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This wreck comes in the wake of three serious bike accidents on Shore Drive since May 2011. In one, a 55-year-old man ended up at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, with nine broken ribs, a broken pelvis and a broken clavicle. The cyclist was hit by a truck that left the scene, leading to the incident being categorized as a felony hit-and-run and prompting Virginia Beach officials to propose adding bike lanes to Shore Drive.
It appears that tensions between cyclists and drivers have been rising in Virginia Beach for many years, a trend reported on by our firm's accident injury attorneys. Virginia law makes it clear that cyclists have the right to ride on surface streets and also makes cyclist subject to most of the rules other motor vehicles must follow. Still, verbal harassment that had been directed at cyclists by motorists in Virginia Beach and it turned into sabotage in May and June 2011, when a Pungo resdent repeatedly spread thumbtacks across a road that was popular with bike riders.
Although factors such as using lights at night and wearing reflective clothing are relevant in crashes like the latest one in Virginia Beach, bicyclists can and do succeed in lawsuits. In August, 2011, a triathlete who suffered serious injuries when she was mown down by a pickup truck in Fairfax County, VA, received a settlement of $2.25 million.
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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia Beach, VA-based injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and we have handled thousands of car accident, truck wreck, and motorcycle crash cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself.
We've handled car accident cases throughout Virginia including Richmond, Fairfax, Alexandria, and the Hampton Roads region including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Suffolk.
Our primary office is in Virginia Beach at the intersection of Diamond Springs Road and Northampton Boulevard. We also have an office on Eaton Street in Hampton. All of our accident injury attorneys were raised in Virginia and have deep roots with the community.
Our Virginia injury law firm has been recognized as one of the best injury law firms in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report since 2010. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed on the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Rick and Jim were named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.
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