Automobile Accidents

• Suing Parents for Sleepovers?

  Bryan Slaughter | April 19, 2009 5:56 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  I was waiting to argue a case in the Virginia Supreme Court last week, and an interesting case relating to child safety was argued in front of me. The name is Michael H. Kellermann, Administrator,...

• Cruise Ship Run Aground in Virginia

  Jenny Albano | November 10, 2007 7:17 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  On Thursday, November 8 sixty-six passengers and crew members were transported to Virginia's shore by the Coast Guard after their cruise ship ran aground.The ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, hit something while traveling in the intracoastal Waterway at around 5:30 a.m. and shortly began taking in water. When the captain realized this he decided to run the ship aground instead of letting the ship...

• 17 Tourists Dead in Mexico Bus Crash

  Jenny Albano | September 16, 2007 10:09 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A bus crashed in western Mexico Saturday, September 15, killing at least 17 tourists, many of whom had just arrived from Phoenix. The bus was carrying 35 passengers from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara when it ran off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine near the town of Compostela, about 125 miles from Guadalajara, the Nayarit's state prosecutor's office said in a...

• Teenager in Critical Condition after Car Crash

  Christina Cole | February 04, 2007 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A teenager is in critical condition after a car accident on Thursday, when her car slid into oncoming traffic.The 17-year-old girl was heading south on Virginia 43 when her 1988 Honda Accord crossed over into the northbound lane and collided with a 1997 extended Chevy Silverado, Virginia State Police say.The girl was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident and was airlifted to...