No matter whether you’re on I-64, I-95 or I-77, driving on interstates seems to be getting more harrowing. Politician and layman alike are forced to contend with a rash of tractor-trailer drivers eager to pass other vehicles at any cost. Recently, a candidate for West Virginia (WV) governor, Bob Henry Baber, and his two young…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has posted a new blog to our law firm’s Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk Injuryboard site in which she discusses how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about the diabetes drug Actos and its possible link to bladder cancer. The potential links between Actos and bladder…
There really is nothing more terrifying than being awoken in the middle of the night to the sound of a fire alarm. For nine families, this was the frightening reality when their dehumidifiers caught fire after the defective power connectors short-circuited. Thankfully, no one was killed, but that may only be a matter of time….
Tractor trailers haul things from coast to coast, including grain, furniture and carnival rides. These types of large loads can prove dangerous to other drivers, and even the tractor-trailer drivers themselves. As a West Virginia (WV) truck accident attorney, I know a fully loaded truck can weigh 80,000 pounds (40 tons), while the average car…
Future funding for six regional Amtrak services in Virginia has been put at risk by a new federal budget proposal that “threatens to end funding for regional Amtrak service at a time when Virginia is expanding passenger rail in the state and has no source of operating money for the trains,” the Virginian-Pilot reported. Although the…