New figures on boating deaths in Virginia (VA) suggest recreational boaters may be heeding the safety messages.According to the U.S. Coast Guard, recreational boating fatalities in Virginia fell by nearly half from 2009 figures in 2010, the Virginian-Pilot reported. In all 14 fatalities were reported on Virginia during 2010, down from 27 in the previous…
The National Transportation Safety Board hosted a gathering of federal regulators, safety experts, and industry officials to discuss reducing bus and truck accidents in early May 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Within a few weeks of the gathering, a bus operated by Sky Express, with a poor record of fatigued drivers overturned on a Virginia…
For almost 80 years, Goodyear blimps have adorned the skies as very visible corporate symbols of the tire and rubber company that began operations in 1898. As a Virginia personal injury lawyer as well as a dad I remember pointing the blimp out to my kids at a baseball game. Now, a tragic airship accident…
A dump truck overturned in Hampton, Virginia (VA), on June 14, 2011, hitting numerous vehicles and leaving three people injured.Two people were transported to a local hospital by ambulance and a third person was evacuated by medical helicopter after the dump truck overturned, the Daily Press reported. Police said the dump truck driver was heading…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a promising new approach to resolving medical malpractice lawsuits quickly and fairly for injured patients and family members whose loved one died as a result of a medical mistake. The innovation, called judge-directed negotiation, resembles mediation and allows plaintiffs’…