Apex, N.C. — Apex Gymnastics has settled its lawsuit over a 2006 explosion and fire at a nearby hazardous materials processing site that forced the studio to close temporarily, according to a Thursday filing in federal court in Raleigh. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. The gymnastics studio opted out of a class-action settlement against…
In his latest post to our firm’s Suffolk, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro notes that a woman who walked away injured from a grade crossing collision with a Norfolk Southern freight train in Suffolk, Virginia (VA) avoided the serious injuries or deaths that hundreds of others experience each…
A mass transit bus was involved in an accident leading to three people suffering injuries. Reports indicate a car made a wide right turn and hit the bus at the intersection of Stratford Place and Westhampton Avenue in Danville, Virginia (VA). The three people injured in the bus crash were taken to Danville Regional Medical…
Last week a driver of an SUV fell asleep at the wheel injuring all six passengers aboard. The SUV rolled out of control during the early evening on Highway 264 in Greenville, North Carolina (N.C.). According to authorities, 19-year-old Cornelius Keech, Jr. of Grimesland, North Carolina (NC) has been charged with reckless driving . As Trooper…
A May 2010 bachelorette party at a house in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), turned tragic when a playful push into the backyard swimming pool caused the bride-to-be to fracture six vertebrae in her neck. Paralyzed instantly, Beach native Rachelle Friedman remains wheelchair-bound and unable to feel anything below her shoulders. Friedman and her fiance recently…