Blog Posts in 2015

One early morning in October 2012, an employee of Bumble Bee Foods was carrying pallets of canned tuna into a 35-foot-long oven. While the man was ...

Making a living shouldn’t cost a life no matter what industry a person chooses to work. Unfortunately, the amount of work-related fatalities continues ...

Still reeling in the wake of a series of devastating explosions at the busy Tianjin port last month, China has suffered another deadly blast this past ...

Repetitive strain injuries in the workplace might be more common than you think. In fact, the United Sates Department of Labor and the Occupational ...

Uber became legal earlier this year in February, and this begs the question about how to cover the costs should the driver get into an accident . Is ...

The Fourth of July is nearly here and for many across Virginia, that means time for vacation, celebration, and parties. At The Barrera Law Firm, PLLC, ...

In 1997, Congress passed the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act, which capped the amount of compensation available to those injured while riding on ...

There has been an increasing number of hit-and-run accidents in recent years, according to one study presented by USA Today . Lawmakers are ...

A jury awarded $165 million dollars to the family of a woman named Mariala V., who was struck and later killed by a FedEx truck driver. Mariala’s car ...