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If you're reading this page, you've probably lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident.

•  Funeral expenses and burial expenses.
•  Medical bills accumulated after the accident but before the death.
•  Loss of support and other monetary losses.
•  Loss of future income.
•  Loss of medical benefits, retirement benefits, and other benefits.
•  Loss of companionship and affection as well as other emotional damages.

How should you locate the best, top injury lawyer for your case?

Our Injury Lawyers Have Been Selected For Many Achievements Outlined Below:

Several  Injury Attorneys With Our Firm have been Named As Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law  (Lewis, Shapiro - 2009 Ed.)(Less than 5% of Outstanding Lawyers are Chosen); also selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Lewis, Shapiro - 2009); named among the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia by ATLA (Shapiro - 2009), and our law firm was the first Injury Law Firm in Virginia Invited to Join Primerus, a select group of Highly Ethical, Respected Law Firms .

In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained, what was then, the largest record verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person (46 Million Dollar Verdict, with Interest, 60 Million Dollars, Settled confidentially during appeal).  Click on any icon for more details.

 

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.

As to Virginia (VA), this includes: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond (entire area), Petersburg, Roanoke/Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, all areas of 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, Ashland, Big Stone Gap and any other city/ounty.

As to West Virginia (WV) personal injury claims: 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, NC, SC, KY, FL & Wash., DC.

Blog for Wrongful Death

• Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia Massey Mine
• $82M Awarded in Wrongful Death of Gas Plant Worker
• $1.35M Settlement Reached in Fatal Crash Caused by Kentucky (KY) Police Officer
• Motor Bike Rider Hit and Killed by Jeep in Leesburg, Virginia
• Carbon Monoxide Buildup inside Boat Killed Father, Arizona (AZ) Family Claims
• West Virginia (WV) Man Driving Drunk Kills Maryland (MD) Woman
• Gloucester Man Killed by Wrong-Way Driver
• Woman in Wheelchair Killed While Crossing Constance Road in Suffolk
• Small Plane Kills South Carolina Beachgoer While Making Emergency Landing
• Virginia Beach Student Killed in Car Wreck Remembered as Jovial and “Well-Liked”
• Teen Passenger Killed in Virginia Beach Car Wreck
• Deadly Welding Accidents Can Be Prevented, Feds Say
• More Infant Deaths Prompt Another Drop Side Crib Recall
• Fatal Car/Truck Accident in West Virginia
• Three People Killed, One Seriously Injured in Road Rage Car Crash
• At-Fault Driver of I-295 Car Wreck was Apparently Driving Drunk
• Wrong-Way Driver on I-295 Kills Norfolk Man
• Taser Safety Questions Explored After Death of Hampton Man
• Fatal Dog Bite in Norfolk Reminds That All Breeds Can Be Dangerous
• Fatal North Carolina (NC) Fourth of July Fireworks Blast Results in Multiple Fines

Library for Wrongful Death:

