The Norfolk, Virginia (VA) sister of a man who died at the Virginia Beach jail as filed a $5 million wrongful death suit in federal court, alleging “deliberate indifference”, against the sheriff and the jail medical staff, including the sheriff and Conmed Healthcare Management, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Similar to claims made by the family of…
How do you know you have a reputable, ethical personal injury lawyer representing you? That seems to be the question at the center of a controversy involving a $10.5 million settlement in a Charlottesville, Virginia (VA), wrongful death truck wreck case. The injury lawyer who represented the victim’s husband has resigned from the Virginia state…
One man was killed and another was taken to a hospital on August 19, 2011, after police responded to a crash on Johnstown Road in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), at 3:15 am. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the men were in a Durango that ran off the road and collided with a tree near Elaine Street. Due to…
Entering the Downtown Tunnel while driving a car in Norfolk or Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), can be daunting. If nothing else, the noise echoing in the steel tube can rattle anyone already a little on edge from traffic or fear of tunnels. For those who ride motorcycles, unfortunately, the tunnel trip can be devastating. This was the…
A dangerous intersection in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) pits motorists against trains. In the second light rail accident in a week at Second Street and Brambleton Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), a van collided with a train. The driver did not see The Tide train coming and tried to make a right turn across the tracks….