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Rick is a Virginia injury attorney who handles car accidents, medical malpractice, FELA, wrongful death, etc.

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5/1/2011
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Virginia (VA) Personal Injury Attorneys Represent Minor Children Injured by Negligence

Our children are our most precious possessions, and they need care and protection. When a newborn, infant, toddler, school kid or teenager suffers a serious personal injury or death due to a company's or another person's negligence, most parents are at a loss for how to make sure their child receives compensation, The adults probably have never had to deal with the personal injury legal system.

To begin with the most basic point, virtually every state, including Virginia (VA) and her surrounding states, requires a parent, guardian or a person who can claim next-of-kin status to serve as the representative of a minor child named as the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit filed in court. That adult representative is responsible for proving necessary evidence of the child's catastrophic injury or proof that the child suffered a wrongful death.

Three of the attorneys with our Virginia-based personal injury law firm have more than 100 years of combined experience helping parents and guardians collect and present the evidence necessary to receive a favorable settlement or verdict in personal injury and wrongful death actions involving child victims of others' negligence. These lawyers have worked with multiple orthopedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, pediatricians, nurses, physical therapists, and other medical care providers to present the appropriate evidence of catastrophic or serious injuries.

If your precious little one has been hurt in a car or truck accident, harmed by medical malpractice, hurt by a dangerous drug or defective product or, worst of all, killed due to a company's or person's carelessness, please contacting us to discuss how you can receive justice and reimbursement for medical treatments and pain and suffering.

We cannot take every client, but our case results demonstrate that we always strive to do our best for our parents and children:
RS/EJL

Category: Car Accident Lawyers & Motorcycle Accident Attorneys

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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.

We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in Virginia.

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will get back to you shortly.




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