Miscellaneous

• Consumers Injured and Hospitalized by Bad Beef.

  Rick Shapiro | May 18, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  In a news piece on May 11, 2007, an announcement came out that beef shipped to Virginia (VA) among other states was recalled because of E. coli. Over 100, 000 pounds of beef was accidentally shipped to eight states according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture which appears to have been tainted. Seven people were known to have been sickened by this ground beef and three had to be hospitalized...

• Virginia Tech tragedy raises security issues

  Rick Shapiro | April 17, 2007 8:03 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  By Editors Rick Shapiro & John CooperWith over 30 dead Virginia Tech students, the entire nation including Virginia residents mourn the loss of innocent lives. As of the day after the massacre in Blacksburg Virginia, it appears that the gunman was himself a Virginia Tech student with serious psychiatric issues. However, what is emerging is a clear consensus among police and security officials...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  NO LAWYER CAN OR SHOULD GUARANTEE RESULTS TO A POTENTIAL CLIENT. EVERY CASE PRESENTS DIFFERENT FACTS AND DIFFERENT LEGAL CHALLENGES. THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE REAL CASE ACCOUNTS AND PRIOR CASE REFERENCES, HOWEVER, THIS INFORMATION IS PRESENTED TO SHOW LEGAL STRATEGIES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE PAST, AND THE RESULTS THAT WERE OBTAINED CANNOT BE A PREDICTOR OF THE RESULT LIKELY TO BE OBTAINED IN A...

• COURT ORDERED MEDIATION IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES

  Randy Appleton | December 14, 2007 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Authored by: Randall AppletonMany courts throughout the country are utilizing court ordered mediation as an alternative dispute resolution tool to assist parties in resolving cases prior to jury trials. Although the procedure varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction (primarily in the timing of the mediation conference in the litigation process) the format is relatively consistent. Of course,...

• New Report Urges Making "Bad Doctor" Information Available to the Public

  Rick Shapiro | September 19, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Authored by: Richard N. ShapiroA recent report by a Washington D.C. based consumer advocacy group recently concluded that more work needs to be done to make the general public aware of the identity of those doctors who are repeat offenders in the medical malpractice arena. In addition to recommending improvements in patient safety and healthcare providers training, the report stressed the...

• Constitutional Protections Apply Even In Civil, Personal Injury Cases

  Rick Shapiro | July 03, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  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...

• More Suits Settled In Plane Crash Case

  Rick Shapiro | May 25, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  The estates of two more wrongful death victims of a recent aviation crash have settled their cases with the airline. These wrongful death claims involved the plane crash of a Comair Jet carrying 50 people, as it attempted to take off from an airport in Lexington, Kentucky. I take a special interest in these accident cases as I am an injury attorney in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VB) and a pilot...

• Potential Jury Tampering Under Review After Plaintiff's Big Texas Vioxx Verdict

  Rick Shapiro | September 21, 2006 6:59 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A Texas jury delivered a $32 million verdict against the makers of Vioxx. Now attorneys firm Merck want to obtain bank and cell phone records because one of the juror's had just paid off a $10,000 loan from one of the plaintiffs that was a party to the case. According to an article in Lawyers Weekly USA, a school janitor jury member was earning $22,000 a year and has testified in a post-trial...

• DEA Agent Shoots Himself And Then Sues DEA In Aftermath

  Rick Shapiro | April 15, 2006 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  The ultimate embarrassment: An experienced DEA agent demonstrates gun safety to children in Orlando, Florida, and during the videotaped safety discussion he accidentally shoots himself in the foot! In the aftermath, he is now suing the DEA! Why?Paige alleges that the DEA intentionally leaked the tape to the media, and that the video has made him the butt of jokes on the internet, affecting...

• Firework Safety

  Randy Appleton | July 17, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  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...