As Virginia (VA) personal injury attorneys we know that if a patient is injured by a defective medical device that a defective or faulty product claim is made and not a medical malpractice claim. Sometimes there is some confusion about this because it is a physician that implants a device in a patient. Lately there…
After the latest airbag recall involving 34 million vehicles, we might be forgiven for thinking that the Takata Corporation has always only been in the airbag business. Not so. It was founded in 1933 in Japan and it at first made lifelines for parachutes. After World War II, the company started to produce seatbelts. It…
As Virginia car accident injury attorneys we have witnessed first-hand the tragic deaths and injuries that occur from distracted drivers. With nationwide campaigns bring attention to the danger one would think that this would deter many drivers. However, a number of studies and polls have found, an “It won’t happen to me” mentality is something…
A 21 year-old man died after crashing into another car head-on in Knightdale, North Carolina in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 7, 2015, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred near Smithfield Road and Joyful Lane in Knightdale and was caused by the now-deceased driver crossing the center line…
Many railroad companies have proposed in recent months to eliminate conductors from trains, which would leave just a single engineer aboard large freight trains. Most engineers do not want this, as they argue as this could lead to more train derailment disasters, such as the one that happened in Quebec in 2013, killing 47. In…