coworker in the vicinity of Wheats Valley Road, Roanoke.com…