What Happened: A man lost his life in an awful accident in Stafford County, Virginia (VA). The driver of a pickup truck was traveling north on Route 17 when he crossed into the southbound lane and wound up slamming head-on into a pickup truck. The victim was taken to Mary Washington Hospital where he later…
What Happened: A pedestrian was hit by a car while crossing the street at Clarendon Boulevard and North Highland Street in Arlington, Virginia (VA). The victim remains in critical condition due to a fractured skull, two fractured legs, a broken arm and multiple lacerations. He has undergone multiple surgeries was put into a medically-induced coma…
Two tractor-trailers collided with separate trains outside the central California (CA) town of Hanford on the afternoon of Oct. 1, 2012. The more serious of the crashes sent 42 Amtrak employees and passengers to hospitals with non-life-threatening personal injuries, included bruises and broken bones. The truck driver reportedly caused that accident by failing to stop…
In a new post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my attorney colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a successful workplace injury lawsuit by a former railroad employee who blamed his career-ending injuries on poorly designed and maintained equipment. To read more, click over to “Unsafe Locomotive Seat Contributed to CSX Engineer’s Disabling Back Injury,…
What Happened: Asheville police have arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run accident that left another man injuredon a crosswalk. Over the weekend, police say Ian Mather was walking his family across a street in front of REI in Biltmore Park in downtown Asheville, NC. As his family made their way across the crosswalk, Mather was hit by a driver who drove up on the…