If you own a recently produced Toyota Camry, Prius, Avalon, Tacoma, Tundra, ES350, IS250, IS350 or a Lexus, you need to visit the Toyota Web site immediately. Not to be too alarmist, but you may be driving a car or truck that contains a driver-side floor mat that could cover and trap your accelerator. This…
It is a beautiful summer Saturday morning on August 29, 2009 when Caitlyn Johnson carefully buckles her one-year-old daughter Lisa Marie into her car seat, before getting on the road in her Honda heading north on U. S. 1, in Dinwiddie County south of Petersburg, Virginia. Caitlyn, grew up as a military brat, graduated from…
A young man named Karl Erik Stager is facing a reckless driving charge after falling asleep behind the wheel of his car and caused a major accident on U.S. 29 in Culpepper, Virginia (VA). Karl was in the northbound left lane around 7 a.m. when his 2007 Chevy HHR SUV sideswiped a 2007 GMC pickup,…
My injury attorney colleague, Richard N. Shapiro, posted a great discussion of what makes a car accident case good or bad, from the collision scene to your medical care, here on the Va. Beach Injuryboard blog , titled: Car Accident Injury Client: What Makes the Case Good or Bad? (The Collision & Medical Care) He…
Last weekend saw another deadly accident involving a motorcycle hitting a car. This time, according to a Daily Press report, a 23-year-old Hampton man crashed into the passenger side door of a car that had just backed out of a driveway onto Settlers Landing Road. The as-yet unnamed motorcyclist was speeding and attempted to pass…