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Virginia (VA) Mass Transit Accident Injury Lawyers
Offices in VA Beach, Hampton & Elizabeth City, NC 

You're probably here because you or a loved one were in an accident involving an airplane, jet, bus, or other mass transit vehicle. We are here to help. Below are some frequently asked questions with answers supplied by experienced injury attorneys in Virginia. If you have additional questions about your potential claim, contact our office.

Is there a certain time frame to file a claim if I was hurt in an accident involving a bus, train, ship, or airplane?

What type of damages can I recover if I was seriously hurt by a common carrier vehicle like a bus or train?

What if I live in one city but was hurt while traveling to another city?

Mass transit accidents are unique since you may have to deal with big corporations, government officials and their insurance claims representatives. It  can be a huge hassle, especially when you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury and want to focus on your recovery, not haggling with claims adjusters. This is why you should contact an injury lawyer in Virginia to help sort out the legal details and pursue compensation on your behalf.

Mass transit accidents that we have handled, and/or are capable of handling, include:

• Airplane accidents, helicopter accidents, and other aircraft accidents. One of our attorneys is a licensed aircraft pilot so we have a unique advantage in these types of injury cases. You may be surprised to learn over 70 percent of airplane accidents are caused either by pilot error or mechanical failure, and according to the Helicopter Association International, there are an estimated 150 helicopter crashes a year in the United States.

• Boating accidents, ferry accidents, and water accidents. According to the US Coast Guard, there were 5,191 boating accidents in 2007, 3,673 injuries, and 685 deaths. Boating accidents can happen in oceans, bays, gulfs, rivers, lakes, and even ponds.

• Cruise ship accidents. Cruise ships are supposed to be a time of fun and relaxation, but cruise ship vacations sometimes end in injury. In the past, passengers have slipped on wet decks or fallen from upper decks, boats have caught fire or sank, and vacationers have been injured during off-boat excursions.

• Train/railroad and commuter rail accidents. There were 12,000 railroad/train-related accidents (including railroad crossing accidents) in 2008 alone and 726 fatalities, as reported by the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Statistics.  Train accidents, railroad derailments, and railroad crossing wrecks can affect passengers as well as those on the tracks, and train accidents happen on all types of trains, from commuter trains to subway trains to passenger trains to freight trains.  Our injury lawyers are nationally recognized in the field of railroad accident injury law.

• Bus accidents. From school bus accidents to city bus accidents to Greyhound bus accidents - these large vehicles can cause serious injury to dozens of passengers. Bus accidents can be caused by drive error or driver negligence, weather conditions, defective machinery, or lax bus maintenance. Many serious injuries or deaths involving buses happen to pedestrians,or children and adults getting on or off the vehicle. 


Our firm is ready to represent clients in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia (VA) including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, or Williamsburg. We've handled cases and lawsuits in Washington, D.C. and across VA including places like the cities of Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Emporia, Harrisonburg, Radford, Charlottesville, Martinsville, Danville, Franklin, Lynchburg, Winchester, Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church, Manassas, and Fairfax.

How can you identify a top Virginia injury lawyer for your case? Look no further.

Our VA personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.

Two of the attorneys with our Virginia Beach accident injury law firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Two of our VA injury lawyers -- Lewis and Shapiro - have been named to Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury since 2010. In addition, Lewis and Shapiro have been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. 

Our VA accident injury law firm was the first in the commonwealth nvited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.

In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that rose to $60 million with interest when the defendant abandoned an appeal and agreed to settle. 

Geographical Areas

Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.

In Virginia, this includes Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Roanoke, Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Big Stone Gap, and every community on the Eastern Shore, including Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, and Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague and Wallops Island.

In West Virginia, we can handle personal injury claims in Bluefield, Beckley, Bridgeport, Charles Town, Charleston, Fairmont, Huntington, Lewisburg, Madison, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, Parkersburg, Ripley, Sutton, Weirton, Wheeling and any other town or county.

Injury Lawyers licensed in VA, WV, North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC.

 

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