In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Randy Appleton reports on a grade crossing collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a tractor-trailer near Paragould, Arkansas (AR), that left a conductor on the train with injuries. Randy notes that while media reports are focusing on how the semi’s…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro welcomes a study of the health effects of chronic diesel fume exposure for people who live near a large BNSF rail yard in California (CA). Rick suspects the researchers will find that living within feet of a rail yard —…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard, my colleague Jim Lewis both welcomes and calls overdue a nationwide effort to reduce and eliminate injuries to and infections among hospital patients. Jim notes that Norfolk, Virginia-based Sentara Healthcare has been identified as a leader in the Partnership for Patients but also explains that all…
With the recent heat wave that has hit Virginia (VA) as well as the entire East Coast many families are turning to swimming pools to keep cool and have fun. As a father and Virginia personal injury attorney, I have seen a number of tragedies that have occurred during the summer season. Here are some good safety…
In Isle of Wight, Virginia (VA), on Monday a careless and reckless driver veered off the road into a ditch, according to Trooper James Snyder. The car overturned after hitting the ditch and ejected a passenger who died at the scene. The driver wasted no time in running away from the accident, leaving his passenger…