An October 31, 2014, decision by the Virginia Supreme Court has the potential to make it nearly impossible for members of the public to hold police officers in the state liable in civil court for injuries or deaths the law enforcement officers inflict while on duty. The 6-1 ruling came in a case titled McBride…
Four Trantwood Elementary School students spent several hours in a Virginia Beach, VA hospital after the bus carrying them home at the end of the day on December 19, 2014, crashed with a car on London Bridge Road. The collision near the intersection with Potters Road happened when the driver of the smaller vehicle changed…
Comfort Research recalled about 125,000 vinyl bean bag chairs after risks involving entrapment and suffocation were discovered. Children are able to trap or suffocate themselves if they unzip the exterior lining of the bean bag chair. If the bags are unzipped, children can crawl inside, suffocate from lack of oxygen, or choke on the foam…
It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. This was true for the inventor of the app “No Text No Wrecks” which blocks texting, Web use and calls, except for 911, once a vehicle reaches 10 mph. He suffered serious injuries after he was rear-ended by a cement truck going 50mph. After the car accident it…
When we send our children off to school in the morning, and watch them as they board the school bus, we are putting their safety into the hands of the person who is sitting behind the wheel of the bus. We put our trust in that person, assuming that they will do their utmost to…