West Virginia readers may have heard that an 18-year-old man was killed at the Ohio State Fair on July 26 when part of an amusement ride snapped off, sending riders flying into the air. Seven other people were injured in the accident. According to the Ohio State...
Month: July 2017
Many apartment buildings lack sprinklers
West Virginia apartment residents may not even consider whether or not their buildings have fire sprinklers installed. The lack of a sprinkler system came as a surprise to one Honolulu family after a fire in their apartment building resulted in several deaths. The...
Car accident deaths reach 40,000 for the first time in 10 years
Road travel is becoming more hazardous in West Virginia and around the country. Traffic accident deaths increased by 7 percent in 2015 after falling steadily for many years, and data released by the National Safety Council on Feb. 15 reveals that the nation's roads...
Brain injury proteins found in boxers’ and martial artists’ blood
Family members of and people with brain injuries in West Virginia may be aware of two brain injury markers called neurofilament light chain and tau. These two proteins are found in the blood of people who have suffered a brain injury. A recent study found that...
Elevated speed limits come with elevated danger
Deaths on the road in West Virginia and across the country could be an additional risk after speed-limit increases, says a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The institute says that increasing speed limits over the past 20 years have taken 33,000...
CVSA holds unannounced Brake Safety Day
West Virginia drivers may have been impacted by the Brake Safety Day that took place on May 3. This unannounced check caused nearly 2,000 trucks to be sidelined in 33 states and 10 Canadian provinces where inspections took place. A total of 9,524 inspections took...
Deadly tractor-trailer crashes becoming more common
There was an alarming increase in the number of fatal accidents involving tractor-trailers and buses in West Virginia and around the country in 2015 according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Statistics indicates that 4,311 large trucks and buses...
Motor vehicle accident fatalities go up as speed limits rise
West Virginia has not been restricted in its ability to set motor vehicle speed limits since the full repeal of the National Maximum Speed Limit by the U.S. Congress. A study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety that tracked increases in speed limits and...
Better economy heralds increase in driver death rate
The trend of lower driver death rates that began in the 1970s may be coming to an end, and motorists in West Virginia and other states may want to take note. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the risk of dying in an accident while operating a...
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We are sometimes asked, "Why do you specialize in personal injury?"A lot is bundled up in that question. We know what our answer is. First of allFirst, there is nothing wrong with personal injury law. It is one of the oldest legal ideas - that if a person is hurt by...