In a new post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my attorney colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a successful workplace injury lawsuit by a former railroad employee who blamed his career-ending injuries on poorly designed and maintained equipment. To read more, click over to “Unsafe Locomotive Seat Contributed to CSX Engineer’s Disabling Back Injury,…
What Happened: A notoriously sharp curve on a mountainous portion of roadway in Surry County, NC will be straightened by the state department of transportation, according to one recent report. The stretch of roadway, on N.C. 89 near Lowgap, NC, has been a deadly location for truckers and other motorists for years, enough so that it earned the nickname, “Snowbird Curve”. Although…
What Happened: Asheville police have arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run accident that left another man injuredon a crosswalk. Over the weekend, police say Ian Mather was walking his family across a street in front of REI in Biltmore Park in downtown Asheville, NC. As his family made their way across the crosswalk, Mather was hit by a driver who drove up on the…
What Happened: According to WBTV, a popular college baseball coach was critically injured after a police spokesman says he was involved in a crash along Interstate 77 in Charlotte, NC earlier this week. The crash, which happened along I-77 north near I-485 and WT Harris Boulevard, sent at least two cars off the highway a little after 9 p.m. Dick Cooke, the Davidson College baseball coach, was injured in…
What Happened: A 19-year-old driver from Kernersville, North Carolina (NC) operating a 1993 Honda was injured when the driver of a 2002 Honda lost control, veered back onto the roadway crossing the center line and hit the victim’s 1993 Honda. The wreck occurred on Mountain Street near Doe Run Road. The victim had to be…