Two pedestrian fatalities separated by one week and 300 miles should again draw attention to the dangers people face when they cross local streets that are actually rural highways. The first tragedy occurred in Nags Head, North Carolina (NC), when a 37-year-old East Carolina University graduate who had returned to the Greenville school to join…
A two-car accident on Highway 70 near Havelock, North Carolina (NC), has killed one person and landed four others in the hospital. North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers determined that on the afternoon of July 16, 2011, a boat being towed by an SUV ran off the side of the road, and hit a post holding…
In his latest posting to the Brain/Head Injuries website, my colleague Randy Appleton reports how universities in North Carolina are developing smart helmets with sensors that wil tell athletes when they have had a serious blow to the head. The move comes as sports becoming increasingly concerned about how concussions are leading to serious brain…
In his latest post to our Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my Carolina personal injury law firm colleague Rick Shapiro shares important new information about health risks faced by rail employees for work for Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and other railroads. Rick notes that federal health officials have listed formaldehyde, which is a component of diesel engine…
Within hours of the announcement that two Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives had introduced federal legislation to convert Amtrak from a single federal corporation into several privately owned passenger railroads, Democratic lawmakers, rail employee union representatives and officials from organizations that speak for train passengers voiced their opposition to the privatization proposal. Published…