Jeff Sipple wasn’t “in a war zone being doused with napalm.” He was at a friend’s housewarming party. But that’s the comparison the Chicago Tribune made to the terrible accident in which gel used to fire a decorative flame exploded and covered his face and arms. Sipple spent two days in an intensive care unit, and…
It is so frustrating to read about preventable accidents that result in serious injuries and death. Take, for example, an accident that occurred on Route 15 in Loudoun County, Virginia (VA). Police were alerted to an erratic driver of a Chevrolet truck. When police finally found the reckless truck driver, it was too late. The…
The weather for the 2011 Labor Day weekend will be less hazardous than the previous weekend when Hurricane Irene swept in, but the roads will be much more dangerous. With those dangers in mind, American Trucking Associations issued a number of travel tips for Labor Day, saying that despite the high fuel costs, more than…
In his latest post to our Newport News, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague John C. reports that a man who developed an untreatable pain syndrome after having his foot crushed by a forklift while he was shopping at Best Buy has won a jury award of $5.225 million for his…
In his latest post to our Virginia personal law firm’s Railroad Injury/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague John C. writes about two recently concluded lawsuits in which switchmen received compensation for partially disabling back injuries suffered on the job. John also comments on the shaky, unbelievable defenses the defendants, BNSF and Belt Railway, used to make…