Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
January 12, 2022 • Injury Law
Charleston, WV Police to Receive 90 Body Cameras: Does it Matter?
In the summer of 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they would provide grant funding for police body cameras to law-enforcement agencies, and many cities and towns, including the Charleston, West Virginia police department applied for grants. Recently, the Charleston, WV Police Department was awarded one of the grants, allowing it to purchase…
read moreNovember 3, 2021 • Injury Law
Overmedicating and Phony Diagnosis in Nursing Homes — How to Protect Your Loved Ones
A recent New York Times investigation found the percentage of nursing home residents diagnosed with schizophrenia has soared 70 percent since 2012. Today, about 1 out of 9 nursing home residents in West Virginia and throughout the US has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. How can that be possible when schizophrenia in the general population affects…
read moreSeptember 2, 2021 • Injury Law
Man Hit and Killed by Car in South Charleston, WV — Police Looking for Driver
South Charleston, WV — 09/02/21 South Charleston police said a man was hit and killed early Wednesday morning on the MacCorkle Avenue overpass by Hardee’s and Dow Chemical. The police said the driver who struck the pedestrian may have not realized they hit somebody. The police found the man’s body in the median around 3…
read moreMay 25, 2021 • Injury Law
Car Plunges Over I-64 Overpass in South Charleston — 26 year Old Man Dies
South Charleston, WV: On Friday evening around 7:40 p.m., May 21, 2021, Brian Alan Durden was traveling westbound on I-64 near the MacCorkle Avenue exit when he lost control of his vehicle. Kanawha County Deputies say the driver was heading west on I-64 when they lost control of their vehicle, scraped against the side of…
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