The new light rail system in Norfolk will launch on August 19, 2011, and begin full operations the following Monday. Downtown drivers who already share the road with pedestrians and bicyclists will now have to contend with Tide trains, and experts believe this will inevitably lead to accidents. Nationally, an average of 14 people lose…
The family of a teenager from North Carolina (NC) have been awarded $10 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after he was shocked by a police Taser. The award was made against the manufacturer of the equipment. The Insurance Journal reported a federal jury last week awarded $10 million to the family of the 17-year-old who…
The electrocution of a man from Virginia Beach, VA, while working on a power pole in Maryland (MD), on July 20, 2011, highlights the dangers faced every day by contractors and subcontractors who work with electricity. Brian Gillis, 39, from Virginia Beach, VA, was electrocuted while working for a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. subcontractor,…
Many Americans may dismiss the news that a man working on a power pole was electrocuted as tragic but a risk associated with the profession. As an experienced Virginia (VA) electrical shock injury attorney, however, I know that such fatal accidents only occur because a regulation for working around electricity was violated. OSHA has some very…
The troubled tour bus industry has been hit by another tragedy as two women died when their bus plunged down an embankment in New York. The bus, that was taking visitors from Washington, DC, to Niagara Falls blew a tire, spun out of control and left the Interstate 390 about 55 miles southeast of Rochester,…