A judge has ordered that the driver of a van involved in a car crash that killed six people in Caroline County will continue to be held without bond. The 50-year-old man, who is from Chicago, has been charged with six counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving. He has been appointed a defense attorney…
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry recently reported the number of workplace fatalities/deaths in Virginia decreased by 15% in 2007 from 165 to 141, the lowest number since 1995. The nationwide number of workplace fatalities decreased by 6% to 5,488 in 2007, according to a preliminary estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in August. The occupation with the largest share of workplace fatalities was tractor-trailer and truck driving which accounted for 21 fatalities.
In what appears to be at least the third plaintiff’s victory in a personal injury/wrongful death suit over Fentanyl patches (also called Duragesic patches), a jury ordered $13.3 million to the family of a Florida woman who died when a faulty pain patch leaked and flooded her bloodstream with Fentanyl medication, killing her. The verdict was returned in the state circuit court in Seminole County, Florida.
A horrific car crash has claimed the life of a 5-month old baby girl, and has left her parents and 2-year-old sister seriously injured. The fatal accident occurred on I-264 in the westbound lanes, west of Rosemont Road in Virginia Beach, on Monday afternoon. According to reports from law enforcement, the victims were traveling in…
The preliminary data recently released by the annual Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Spotlight on Highway Safety Report reveals that the number of pedestrian fatalities in 2015 may have increased as much as 10 percent from the year before. The report was prepared using preliminary data supplied to the GHSA from each state’s highway safety…