The family of James Lafayette Taylor Jr. has won a $1.5 million wrongful death jury verdict against a taxi cab driver and the cab company that employed the man. The award comes after a civil trial in Gaston County, North (NC), stemming from a June 15, 2007 pedestrian accident in which the cabbie struck and…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Norfolk, VA Car and Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog site about an accident in February, 2011 in which a City of Norfolk sanitation worker was crushed in a refuse truck. An investigation uncovered serious safety violations by city officials and employees that may have…
Some of the most dangerous products are designed for use by the most vulnerable people in society — children. Concerns about products entering the children’s market are reinforced in a study by Kids in Danger, according to the Washington Post. The article notes that Kids in Danger found 474 complaints posted on the website SaferProducts.gov from April…
In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Beach, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog site, my colleague Kevin Duffan reports on an accident involving an SUV and a van on the Independence Boulevard overpass on I-264. Kevin notes that all three people in the two vehicle suffered injuries and mentions that an…
On June 13, 2011, Takeda, the maker of diabetes drugs Actos (pioglitazone) and Competact (pioglitazone and metformin) announce the French regulatory authorities informed it that they intended to suspend the use of the medications in the country. The move would mean doctors could no longer prescribe the drug products to new patients. The ban on pioglitazone-containing…