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• Firework Safety

  Randy Appleton | July 17, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The beginning of July is a special time for many families in Hampton Roads. Families in Williamsburg, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, VA celebrate this nation's independence with one another by doing many activities, such as going to the beach and picnicking. Seeing fireworks is almost always one of these activities, and while fireworks on the Fourth...

• Man Receives $32.5 Million for Head Injury

  Jim Lewis | July 11, 2007 2:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Mark Force, while driving a '93 Escort, was hit by a Ford Mustang on July 1, 1996. His seat belt, which had a motorized shoulder belt and a manual lap belt, did not work properly. The lap band locked but the motorized shoulder belt failed to restrain him. He was thrown forward and slammed into a roof post on the left hand side of the car. Force suffered a severe head injury. Apparently 10...

• Strong Fairfax, Virginia (VA) Verdict for Connective Tissue Injury

  Rick Shapiro | July 10, 2007 12:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to published reports, a Virginia (VA) jury recently gave a surprisingly strong award for a "soft tissue" auto injury case. While driving, a 39 year old flight attendant was rear ended. The next day she saw a chiropractor and, after six months of chiropractic therapy for soft tissue injuries to her neck, left shoulder and back, she was discharged. She still, however, was in pain. Never...

• Brain injury: A major problem in Virginia (VA) and Nationwide

  Rick Shapiro | July 06, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal issue in tort and insurance law today. According to the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (VA) 28,000 visits to an emergency room occur in Virginia (VA) each year as a result of traumatic brain injury. Across the U.S. traumatic brain injury (TBI) costs over 56 billion dollars every...

• Virginia (VA) Boy Hit by Car Dies

  Rick Shapiro | July 05, 2007 9:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Saturday, at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia VA), Omon Graham, a nine year old boy, died suffering head injuries. While on Airline Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) he and his friends attempted to cross the congested street. Omon stepped out onto the street and was hit by a pick up truck. No charges against the driver have been made but the investigation is...

• Constitutional Protections Apply Even In Civil, Personal Injury Cases

  Rick Shapiro | July 03, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Do the various United States Constitutional rights and privileges that we think of as being protections against criminal prosecution apply even in a personal injury case? The answer, at least in Virginia (VA), is yes, all constitutional protections apply even in a personal injury or other type of civil case. In Virginia (VA), there is even a state statute that sets forth, with regard to the...