My colleague, Richard N. Shapiro, posted an analysis on Virginia Beach Injuryboard blog of how uninsured drivers/motorists, when in car accidents, are statistically the the at fault party in well more than 50% of the car crashes examined. This was based on an analysis of car crashes reported in Ohio, but is not surprising as…
Drinking and driving is a serious offense not only in Virginia (VA), but in all other states across the US. We hear tragic stories everyday about car accidents and deaths that involve drunk driving. When police officers take a special focus on fighting against DUI offenses, we often look at them as a hero.
Dimitrios P. Biller, the former manager of legal counsel for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., alleges company executives forced him to conceal evidence in numerous car rollover cases over the past 20 years, according to the Los Angeles Times. Biller, who resigned in September of 2007, said Toyota executives forced him, in multiple instances, to…
On July 31, 2009, an elderly man, 79, was switching lanes on Interstate 81 (I-81) southbound when he clipped the front of a tractor trailer and incited a crash involving three vehicles. This caused the driver of the truck to lose control and barrel across the median and northbound lanes of I-81. The truck did…
Thanks to tougher laws and enforcement, the amount of drunk driving has significantly decreased in the past three years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a road side survey finding that 2.2 percent of drivers had blood alcohol levels of 0.08 or higher in 2007. Conversely, a recent government survey states that 16.3 percent…