My colleague John C. has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Brain/Head Injuries blog site about how a U.S. congressman is seeking better care for brain injury victims. The effort is part of a move to increase the levels of treatment for victims of head injuries in conjunction with the gradual implemetation of…
A Goose Creek, South Carolina (SC), woman has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after hitting and injuring two firefighters who were assisting with the response to an earlier accident in which a car wound up in a ditch alongside U.S. Highway 176/James Avenue. The Charleston Post & Courier is reporting that…
A plan to build a new road to connect two of the busiest streets in Newport News, Virginia (VA), could mean fewer accidents. Because of funding issues, however, it could take up to seven years to construct the proposed Atkinson Way between Warwick Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. To learn more, visit “New Road in Newport…
More than twice the electricity a condemned prisoner receives after being strapped into an electric chair — 7,600 volts — was the amount a Greene County, Alabama (AL), man received when his vehicle hit a low-hanging power line. After years of constant pain in his right arm, the man has successfully won $1.5 injury verdict…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has written a new post for our firm’s Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton Injuryboard blog site about how the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending parents not to use crib bumper pads because of the products put infants at risk for suffocating and strangling. DM