My colleague John C. recently wrote a post for our firm’s Virginia Beach Injuryboard blog site regarding the increase in laws aimed at reducing distracted driving. Some towns in Illinois (IL) are going so far as to ban eating and applying makeup while driving. OEA
When professionals attempt dangerous stunts, we expect them to have the proper training, safety equipment and emergency assistance. Even with all of those things in place, accidents can result in death, as the wreck that took the life of IndyCar superstar during a Las Vegas race showed. To read more, visit “IndyCar Racer Dan Wheldon…
A woman from Smithfield, Virginia (VA), was charged with drunken driving after she hit a state trooper’s cruiser on U.S. 258 in Southampton County and sent the officer to a local hospital with neck and back injuries. The Daily Press is reporting that the at-fault driver is also facing a marijuana possession charge. According to state police,…
A Virginia State trooper was assisting a disabled tractor-trailer move to the right shoulder of U.S. 258 just after midnight on October 17, 2011, when a car rear-ended the trooper’s cruiser and caused him neck and back injuries. According to media reports, the trooper had his lights flashing, but was parked in a way that…
As experienced Virginia accident injury attorneys, my colleagues and I report on numerous traffic accidents, many of which prove fatal. But we also see the occasional case in which the at-fault party is guilty of more than a lapse of concentration or being distracted and causes a wreck because of road rage. In September 2011, I…