APM Terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), saw its seventh on-the-job fatality in the past six years on March 28, 2011, when a forklift driver drove over a stevedore. The accident took the life of 38-year-old Ceres Marine Terminals employee Paula Bellamy. She was struck by containers being carried on the fork while she was guiding…
The jury in a Virginia wrongful death trial found that the doctor being charged in the case was not responsible for his patient’s death after a shoulder surgery
Brittney Grose Scott of Grundy, Virginia (VA), was a passenger in a pickup truck that suddenly ran off the side of the road on Route 712 in Dickenson County. The truck overturned and Ms. Scott was thrown from the truck. Tragically, Ms. Scott died from her injuries. She was only 24 years old. The at-fault…
Two wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against a mining company following the largest mine disaster of the past 40 years, in which 29 workers were killed.
Massey Energy Company, a mining company based in Richmond, Virginia (VA), has settled another wrongful death case following the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia (WV) last spring. Some information on the legal settlement was outlined in the company’s annual report. While the details aren’t known, the company has said that it was…