• Building Your Case: How Experienced Injury Lawyers Investigate Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death Accident Claims   
  Description: An experienced VA-NC injury attorney explains how his injury firm mobilizes to investigate catastrophic or wrongful death cases, which requires becoming both investigator and detective as well as a lawyer on behalf of a client and the surviving family members.
• Alcohol and prescription medication can seriously impair a driver's cognitive ability potentially leading a serious car accident. To learn more, please continue reading...   
  Description: A serious car wreck on I-264 took the life of Frances Wilson, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia (VA). It's suspected the at-fault driver was either drunk or under the influence of some other substance which impaired their ability to drive. To learn more, check out this article.
• Internet and Social Networks Add New Tools for Attorneys to Strengthen Client’s Case in Court   
  Description: The internet and social networks are great tools to weed out tainted jurors for a trial.
• We've represented family members who lost a loved one in an accident. Below are some of the case results. After you review them, give me a call at 1-800-752-0042 for a free case analysis.   
  Description: This page features results of cases our law firm has handled.
• Videotaping Lay Witnesses Can Be A Powerful Settlement Tool In Personal Injury And Death Cases   
  Description: In wrongful death cases, our firm has been doing videotaping of the decedent's family members to show the impact of the death on the beneficiaries. By carefully preparing and shooting the videos, the injury lawyer can get some very powerful footage of how the wrongful death has impacted the family.
• Confidentiality Agreements Keep Information About Personal Injury Settlements From The Public   
  Description: More and more, the railroads and other large corporate defendants in personal injury and wrongful death cases demand confidentiality as part of any settlement of a case. This confidentiality is required by the at-fault party to prevent the injured person or their attorney from disclosing how much money they got in the settlement or the details of the fact that the settlement occurred.
• Having A Good Support Staff Is Key To Being A Strong Personal Injury And F.E.L.A. Law Firm   
  Description: Here at Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, and Appleton, we have a great team of support staff members including paralegals, secretaries, and investigators. First of all, the paralegals and secretaries tend to be very experienced with an average of over 15 years of experience doing personal injury law work. Some of our staff have been doing injury law and railroad F.E.L.A. cases for decades.
• Claim for Wrongful Death when the Radiologist Fails to Diagnose Enlarging Aortic Aneurysm   
  Description: Failure to Properly Diagnose an Enlarging Aortic Aneurysm by the Radiologist Leads to Death When the Aneurysm Ruptures.
• What Are The Four Elements Of A Wrongful Death Claim?   
  Description: The death of a family member can be devastating - and even more so if that death could have been prevented if not for the negligence of someone else. Here, we outline the four basic parameters of determining a wrongful death case.
• Wrongful Death Lawyer Needs Skills Similar to a Family Counselor   
  Description: I have come to realize in our firm’s handling of several wrongful death matters this year how critical the lawyer’s skills at working through family emotional and grief issues are to getting the best result for a family whose loved one has been killed as the result of the negligence of someone else. The law related to wrongful death when a person has been killed by the negligence or fault of someone else are different from state to state.
• Boating Safety: What You Should Know About Accidents on the Water   
  Description: Summertime is finally here, and more people are spending these warm months on the water. Southeastern Virginia (VA) is blessed with great rivers, bays, coves, and inlets, like Hampton Roads itself, the Chesapeake Bay, the Lynnhaven River, and the James River. However, not everyone stops to think about the dangers of their boating pastime.
• Mediation Successes in Virginia (VA) Wrongful Death and Major Injury Cases   
  Description: Mediation has brought great changes to the practice of law in the field of serious personal injury and wrongful death. In Virginia, medication is not required by the court but can be agreed to by the parties, unlike other states like North Carolina (NC) where medication is mandatory.
• Damages allowed in a Virginia (VA) wrongful death case   
  Description: This articles describes the specific damages allowed in a lawsuit brought forth in the state of Virginia (VA).

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Frequent Questions for Wrongful Death:

• My wife died in a car accident in Virginia. Am I entitled to bring a wrongful death claim against the driver who caused the accident?
• I think I have a wrongful death claim in Virginia as my wife died from injuries in a car crash, but how does a court calculate loss of comfort, sorrow, mental anguish and solace?
• My husband died from injuries in a Virginia car accident, what damages may I claim from a wrongful death case?
• What if an individual dies from the injuries in an accident while the case in pending?
• What is a wrongful death claim?
• Are the laws or rules applying to a wrongful death claim different from a personal injury not involving death?

Case Results for Wrongful Death:

• Wrongful Death-Car Struck By Tractor Trailer

Awarded: $2,400,000.00

• Car Accident-Death of Minor/Child-Wrongful Death Settlement
• Wrongful Death settlements-Asbestos/Mesothelioma Cases

Videos about Wrongful Death:

• How Our Hampton Roads Law Firm Successfully Handles a Wrongful Death Claim
• Virginia Beach Injury Law Firm Gets a Quick Resolution in Your Wrongful Death Case- Foster Vid
• Wrongful Death

Web Resources for Wrongful Death:

• Center for Loss and Grief

  Description: This site is designed to help people who have lost a loved one and are struggling with grief.

• Personal Injury Lawyers helping the injured

  Description: This is the injury law firm including Erin Brockovich that exposed corporate negligence causing cancer and serious diseases to residents exposed to a dangerous chemical. The California injury firm handles injury and wrongful death claims.

• Wrongful Death

  Description: Personal Injury FYI provides information on wrongful death lawsuits. You can also find and compare local personal injury and wrongful death lawyers.

• Wrongful Death & Injury Institute

  Description: Addresses issues involving wrongful death cases and medical negligence inside prisons.

• Norfolk Injury Board

  Description: Blogs articles on wrongful death

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