Va. Beach woman charged in pedestrian’s death.Black Friday was truly horrific for the family 23-year-old Hunter Richardson of Suffolk, VA as he was struck and killed by an SUV in the Town Center shopping center in Virginia Beach.Another pedestrian was also injured in the accident. The SUV was dri...
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. This is one of the busiest car travel times of the year so I hope you are all safe out there. Remember to slow down and pay attention to the road. Make sure you get plenty of rest and if you start to fall asleep at the wheel then get off the road ASAP. I’m lo...
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The Associated Press: Va. student mistaken for deer, shot to death.Jessica Goode was a 23-year-old student at Ferrum College out collecting frogs for biology class when she was accidentally shot and killed by a deer hunter. Another student, 20-year-old Regis Boudinot, was shot in the hand.The stu...
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Forklift accident victim to be buried today.Matt Megginson, 27, was killed on the job last Friday while operating a forklift. As he worked at Burris Logistics in Lynchburg, VA, his machine turned over, pinned and killed him.He got married just last May to his wife Lindsey.It is especially sad whe...
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Family of teen killed in crash gets $5.25M | Waynesboro News Virginian.A jury in Albemarle County awarded $5.25 million to the family of a 16-year-old who was killed in a car wreck in 2008.On May 9, 2008, Kenneth Barbour was driving a tractor-trailer when he ran a red light and hit Sydney Aichs d...
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Colonial Heights woman guilty in fatal crash with mo-ped.A tragic story of a wrongful death accident case in Colonial Heights, VA that ended with one man killed, one man in a wheelchair and unable to speak, and one woman probably going to jail for years.Megan Lean Brown was convicted on Monday of...
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Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design.A new report about the 76,000 pedestrian deaths over the past 15 years in America. Ne such victim was young Tiara Rosa, a pedestrian killed in Richmond las January. This happens because the transportation infrastructure in America is so car-cente...
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Virginia Driver Fatigue TipsI posted a new article on Wayne O’Bryan Law about sleep deprived drivers and how dangerous it is to drive when you are fatigued.If you have been injured in an accident, by a sleep deprived driver for example, you need good information. Help yourself to my FREE bo...
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On Monday a trial starts against Coleman that alleges the corporation made and sold a defective product that severely burned an 11-year-old boy. In 2005 Trevor Dennis was camping with his family when a Coleman heater malfunctioned and set the camper on fire. The family alleges that their heater w...
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House calls as cost-saver in health care reform?.Victoria Advocate has an interesting article about a doctor in Richmond, Va who has returned to the practice of making house calls.Dr. Peter Boling and his crew of three doctors, five nurses and a social worker care for about 275 patients in the Ri...
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Austell woman killed in Virginia wreck.Virginia Bolton, a 69-year-old woman from Austell, VA was killed in a three-car-accident last Tuesday. Bolton was wearing her seatbelt. Virginia State Police say the accident happened in Henry County which is a rural area near Martinsville, VA.Bolton was a p...
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Teen Driver Tips from Virginia DMV.Tomorrow is the end of National Teen Driver Safety Week in America. If you have a teenager, one of the scariest moments in your life is when your teen starts to drive. Car accidents kill many teenagers.In Virginia there are some laws to help keep teen drivers a ...
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Crash kills mother, young daughter.Another tragic accident kills two out of four family members riding together in their SUV on Tuesday night.Apparently the unidentified driver of a 2005 Scion TC an a red light and hit the family’s SUV, killing the mother, Tanya Mise, and 3-year-old daughte...
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Peter Dreier: Humana: Profits Over People.An interesting new article about big insurance company Humana whose CEO Michael McAllister is not shy about saying that they love money more than people:It is important to note if we have to choose between achieving our membership goals and achieving pro...
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Insurer ends health program rather than pay out big – Washington Times.This is unbelievable. Guardian Life Insurance Company (with profits last year of $437 million dollars) has decided to completely eliminate coverage in certain states so they don’t have to pay expensive claims.The a...
