Posts tagged injuries

• Access Denied: Interest Groups and 'Tort Reform' Proponents Put Up Roadblocks to Court System

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | June 06, 2011 3:07 PM | 11 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Laurence H. Tribe, a professor at Harvard whose 40-year career includes serving as senior counselor at the Department of Justice for access to justice, recently made a speech declaring that justice...

• Tornado Hero Denied Workers Compensation

  Doug Landau | October 24, 2011 6:11 AM | 9 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Courage in the face of a tornado's 200 mph winds is something to be respected and honored. The EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri was among the nation's worst ever. It killed 162 people and...

• Maryland Pit Bull Attack Injures Friend and Dog

  Doug Landau | October 23, 2011 6:24 AM | 6 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  His finger was deformed; lifting his shoulder was difficult and his hands were swollen like a boxer's from trying to get the fighting dogs off his chest. My friend, a military veteran, recounted how...

• Medical Malpractice Cases Could Be Better Handled Through Judge-Directed Negotiation

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | June 14, 2011 11:12 AM | 4 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Patients injured by medical mistakes and families who lose loved ones following a misdiagnosis or surgical mistake often wait years for their personal injury claims to work their way through the...

• Health Courts Another Bad Tort Reform Idea

  Jim Lewis | March 01, 2011 1:58 PM | 4 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Some tort reform advocates not so keen on arbitrarily limiting damages for victims are proposing another idea to significantly alter our country’s medical malpractice system – health...

• Shore Drive Speed Limit Reduced to 35 MPH

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 07, 2010 10:12 AM | 4 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After ten pedestrians were killed in the past eight years, and numerous car-bicycle accidents that led to serious injuries, Virginia Beach officials lowered the speed limit on a stretch of Shore...

• Cell Phone Driving Ban: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 14, 2011 2:34 PM | 3 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Transportation Safety Board on December 13, 2011, made a welcome, and long-overdue, recommendation to ban all cell phone use by drivers. The trigger for the statement were...

• Norfolk, VA Puts Red Light Cameras on Hold

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 08, 2011 8:51 PM | 3 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Budget concerns in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), may stop red light cameras from going up, according to WAVY-TV 10. Norfolk, Virginia City Council approved the red light cameras in December 2011 to...

• NFL's Paltry Donation to Brain Injury Center

  Doug Landau | February 02, 2011 10:11 AM | 3 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  The NFL makes billions of dollars each year. It is America's beloved violent pastime. Yet the rash of brain and spinal trauma cases depicted this season do not seem to have had much impact on...

• Virginia Doctor Injured After Being Chased on Bike by Dog

  Ben Glass | July 07, 2008 3:15 PM | 3 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  On June 23, a 59-year-old Fairfax physician sustained serious personal injuries after a dog chased after his bicycle and attempted to grab the back wheel. The man was caused to be launched over...