Personal injury attorney and colleague Rick Shapiro has posted a blog about the decision by the Virginia Department of Transportation to raise the speed limit along certain parts of I-64 and I-664 in Hampton Roads. Rick considers what the change could mean for drivers’ safety. AY
The estate of a West Virginia (WV) man is set to receive $1 million in a settlement with Prestera Center, a mental health and rehabilitation company with several offices in the state. According to the Charleston Gazette, staff at the comapny’s facility in Dunbar, WV, failed to detect or treat the man’s cocaine overdose and…
Cruising 55 mph in the left lane along stretches of Interstate 64 and 664 in Chesapeake, Hampton and Suffolk Virginia (VA) will be a thing of the past starting in March 2012 when the speed limit on parts of I-64 and I-664 will go to 60 mph from 55 mph. The changes will affect: –…
The advent of new technology has made driving safer, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to make some technologies, including backup cameras, mandatory in all vehicles by 2014. To learn more, visit “NHTSA Calls for Mandatory Backup Cameras by 2014.” CDÂ
The driver of a box truck is being held responsible for the death of two young children — ages 1 and 5 — following a pedestrian accident in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC). The fatal pedestrian accident took place at the intersection of West Tyvola Road and Shady Lane as the youngsters crossed the street with…