A graduate student at UVA was enjoying a ride on his bike down West Main in Charlottesville, Virginia (VA) when he encountered a city utility truck while it was making a right turn onto Fourth Street. Sadly, this encounter had tragic consequences. The bike rider hit the front right tire of the truck, suffered serious…
In his latest post to the Eastern Shore Virginia Injury Attorneys Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro notes that the population of Chincoteague Island swells by a factor of 10 on the fourth Wednesday of each July, when the ponies swim the channel from Assateague Island. Since we practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), we know…
An Arizona (AZ) family who had rented a houseboat for a vacation on Lake Powell is claiming that a range of onboard generator, maintenance and gas detector problems led to the carbon monoxide poisoning death of the 62-year-old father. According to a report in the Deseret News, the Howeth family has filed suit against “Aramark…
A 1996 Chevrolet Blazer tried to make a left turn into a Gas N More on Route 7 in Reedsville, West Virginia (WV) when the nightmare began. A 2002 Pontiac attempted to pass the line of traffic and wound up slamming into the Blazer. The crash was so bad that it injured six people, including…
A worker has been hospitalized after the elevator he was working on caused him to fall several floors. Emergency rescuers responded to a call from Southern States located on Fields Street in Farmville, North Carolina (N.C.). Upon their arrival to the accident scene they described seeing the victim as sitting up, but still inside the…