Two people were injured and another two were killed in a crash on the Eastern Shore late on the night of August 1, 2011. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the car in which the four people were riding ran of VA 178 in Pungoteague and into a tree stump before flipping over. Everyone was wearing a…
As a Virginia products liability lawyer in a firm handling Johnson and Johnson (Depuy) hip recall cases, I know that the regulation of medical appliances is not what it should be. A panel of medical experts came to the conclusion on Friday that the Government should discard their system for approving medical devices…
We all know that speed can be dangerous. We accept this risk to some degree on the highway but do not expect to be put in peril by a speeding while in a parking lot. Sometimes, though, drivers choose to speed in the most unsafe places. Potomaclocal.com has reported that on the morning of July 19,…
An ambulance was hit by a van in early July and members of the Kempsville Volunteer Squad were sent to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The ambulance, responding to a call, was struck by the van passing through a red light at Lynnhaven Parkway and Rosemont Road. According to police, the van…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has posted a new blog to our Virginia Brain/Head Injuries Lawyers website about a new study that suggests a traumatic brain injury dramatically increases the chance of a stroke. Researchers found a stroke is about 10 times more likely if you have suffered a TBI. DM