During the last week of October 2011, a North Caroline woman was charged with driving while impaired and felony hit and run after she caused a fatal accident in which a father and son lost their lives. The victims had been riding on a motorcycle along Airport Rhodhiss Road in Morganton, NC.According to WBTC, the…
Brain injuries strike people in all walks of life, from emergency responders to soldiers and anyone involved in a car or truck accident. Treating those injuries so victims recover all or most of the cognitive abilities and psychological health can prove difficult. Now, a recently published Institute of Medicine review of studies of therapies for…
My colleague Kevin Duffan has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Beach, Cheasapeake & Suffolk, VA Injuryboard blog in which he highlights concerns that new national high school rules requiring field hockey athletes to wear protection during practice and games may actually put player at increased injury risk. DM
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog about a Canadian National freight train derailment in Elgin, Illinois (IL), that, while causing no injuries, highlights the dangers of rail cars jumping their rails. DM
By 2013, Amtrak trains will leave from Harbor Park in downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), at 5 am and arrive in Washington, DC by 9 am. A return train leaving DC at 3 pm would pull into Norfolk by 7 pm. That’s the plan the passenger rail operator presented to the Hampton Roads Mayors and Chairs and…