Summer fun in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton and Newport News involves boats, Jet Skis and other personal watercraft, and tubing. But the spray of water and the feel of sun on our skin might not be the only thing we feel when we get into the rivers, beach areas and waterways of our…
June 30, 2001, was a deadly day of tractor-trailer accidents on I-85 in North Carolina (NC). A major accident that involved five vehicles left three people dead. The tractor-trailer driver who caused the North Carolina wreck is charged with felony death by vehicle, driving while impaired and possessing drugs including marijuana and methadone. No word was…
General Motors has announced two separate recalls affecting about 10,000 pickup trucks because of defects that could lead to crashes. “GM recalled more than 9,000 Chevrolet Colorado and GM Canyon trucks for the model year 2011 because these vehicles may have been built with an automotive transmission clip that could slip and inaccurately show the…
The summer’s here, and children want to get out of the house and onto their bicycles. But their enthusiasm to be out and about should be tempered with a realization of the dangers and the safety precautions that both children and parents need to be aware of. In a recent article the Virginian-Pilot provided some…
A preteen girl impaled her leg on a boat’s propeller after a day of tubing on the Chesapeake Bay. My Virginia personal injury attorney colleague Emily Mapp Brannon writes about this accident on our Norfolk Injuryboard blog site. CD