The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data regarding work-related deaths in West Virginia in 2010. The Upper Big Branch mine explosion in April that killed 29 people, almost one-third of the year’s fatalities, heavily affected the numbers. Altogether, 95 workers were killed during employment in 2010 in West Virginia. This is significantly more…
When a loved one dies suddenly in a train accident there are many questions that the family asks.
Norfolk Virginia, (VA) will soon welcome passenger rail back to the area, beginning with one train a day departing the Harbor Park area in the early morning for Richmond and then on to Washington, DC, and poits north. As a Virginia (VA) railroad accident attorney and a lifelong resident of Hampton Roads, I’m all for expanding…
In his latest post to our firm’s VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my colleague Jim Lewis reports on a legal victory for a Florida (FL) woman who became paralyzed due to the negligence of three doctors who ignored her cries for help and missed what should have been a simple diagnosis of an injection-related injury…
My colleague John C. has written a new post for our firm’s Virginia Brain/Head Injuries blog site about how a U.S. congressman is seeking better care for brain injury victims. The effort is part of a move to increase the levels of treatment for victims of head injuries in conjunction with the gradual implemetation of…