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We often get calls from clients at the scene of the accident, and they ask us what they should do at the scene.Here are a few tips:1. Make sure you write down the license plate tag number of the vehicle that hit you. Write it down yourself. We can then look immediately for insurance and make sure...
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Toddler dies in pit bull attack.Another tragic death in Virginia last week when a 23-month-old girl was killed by the family’s pet pit-bull dog. The dog had no prior history of biting or bad behavior, and was voluntarily given to animal control officers and euthanized.Please remember that ...
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Woman sentenced for fake car crashes.Teresa R. Gallop of Norfolk, VA was sent to prison for seven years for insurance fraud.Gallop would tell her teenage son and his friend to deliberately crash their vehicles together, after which she and her children would climb into the vehicles and say they w...
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GRTC driver faces charges in pedestrian’s death.The driver of a Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) that struck and killed a state worker in downtown Richmond, VA last week has been charged with reckless driving.Loucendia Reed Lambert was hit and killed by the GRTC bus around 8am on Wed...
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Driven to Distraction – Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab.Truckers want to keep the right to use their on-board computers while driving, and to be exempt from a potentially nationwide ban on texting while driving.This despite a study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute t...
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Driven to Distraction – Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab.Truckers want to keep the right to use their on-board computers while driving, and to be exempt from a potentially nationwide ban on texting while driving.This despite a study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute t...
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Woman Seriously Injured in Wreck.Luann Allen of Grottoes, Virginia was badly hurt when an SUV ran a red light and hit her minivan last monday morning in Rockingham County east of Harrisonburg.She was flown to UVA Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and was still in critical condition th...
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Woman Seriously Injured in Wreck.Luann Allen of Grottoes, Virginia was badly hurt when an SUV ran a red light and hit her minivan last monday morning in Rockingham County east of Harrisonburg.She was flown to UVA Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and was still in critical condition th...
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Yaz Lawyers.If you or someone you know is taking Yaz or Yasmine you should seriously think about stopping. It has become evident in the past year that there are many serious and sometimes deadly side effects associated with taking this new type of birth-control pill.Side effects can include blood...
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65-year-old struck by car, seriously hurt .On Wednesday September 23, 2009, Manin Koorang-Beheshti was crossing U.S. 29 between Seminole Court and Hydraulic Road around 8pm when she was hit by a 1993 Dodge Caravan.She was taken to University of Virginia Medical Center and should recover.There are...
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Yaz Lawyers.If you or someone you know is taking Yaz or Yasmine you should seriously think about stopping. It has become evident in the past year that there are many serious and sometimes deadly side effects associated with taking this new type of birth-control pill.Side effects can include blood...
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65-year-old struck by car, seriously hurt .On Wednesday September 23, 2009, Manin Koorang-Beheshti was crossing U.S. 29 between Seminole Court and Hydraulic Road around 8pm when she was hit by a 1993 Dodge Caravan.She was taken to University of Virginia Medical Center and should recover.There are...
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Afton man hurt in Waynesboro car accident.Two people were taken to the hospital last Tuesday after a two-vehicle crash in Waynesboro, VA.Walter Radney of Afton, VA was taken by helicopter to University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA with a neck injury after his green Jeep Grand...
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Afton man hurt in Waynesboro car accident.Two people were taken to the hospital last Tuesday after a two-vehicle crash in Waynesboro, VA.Walter Radney of Afton, VA was taken by helicopter to University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA with a neck injury after his green Jeep Grand...
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Leahy Introduces Bill To Repeal Antitrust Exemption For Health, Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies .US Senator Patrick Leahy has recently introduced a bill to get rid of the federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice companies.“A few industries have used their...
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Leahy Introduces Bill To Repeal Antitrust Exemption For Health, Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies .US Senator Patrick Leahy has recently introduced a bill to get rid of the federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice companies.“A few industries have used their...
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