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Railroad Accidents/FELA/Railroad Crossings-Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss applicable law at railroad crossings

My colleague, personal inury lawyer Rick Shapiro posted an article about railroad accidents, especially railroad crossing injuries and wrongful deaths.  Our law firm has handled dozen and dozens of such cases involving railroad crew, car drivers, truck drivers, engineers and conductors.  Please read the entire article to get a feel for some of the issues…

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Forbes Names Virginia Best for Business, But What About Virginia’s Personal Injury System?

My partner Rick Shapiro has just written an article highlighting what is good and bad about the Virginia personal injury law/tort system, which arises from Forbes Magazine declaring Virginia the “best for business” state in the United States.  Virginia follows the ancient contributory negligence rule of law (one of only 5 jurisdictions left), and has both a…

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Does My Employer Have to Address Doctor-Recommended Job Limitations/Accommodations Related to My Personal Injury? 

Virginia is an “at will” employment state and wrongful termination and/or retaliation lawsuits against an employer are difficult to advance. The best way to handle this situation is to make a lost wage claim and/or loss of earning capacity claim in connection with your personal injury claim. Can my employer fire me for requesting accommodations…

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