The Public Information Officer for the Virginia Beach Fire Department was seriously hurt in a recent pedestrian accident. According to details released by a spokesperson for the city, on October 13th, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the victim was leaving a project he was working on when he was struck by a truck as he was…
The following list of tragic facts appears on the Kids and Car website: In the United States, at least 50 children are being backed over by vehicles every week. The predominant age of victims is one year old (12-23 months). More than 60 percent of backing up incidents involved a larger vehicle such as a…
A Chicago-area mother spent more than a year fighting to hold the negligent property owner accountable for serious injuries she suffered when the second-floor deck detached from her rental home and threw her to the ground. The deck collapse occurred in 2009, and she finally received a settlement for $1 million 16 months later. This…
Five vacationers went to hospitals with a variety of injuries on the night of September 13, 2020, after a second-floor deck on the vacation home they had rented in the Sandbridge section of Virginia Beach collapsed. This was at least the second such incident in the Resort City during the already tough summer of 2020….
Virginia is considered one of the most bicycle-friendly states in the country. Many Virginians bike to work every day and hit the trails in the weekends with their family. While biking is a terrific way to get some exercise and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Commonwealth, it is not an entirely risk-free activity. Cyclists…