Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports that an $800,000 settlement was obtained against a psychiatric hospital in a wrongful death lawsuit after one of its patients committed suicide. As summarized in the magazine, the patient had been voluntarily admitted to the hospital because he was experiencing an overwhelming sense of dread and hearing voices telling him to hurt himself….
A group of friends were hanging out on Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach, VA, when an angry driver ran over the woman and the two men she was with. The woman was thrown over top of the car and had to spend three days in the hospital. One of the men, who was sent to…
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…
Losing a family member at any time is sad. I know. I’ve had a loved one pass away, leaving behind a profound sadness that comes with the realization that you will never again be able to speak with the person. When you lose someone close to you suddenly, such as in the case of a recent…