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• Tractor-Trailer-Bus Accidents-Danger on the Highways

  Rick Shapiro | May 05, 2008 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Note: see also the automobile accidents category. Big rigs, large trucks, semis, tractor trailers, and 18 wheelers are some of the ways that we refer to the giant, automotive machinery that runs...

• Recent DUI Wreck In Virginia Beach Sets Off National Immigration Firestorm-Fox News Stirs Controversy

  Rick Shapiro | April 11, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  There has been outrage in the local communities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and other surrounding Virginia and North Carolina communities over the alleged drunk driving of an illegal immigrant who killed two innocent teenagers who were sitting at a red light in Virginia Beach on the night of March 30, 2007.Alfred Ramos, 22, who is an illegal alien from Mexico, was previously convicted of driving...

• X-Ray Risks: Steps You Need To Take to Reduce Radiation Exposure

  Rick Shapiro | October 22, 2009 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  X-rays, by in large, are a great medical tool which assist doctors in making diagnoses and provide an internal view of the human body without making surgical incisions. However, this technology is...

• 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...

• Street Racing, DUI Combined in Virginia Beach Fatality That Led to Jail Term

  Randy Appleton | August 15, 2009 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A street race on Lynnhaven Parkway this past April left one man dead and another man facing felony charges of illegal automobile racing and contributing to the death of a motorcyclist. The...

• Commercial vehicles being stopped in Virginia Beach

  Jim Lewis | August 13, 2009 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Police in Virginia Beach stopped commercial truck drivers on Interstate 264 this morning as part of a concerted safety effort, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The Virginia Beach Police Department's...

• Avoid Body Building Supplements Containing Synthetic Steroids and Steroid Alternatives

  Emily Mapp Brannon | August 03, 2009 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Many men and women who participate in intense workouts and body building are aware of the dangers associated with steroids. Therefore, a popular strategey is to take steroid alternatives or...

• Motorcyclists Who Fail to Wear a Helmet Increase Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury

  Jim Lewis | June 26, 2009 5:14 PM | 2 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  When you’re driving along I-64 or I-264 in Virginia (VA) you may see a motorcyclist ride by you like a speeding bullet. As an injury lawyer who’s represented clients who've been severely...

• About Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injuries in America

  Rick Shapiro | May 05, 2008 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Note: see also category Head & Brain Injuries. Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal...

• Richard N. Shapiro, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | February 28, 2005 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Richard N. Shapiro practices injury law exclusively, and is with the law firm of Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton, P.C. Rick served as staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Whitehurst (1979-1981) and graduated from George Mason Law School With Distinction in 1984. He served as a law clerk to Federal District Court Judge Robert C. Doumar in Norfolk, and now exclusively handles injury law. He...