On December 10, 2020 at approximately 9:00 p.m., a crane operator was killed at a paper mill in Franklin, Virginia. The crane was operated at an International Paper Company site. The crane operator died of unspecified injuries from the accident. … Continue reading
On November 28, 2020 a woman was found dead in an apartment fire. The fire occurred at Leisure World in Silver Spring, MD. The fire was early in the morning on Saturday. Leisure World is a complex for people over … Continue reading
On Suday, October 11, 2020 at approximately 1:30 p.m. a small child fell out of a third floor window. The fall resulted in the death of the child. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. It happened in the 700 … Continue reading
On October 14, 2020 50 firefighters were dispatched to help bring a fire under control. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire was in Southeast Washington, D.C. in the 1300 block of Congress Street. The building … Continue reading
On September 4, 2020, two construction workers were critically injured. The injury occurred Friday morning. They were struck by a pipe at an excavation site. The site is where the old Australian Embassy had been. That embassy was razed to … Continue reading
On Friday, August 21, 2020 a man died from a fire. He was pulled from a burning apartment in Southeast Washington according to DC Police. The fire broke out on the first floor. The building was a two-story building in … Continue reading
On Monday, August 17, 2020 a 13 year-old boy died from being hit by a puck. The injury occurred during a hockey practice in Charles County, Maryland. The boy was attending a hockey camp in the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, … Continue reading
On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at approximately 1:00 p.m. a two year-old child fell from an apartment building window. The fall occurred in the 4500 block of Connecticut Avenue, NW. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital. Window Fall … Continue reading
On June 25, 2020 a 17 year-old from Silver Spring drowned in Lake Audubon in Reston, VA. The lake is in the 2000 block of Beacon Heights Drive. The police had received a call th at the swimmer had gone … Continue reading
Charity immunity or more commonly called charitable immunity is alive and well in Virginia. The lead case on that issue is UVA v. Morris, 275 Va. 319 (2008). A charity is immune from liability to beneficiaries for acts of ordinary negligence. … Continue reading