Fire investigators were sifting through the charred remains of a hotel room in Newport News, Virginia (VA), this week after a fire that claimed the life of a middle aged man over the weekend. It’s not yet known whether there were any faults at the hotel that could lead to a wrongful death claim, but…
On Thursday afternoon, February 10, 2011, NC 18 closed near the Wilkes-Alleghany line for several hours and into the night due to a tractor-trailer wreck. The truck driver lost control of his rig, which ran 150 feet off of the highway and over the embankment before crashing into several trees. The rig’s one passenger, Sharon…
Improperly tied loads can often lead to debris falling onto the interstate and then injuring or killing other drivers. This time however it was a tractor-trailer carrying an oversize load that caused the falling debris, reports the Tampa Tribune. A tractor trailer carrying a crane struck an overpass on I-75 in Wesley Chapel, Florida (FL),…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a toxic chemical spill from a BNSF freight train that derailed near Tacoma, Washington (WA), following a collision with another train. Rick notes that the accidental release of lye, which can cause severe lung and skin burns, came…
In his latest post to our firm’s Hampton, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague Kevin Duffan alerts parents in Hampton and Newport News about the opportunity to take free classes on how to properly install and use child safety seats for infants, toddlers and children between the ages of 2 and…