The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry has reported that the rate of workplace injuries in Virginia rose in 2010 to 3.3 nonfatal injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time public and private workers. The on-the job injury rte in the commonwealth for 2009 was 3.1. More positively, workplace fatalities dropped 13 percent from the…
A Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), public school bus crash sent nine middle school students to the hospital on December XX, 2011. The bus, carrying 45 students to Hickory Middle ran off the school’s access road, Hawk Boulevard, and into a ditch. Authorities aren’t sure why the crash occurred, but as the investigation continues, more details will…
Two schools. Two buses. Two accidents. Eleven students transported to hospitals with injuries and complaints of pain. Monday morning, December 12, 2011, was a dangerous time for teenagers across Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA), as buses crashed in school zones at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, VA, and at Bethel High School in Hampton, VA. The…
The best Virginia child injury lawyers all agree that brain injuries can cause serious and long lasting consequences.
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