My colleague Kevin Duffan has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Beach, Cheasapeake & Suffolk, VA Injuryboard blog in which he highlights concerns that new national high school rules requiring field hockey athletes to wear protection during practice and games may actually put player at increased injury risk. DM
Brain injuries strike people in all walks of life, from emergency responders to soldiers and anyone involved in a car or truck accident. Treating those injuries so victims recover all or most of the cognitive abilities and psychological health can prove difficult. Now, a recently published Institute of Medicine review of studies of therapies for…
Despite heavy cuts to the budget, court official in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), have taken on heavier workloads to to ensure justice for the local community. Elsewhere across the United States, fewer staff positionas and less money hav meant many violations are going unprosecuted. Accused criminals are even going free because…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog about a Canadian National freight train derailment in Elgin, Illinois (IL), that, while causing no injuries, highlights the dangers of rail cars jumping their rails. DM
An 88-year-old architect who failed to yield at a the Tide tracks on Second Street in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), hit a light-rail train and then left the scene on August 11, 2001 has been identified by police as Sheldon Leavitt. When asked by WTKR News Channel 3 why he didn’t wait around, Leavitt said, “I…