In his latest post to our firm’s Newport News, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on two tractor-trailer crashes in as many days in Newport News. Both car-truck wrecks caused injuries serious enough to send the victims to the hospital for treatment. Rick takes the opportunity of the…
Two drivers suffered injuries when a tractor-trailer slammed into the rear of a line four stopped vehicles on I-495 near Fairfax, Virginia (VA), on May 23, 2011. The sentence seems unremarkable until you look at this NBC Washington video of the aftermath of the chain-reaction crash: According to FairfaxCityPatch.com, the five-vehicle pileup began when a…
A growing shortage of medicines in hospitals has left health care providers desperately looking for drug substitutes and delaying treatment, according to a report by the Associated Press. And the shortage could threaten patient safety because of the threat of incorrect doses or overdoses of medicine being administered or the wrong substitutes being used. “It’s…
When I think of riding on mass transit such as a bus or taxi I don’t think of imminent danger. But in fact as a passenger you are at the mercy of the driver. Please don’t be lulled into a false sense of security and always protect yourself by wearing a seat belt. Tragically on…
Just before 1 am on May 7, 2011, three people in an SUV traveling south on U.S. 501 near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (SC), had their lives shattered by a driver who appears to have been impaired by alcohol. According to the Sun News, Don Leget Marsh, who had been driving his pickup truck on…