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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-centered that any other form of transports is under-funded

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House calls as cost-saver in health care reform? | Virginia medical malpractice lawyer

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 Richmond, Virginia area.

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Austell woman killed in VA wreck  | Virginia Accident Injury Lawyer

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 passenger in a 1994 Ford Taurus driven by

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Crash kills two in Virginia Beach | Accident Injury Lawyer

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 ran a red light and hit the family’s SUV, killing the mother, Tanya Mise, and 3-year-old daughter Lauren Mise after they were ejected

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Humana: Profits Over People | Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer

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 profitability goals. profits will win every time.

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Toddler dies in pit bull attack | Virginia dog bite lawyer

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 children should never be around dogs

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Bus driver faces charges in pedestrian’s death | Richmond accident injury lawyer

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 Wednesday at the intersection of 14th

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65-year-old struck by car, seriously hurt | Virginia personal injury lawyer

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 no crosswalks or pedestrian signals in

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Afton man hurt in Waynesboro car accident | Richmond Accident Lawyer

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 Cheroke had an accident with

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Facebook fights Virginia’s demand for user data, photos | Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer

Facebook fights Virginia’s demand for user data, photos – CNET News. The commonwealth of Virginia has stopped its attempt to force Facebook to comply with a subpoena that requested the complete contents of a user’s account to help settle a workman’s comp case. The subpoena was from Colgan Air, an airline that previously employed a

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