Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall) - Last 7 Days

• Third Circuit Rejects Federal Railroad Safety Act Preemption

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | May 12, 2013 2:28 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided that the Federal Railroad Safety Act does not automatically preempt all state common law claims. Specifically, the Court said that the...

• Could hazing injuries be the fault of the college administration?

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | May 14, 2013 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Fraternity pledge Brian Yost suffered a severe brain injury in 2007, when, after hazing an upperclassman by dunking him in a creek and returning to the house with fellow pledges to dunk another,...