Vests mounted with remote control equipment that railroad conductors and trackmen are wearing are causing a growing number of injuries in CSX and Norfolk Southern rail yards, according to colleague and fellow FELA attorney John C.. The design of the vests, which permit wearers to hang from the side of a locomotive while remotely operating…
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….
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports that all train companies will soon be required to post toll-free phone numbers at highway grade crossings, as well as at foot/bike path crossings. People who notice problems such as broken gates or vehicles stuck on tracks could call…
In his latest post to our firm’s Newport News, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague John C. writes about a fatal car accident on Virginia’s Colonial Parkway that left a woman dead and her husband of nearly 60 years with serious injuries. The crash began when wind blew a tree down…
In her latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague Emily Mapp Brannon shares the sad news that a young man from Chesapeake died after being struck while attempting cross from one side of I-264 to the other. The pickup driver involved in the deadly crash was not charged with any traffic violations….