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• Defects in Railroad Cars Give Rise to Automatic Liability Under the Safety Appliance Act

  John Cooper | September 17, 2009 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  The Railroad Safety Appliance Act (49 U.S.C section 20301-20303) which was enacted in 1893, made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory for all railroad trains in the United States. The Act...

• Plane Accident Kills Pilot in Virginia Beach

  Jim Lewis | September 13, 2009 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Five airplanes were practicing for an aerial demonstration. Everything was going smoothly until the very end. One of the five planes failed to properly pull up while in descent and crashed...

• Speeding Drivers: Major Cause of Injuries and Deaths On Interstates

  Rick Shapiro | September 01, 2009 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  My Injuryboard blogging injury attorney/colleague Steve Lombardi of Des Moines, Iowa, and another Injuryboard editor, Wayne Parsons, are injury attorneys that are always asking...

• Man dies in Virginia Beach (VA) car crash

  Emily Mapp Brannon | August 31, 2009 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  An out-of-town man died late Sunday morning when his car struck an excavator parked near the Virginia Beach Municipal Center. The man was driving west in the 2600 block of West Neck Road when he...

• Release of Day Care Worker Involved in Infant's Death Highlights Safety Issues

  Jim Lewis | August 25, 2009 6:34 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Last Wednesday, Ann Marie Cardinal got out of jail after serving less of half of the sentence she receive in 2005 for operating an unlicensed day care center in Virginia Beach. While Cardinal was,...

• Couple Tragically Killed in Car Accident

  John Cooper | August 23, 2009 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Bob and Reggie Wade, two active citizens in their 80s, were killed in a car accident. They were driving home to Valley Forge when their Cadillac was struck by a Dodge Durango, according to...

• Drunk Driving in the Spotlight: Virginia Beach Police Make Point to Enforce DUI Laws

  Rick Shapiro | August 22, 2009 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) are focused on decreasing incidences of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol as part of the new “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under...

• Worker killed in Newport News construction accident

  Emily Mapp Brannon | August 21, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Kirk Patrick Giezey died Thursday when he was run over by a bulldozer at a Newport News construction site, the Daily Press reported. Giezey, 34, was helping clear a new road near the 200 block of...

• Rotator Cuff Injury and Surgery, What Can Be Done About It?

  John Cooper | August 20, 2009 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Remember your last sunburn? It probably wasn’t a pleasant experience. Whether the burn was severe enough to cause you immense pain or just bad enough to give you a dull discomfort, a burn...

• Deaths from Motorcycle Crashes on the Rise in South Hampton Roads Area of Virginia

  Emily Mapp Brannon | August 19, 2009 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  In 2009, more than twice as many people have died in motorcycle crashes in South Hampton Roads than in all of 2008, according to The Virginian-Pilot. There have been 13 fatal motorcycle crashes...