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• Man sentenced in Williamsburg DUI crash

  Emily Mapp Brannon | November 28, 2009 7:52 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Mark Schneider will spend a year in jail after drunkenly hitting pedestrian Irene Carson last Christmas Eve, a Williamsburg-James City County circuit court judge ruled this week. Schneider, 39,...

• NFL Concussion Policy: a Very Slow Work in Progress

  Michael Phelan | November 24, 2009 2:36 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  With every new round of concussions in the NFL, it seems to me that the press and the NFL react as if dangerous concussions were...

• Demystifying Injury Litigation: What Is a Deposition and How Do I Get Ready for It?

  Rick Shapiro | October 21, 2009 10:34 AM | 2 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  This article explains depositions and how they work, and is not limited to Virginia or Carolina where I primarily practice. It is part of a continuing series of articles where Injuryboard injury...

• Older Jeep Grand Cherokees May Be Fire Prone

  Greg Webb | October 18, 2009 10:34 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The Center for Auto Safety has sent a petition to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, calling for the recall of over three million Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming that the vehicles...

• Controversial Medical Device - Menaflex - Approved By FDA

  Greg Webb | October 07, 2009 5:11 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In a bid to get a controversial knee-surgery device known as Menaflex approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ReGen Biologics relied too heavily on two consultants with strong ties to...

• Demystifying Injury Litigation for Clients: What Are Interrogatories?

  Rick Shapiro | October 03, 2009 10:01 AM | 2 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  When I tell a client that we have received interrogatories on their case their level of anxiety skyrockets if they have not been involved in civil personal injury litigation before. And why do...

• Toyota Product Scandal: Allegations of Fraud, Obstruction of Justice From Former Attorney

  Rick Shapiro | October 01, 2009 8:57 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  It’s rare that an insider whistleblower risks all by admitting personal knowledge of alleged fraud on courts, obstruction of civil justice and conspiracy. But these and further serious...

• Analysis: Virgina's Texting & Emailing Ban Makes VA Highways and Interstates More Safe

  Rick Shapiro | September 20, 2009 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  It seems these days that no one can go a minute without consulting their iPhone, Blackberry, or cell phone. No matter where we are, we’re never too busy to send a text message or an...

• Hulk Hogan Sues His Lawyers: What consumers need to know about car insurance

  Ben Glass | September 18, 2009 8:44 PM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Terry Bollea's (aka Hulk Hogan) recent lawsuit against his former lawyers at Zuckerman Spaeder, has several very important teaching points for consumers. Here's the short version of the story....

• Toyota Issues Recall in Nineteen States - Corollas and Scions

  Greg Webb | September 07, 2009 7:32 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., is launching a voluntary Safety Recall on nearly 96,000 Toyota and Scion vehicles. Per the press release from Toyota: “On certain 2009 and 2010 model year...