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Hampton Roads is the 31st Most Congested Urban Area

As anyone who commutes in and out of Norfolk knows, traffic is often bumper to tail on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT), around the Downtown and Midtown Tunnels and on I-64 and I-264. The Virginia Peninsula also experiences considerable gridlock, making your chances…

Five Potential Consequences of Electrical Shock Injuries

Electrical Shock injuries are often extremely traumatic for victims and can result in a wide range of conditions. While people who work with electricity are most at risk, electric shock injuries may occur in homes with children at particular risk from extension cords, sockets…

Burn Injuries Can Lead to Serious Complications Such as Amputation and Disfigurement

Burn injuries are some of the most serious and painful kinds of injuries I see in my line of work as a personal injury lawyer in Virginia. In some of the gravest car or truck crashes a fire may engulf vehicles claiming the lives…

Railroad Train Crew PTSD Injuries After Crossing Wrecks

I have represented many injured railroad workers who were either engineers or conductors on trains that had some kind of incident at a railroad grade crossing with a road. Sometimes the injuries can be quite horrible physical injuries if the train hits a truck…

How the Railroad Uses Injury Forms To Take Advantage of You After an Accident

The dangers of working on the railroad have been established for more than 100 years and railroad workers are protected by the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA). The law was passed because the railroad companies have long tried to take advantage of their employees…

Scars Remain in Graniteville, SC, A Decade After Norfolk Southern Chlorine Derailment

When railroad accidents involving dangerous or explosive substances occur in communities, the effects can often be long-lasting and tragic. A case in point is the incident in Graniteville in South Carolina. It has now been more than 10 years since a train carrying chlorine…

Deck Collapses Can Cause Serious Injuries and Deaths

Last month three people were seriously injured when a deck collapsed in San Francisco’s Excelsior District. When we think about premises liability, typically we think of slip and falls on wet floors, falling merchandise or other accidents. However, wooden decks collapse more often than…

America’s Worst Railroad Accidents

We have seen many serious railroad accidents in recent years in America. Just this week a tragedy occurred on the Metro in Washington DC in which smoke filled a train and killed one woman and injured 70 more. Although these accidents call into question…

How a Traumatic Brain Injury Can Affect Your Sex Drive

The loss of sex drive after a brain injury is a little known side effect but it may be a devastating one for your relationship and it’s a factor any experienced Virginia brain injury attorney will consider in a lawsuit against the party that…

Signaling When Changing Lanes – the Forgotten Turn Signal

Virginia law is quite clear that you have to put on a turn signal when you are changing lanes. The purpose of this safety rule is to let other motorists know what your intentions are. You are supposed to give at least 50 feet…

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