Two separate, but related, multivehicle accidents on the High-Rise Bridge on I-64 through Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), sent three people to hospitals with serious but not-life-threatening injuries on June 9, 2012. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the first collision involved four vehicles on the westbound side of the bridge. In the confusion and backup caused by the…
Police are seeking a man they say caused a deadly hit-and-run accident in Clemmons, North Carolina (NC). The wreck occurred on NC 150 when the careless driver cut in front of another vehicle, causing that driver to swerve into another car. Sadly, when avoiding the first collision, the second driver slammed into the vehicle of 77-year-old…
Another tragedy has occurred as a result of someone making the decision to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. A three-car crash at the intersection of Dumfries Road and Prince William Parkway in the town of Brentsville in Prince William County, Virginia (VA), claimed the life of a 57-year-old woman. According to police the driver…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Brain/Head Injury Lawyers blog, attorneys with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan report on a collision between a car and a bicycle that sent a 16-year-old bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening head and body injuries. To read more, click over to “Virginia Beach Car Crash Leaves Teen…
DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalled two of its most popular hip replacement systems — the ASR XL Acetabular and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System — in August 2010 after evidence showing that roughly 1 in 8 patients needed new hip implants within 5 years. The metal-on-metal DePuy device wore down and…