- Emily Mapp Brannon | January 27, 2012 12:15 PM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
The first month of 2012 has proved to be most deadly for Virginia teens. State police statistics highlighted by the private group Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety and law...
- Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 04, 2011 8:26 AM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
There is a traffic accident every 23 minutes in Hampton Roads. But even with 23,142 crashes occuring in thecities and surroig areas of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Suffolk...
- Kevin Duffan | October 17, 2011 6:53 PM | Virginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
They are meant to keep our kids safe, but a new study into infant and child booster seats for vehicles has revealed that half of the products don’t even fit with seat belts.
Details of the...
- Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 16, 2011 5:06 PM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
The Center for Auto Safety and the National Coalition for School Bus Safety recently petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require seat belts on school buses. The agency's...
- Kevin Duffan | May 31, 2011 8:12 AM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
Starting last week, police across Hampton Roads have been amping up their efforts to ticket drivers and car passengers who are in violation of Virginia’s (VA) state seat belt law. That law...
- Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 27, 2010 12:34 PM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
As an injury lawyer, one of my least favorite job responsibilities is tracking news stories about the various ways people suffer wrongful deaths and avoidable injuries. In my line of work, no news...
- Greg Webb | September 10, 2010 11:08 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Automobile Accidents
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is reporting that traffic deaths are at a 60-year low, with the number of people who died on the road dropping 9.7% (3,615) from 2008 to 2009. The decline...
- Jim Lewis | November 26, 2009 9:05 AM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Automobile Accidents
Seventy-five Virginia (VA) State Police officers will be patrolling the commonwealth's highways this Thanksgiving. Near the top of the list they will have for stopping motorists traveling to and...
- Dan Frith | May 20, 2008 10:26 AM | Roanoke, VA
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Automobile Accidents
I was saddened to read the story of an 8 year old boy who died last week in a single car accident in Culpeper, Virginia. Virginia State Police reported that Orion Bickings was riding in a 1999 Acura...