Are Railroad Workers Contracting A Variety of Cancers From Past Exposure to Radioactive Cargo on Railroads?

August 27, 2009

My railroad injury attorney-partner, Richard N. Shapiro, posted a library article covering railroad workers developing cancers (lung, brain, colon, blood and others) after prolonged workplace exposures to radioactive/radiation substances (uranium or plutonium contaminated scrap metal and wastes). He relates the curernt results of various subpoenas and Freedom of Information Act requests.This is a real eye…

Tractor Trailer Driver Blamed for Fatal I-64 Accident Apparently Fatigued, on Cell Phone

August 27, 2009

Blog, Truck Accidents in VA

A federal judge has order a semi driver and his employer to pay St. Louis, Missouri (Mo.), couple a total of $18 million for pain, suffering and past and future medical expenses. The driver, identified by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as Jeffrey D. Knight, was employed by Alabama-based Holmes Transport Inc. when he apparently caused…

Mecklenburg County Man Hit By Train

August 26, 2009

Blog, Railroad Injury/FELA

A Charlotte man was struck and killed by a train in a northeast section of the city recently. Mecklenburg County Police report that the Norfolk Southern Railway accident occurred about 5:40 a.m. Saturday on Rozzelles Ferry Road at Toddville Road. First responders blocked off the intersection of Toddville Road and closed off one lane of…

Virginia Man Dies in Wreck after Crashing Into 18 Wheeler on I-85

August 26, 2009

Blog, Truck Accidents in VA

According to the State Patrol, a Virginia man was recently killed when the pickup truck he was driving ran into the back of a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 85 in Franklin County. The victim, Sylvester Journey, 57, of Portsmouth, Va., was the pickup’s only occupant. The driver of the 18 wheeler told the investigating trooper…

OTC Weight-Loss Drug Alli May Put Users at Risk for Liver Damage

August 26, 2009

Blog, Defective Products & Drug Recalls in VA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it “is reviewing adverse event reports of liver injury in patients taking the weight loss drug orlistat, marketed as the prescription drug Xenical and the over-the-counter medication Alli.” Thus, the poor safety record of weight-loss drugs seems unblemished. Or, more accurately, as filled with blemishes as…