A personal injury colleague recently pointed me to an article commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Wake Forest Baptist Health AirCare air ambulance. It reminded how hard health care providers work to protect the lives of the people they serve, often while forgoing other higher-paying opportunities to employ their unique skills or regard to their…
There are so many injuries and deaths on the highways of Hampton Roads, that it’s heartening to come across an instance of bravery that may have saved a life. My colleague, Emily Mapp Brannon, has reported on how a sailor has been honored with an award for dragging a man out of a pickup truck…
The tragic I-95 bus accident which killed four people included victims who were not residents of Virginia (VA), according to wtvr.com. The families of the victims should not be deterred from filing a wrongful death claim simply because their loved one was a resident of another state like New York (NY) or Pennsylvania (PA). In…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague John C. reports that tens of thousands of heart and artery imaging catheters have been recalled because a piece can break lose, stay inside a person and put the patient at risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke. John also noted that…
In April 2011, Virginia Tech linebacker Lyndell Gibson, 20, was found guilty of driving under the influence, and was sentenced to pay a fine and complete a Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program course, according to the Roanoke Times. The linebacker, from Salem High School in Virginia Beach, VA, and a rising redshirt junior, was pulled…