Two people went to the hospital after the car in which they were riding slammed into a power pole alongside Newtown Road in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), just after midnight on March 26, 2012. Police believe the driver was drunk and speeding in the moments before the accident near the intersection with Greenwich Road, just past…
Just in time for Distracted Driving Month 2012, real-world evidence of which drivers are most likely to take their eyes and minds off the road, and why, has been published by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Video footage shot in vehicles owned by 50 families who volunteered for a study conducted by the University…
Three people were killed on March 26, 2012, when five trucks collided on U.S. 60 near Bell Road in Powhatan County, Virginia (VA). View Larger MapReports indicate a dump truck crossed the center line of the two-lane highway ad hit a logging truck head-on, sparking a fire. Three other commercial trucks were also involved in a…
In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog, my colleague Jim Lewis reports on a fatal chain-reaction accident in Powhatan County, VA. The collisions involved two dump trucks and three logging tractor-trailers traveling down a two-lane section of a rural highway. To read more, click over to “Five-Truck Crash on U.S. 60…
An experienced Virginia attorney with the Shapiro, Washburn & Sharplaw firm recently wrote about pending civil claims against Bayer Healthcare from women who say they were harmed by Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives. To learn more, read “More Lawsuits Filed Against Yaz,Yasmin Birth Control Pill Maker.” MK