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…
Less than two weeks after a homeless man died in a fire at the Terrific Fabric Care Company building on Campostella Road in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), the owner of the business has been charged with class I misdemeanors for not having a business license, not ensuring a smoke detector worked and blocking access to a…
More than twice the electricity a condemned prisoner receives after being strapped into an electric chair — 7,600 volts — was the amount a Greene County, Alabama (AL), man received when his vehicle hit a low-hanging power line. After years of constant pain in his right arm, the man has successfully won $1.5 injury verdict…
A 54-year-old man from East Stone Gap, Virginia (VA), was enjoying a ride on his motorcycle on Highway 71 in Russell County when his life came to an abrupt, tragic end. He was killed when a dump truck crossed the center line and slammed into his motorcycle. The truck also hit two more people on motorcycles,…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has written a new post for our firm’s Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton Injuryboard blog site about how the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending parents not to use crib bumper pads because of the products put infants at risk for suffocating and strangling. DM