Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton
All We Do is Injury Law
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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury and accident law and who have achieved numerous successful outcomes for clients. We serve every area of North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, Nags Head and the western mountains, as well as all the cities and counties in between. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg.
Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, our firm has the highest rating of AV from national lawyer ranking organization Martindale-Hubbell and were named a North Carolina "Best Law Firm" for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report. That means we have a reputation for demonstrating preeminent legal skill.
While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.


As experienced Virginia/Carolina injury lawyers often in court, we constantly receive testimony of experts and witnesses by deposition or during trial. To familiarize potential clients and consumers with how deposition and trial testimony works, we have posted such testimony to our injury law website. Many of our clients have never been exposed to the personal injury/wrongful death civil litigation process. This section of our website includes excerpted portions of actual depositions, or trial testimony by deposition, where experts, doctors or witnesses are examined.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a CSX claims representative in an injury case.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a traffic safety expert in an injury case.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a CSX chief medical officer/physician in an injury case.
Another excerpt of trial testimony of a physician in an injury case.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a Norfolk Southern materials engineer in an injury case.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a expert witness in an railroad injury case.
Another excerpt of trial testimony of a Norfolk Southern Claims Agent in an injury case.
An excerpt of trial testimony of a CSX vocational department "expert" in an injury case.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of a psychiatrist in an injury case.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of a Norfolk Southern Assistant Track Supervisor.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of an Amtrak Transportation Manager.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of an Amtrak General Foreman.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of a Norfolk Southern Track Foreman in the Maintenance Department.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of a CSX Chief Safety Officer.
An excerpt of deposition testimony of an Amtrak Trainmaster.
Call us today at 800-752-0042 to protect your interests if you would like to discuss any personal injury case by calling us toll free or filling in our quick contact form on this website.


About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury and accident law and who have achieved numerous successful outcomes for clients. We serve every area of North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, Nags Head and the western mountains, as well as all the cities and counties in between. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg.
Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, our firm has the highest rating of AV from national lawyer ranking organization Martindale-Hubbell and were named a North Carolina "Best Law Firm" for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report. That means we have a reputation for demonstrating preeminent legal skill.
While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.

