News Room

• DEPUY HIP REPLACEMENT RECALL
DePuy hip replacement recall affects many in Virginia.

• FOUR MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT
Four million dollar verdict, fatal crash, wrongful death.  Police officer crashes into student’s car. Automobile accident fatality.  Experienced lawyers at Wilson & Hajek help injury victims and families.

• JUDGE UPHELD $1.95 MILLION MEDICAL MALPRACTICE VERDICT
It is a trial attorney's job to make sure that the foundation for a large verdict is established in the course of the trial.

• OLD TIRES CAN BE DANGEROUS
Virginia law requires annual vehicle inspections, including the tread wear on your tires.  However, it does not include an inspection to determine the age of your tires.

• OPENED NEW OFFICE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
The law firm of Wilson & Hajek is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Charlottesville, Virginia.

• PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS ON THE RISE
Cases of pedestrians getting struck by vehicles seems to be on the increase in the Charlottesville, VA area.

• TRACTOR TRAILER COLLISION
Tractor-trailer crash involving six vehicles results in settlement. Experienced personal injury lawyers at Wilson & Hajek can assist you in car wreck cases involving tractor-trailers, trucks and other equipment.

• VIRGINIA AUTO ACCIDENT STATISTICS
In 2006, 36% of the fatalities in the State of Virginia were alcohol related.

RAILROAD RELATED NEWS

• LUTHER C. YOPP, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
We are proud to award the 1st Luther C. Yopp, Jr. Memorial Scholarship monies to Alexandra L. Bolden.  Her insightful essay on “Why Unions Are Good”, gives us hope that the spirit and role of unions in America will survive and be carried into the next generation.

• CSX RAILROAD IS CONFIDENT OF CONTINUED PROFITABILITY
CSX railroad confident of profitability. Railroad to invest $1.6 billion in track upgrades.

• CSX RAILROAD WANTS TO SEND DOUBLE-STACKED FREIGHT TRAINS THROUGH D.C.
CSX railroad has proposed to expand the amount of trains its sends through Washington DC.  The proposal includes double stacked freight trains.

• GOOSE HAZARD DIDN'T FLY
Rail worker brings case under FELA arguing that a goose was a hazard to employees on the CSX railroad.

• RICHMOND, VA RAILROAD WORKERS' 30TH ANNUAL PICNIC
Railroad workers gathered at Richmond, Virginia for their 30th Annual Union Picnic.

• RAILROADERS REPRESENTING RAILROADERS
We are proud to announce the return of the law firm of Wilson & Hajek and Railroaders Representing Railroaders SM, an idea created to help injured rail workers.

• EMPLOYEE HARASSMENT
Railroad employees are finally granted some protection by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

• WHISTLE BLOWER PROTECTION
The Federal Rail Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. §20109, was amended on August 3, 2007 to include rail carrier employee whistle blower protection in OSHA.

• NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAFETY AWARDS
Recent press releases have noted Norfolk Southern’s recent receipt of the Harriman Award for the lowest railroad personal injury rate

• RAILROADER'S WIDOW WINS!
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a railroad engineer’s widow, stating that a retired railroad worker had not released Norfolk Southern from liability when he took early retirement.