When many people think about medical malpractice, they think of surgical errors — the national stories that involve a doctor amputated the wrong foot of a patient or a physician leaving a medical instrument behind in a patient’s chest cavity. However, some of the most common medical malpractice cases don’t focus on what a doctor…
John C., who together with other lawyers at the firm focuses his practice on railroad safety issues, has written an article about his observations about a Portsmouth, Virginia (VA) intersection where the road meets the rail. To check out this article on railroad grade crossing accidents and issues, please click here to learn more about…
As a lawyer in a firm of seasoned attorneys, I always take pride when one of my colleagues is featured in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly for a noteworthy case. This week, Virginia Lawyers Weekly published a summary of attorney Rick Shapiro’s $1,500,000.00 settlement in a very interesting case. Our client was a commercial airline pilot who…
The Virginian Pilot newspaper reported that the number of passengers using Amtrak has gone up dramatically in the first part of 2008. High gas prices make driving your own car less attractive compared to good train service where you can get it, particularly in the Northeast states like New York and around Washington D.C. This…
According to the Associated Press and the New York Times, the parents charged with the starvation death of their chronically ill and bedridden daughter are suing the City of Philadelphia for wrongful death. Andrea and Daniel Kelly are both arguing that dangerous and reckless actions by several municipal employees and several contract workers were integral…