Exit 16 is how most people get into Martinsburg from Interstate 81. Route 9, also called West Queen Street, carries that traffic past shopping centers, restaurants, and offices. The speeds here are not high. The volume is, and that is the whole problem. Here is a closer look at why this stretch gives so many...
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The eight miles of Interstate 81 between Exit 8 at Inwood and Exit 16 in Martinsburg pack a lot into a short drive. Commuters use it every morning. Local drivers hop on for one exit and hop right back off. Tractor-trailers roll through all day. Few stretches of road in West Virginia carry as many....
Stephen Skinner and Shawn Hogbin spent the last week of July in downtown Chicago at the American Association for Justice Annual Convention. They came home with a full notebook of ideas we can put to work for our clients. One of the Largest Gatherings of Trial Lawyers in the Country The AAJ Annual Convention draws plaintiffs’ attorneys from across the United States...
Route 51 and Leetown Road meet right on the Jefferson and Berkeley County line. The corner they make was never built for the traffic it carries now. Route 51 links Charles Town, Kearneysville, and the I-81 area. Local trips, work trips, and truck trips all funnel through the same small crossing. Here is a closer...
If you have driven Interstate 81 through Berkeley County lately, you have sat in a work zone. As soon as one project wraps up, another one starts. This road carries huge daily traffic and a steady stream of tractor-trailers, so the work needs to happen. The trouble is that work zones create their own dangers....
If you drive in Martinsburg, West Virginia, you already know this intersection. Foxcroft Avenue and Apple Harvest Drive are one of the busiest spots in the whole Eastern Panhandle. Almost 27,000 cars and trucks use Apple Harvest Drive alone every day. Traffic studies have already marked this spot as a high-crash location. Engineers say it needs new...
At Skinner Accident & Injury Lawyers, we believe that justice means more than compensation. It means accountability. That belief was put into action when Skinner Accident & Injury Lawyers attorney Jared Smallwood secured a $3.3 million judgment on behalf of a client who was seriously injured by a drunk driver. This outcome reflects Jared’s skill and tenacity, and...
If you or someone you love got hurt, you may be wondering: Will a lawyer take my case? It’s a fair question. At our firm, we don’t take every case that comes to us. We think carefully before we say yes. Here’s what we look at, and why it matters to you. We Look at...