In his latest post to our firm’s Virginia Beach Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on an important jury verdict for a merchant seaman who developed the fatal lung disease mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working on a ship. Rick writes that the case illustrates how companies that take over competitors…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro comments on research showing that working with solvents containing TCE, PERC or CCL4 significantly raises a person’s risk for developing Parkinson’s disease. Rick writes that this link is particularly worrying for railroad workers who often use degreasing agents containing the…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro argues that even if funding issues for plans to return Amtrak service to Norfolk, Virginia (VA), are resolved, passengers must fully embrace passenger rail. He also notes that because more trains will be running along Norfolk Southern tracks, drivers, pedestrians…
My colleague Randy Appleton recently posted a blog on our firm’s Railroad Injury website regarding the success of the new light rail system, The Tide, in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). As plans are in the works for more use of light rail and less use of the city’s bus system, it is important to ensure safety…
The battle between uranium companies who want to mine uranium in Virginia (VA) and proponents of mining continued at a recent meeting in Richmond. Proponents worry that the mining of the radioactive uranium, along with the storage of tons of waste could possibly contaminate Lake Gaston, which supplies much of the water to Virginia Beach, Norfolk and…