If you have been injured in an accident in Virginia, and if the at-fault driver was not charged by the police, you might be wondering whether you have a case against them. Rest assured – if the accident did really happen as a result of the driver’s negligence, you have a case against them –…
A pedestrian is usually someone traveling on foot. Pedestrians include anyone running, walking, jogging, or pushing a stroller. In North Carolina, bicyclists have a designated lane. If a bicyclist needs to travel on a sidewalk or cross an intersection due to the absence of a bicycle lane, they are pedestrians in the eyes of the…
A fatal crash on I-64 in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), is sure to raise questions about safely sharing the highway with motorcycles, as well as what responsibilities riders have to prevent collisions with cars and trucks. The deadly rear-end collision happened in the westbound lanes of the interstate near the exit to Norview Avenue a little…
A speeding drunk driver ran a red light and caused a four-vehicle crash in James City County, Virginia (VA), on the afternoon of January 6, 2021. The collision sent one innocent victim to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and led to a preliminary charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI) for the woman who initiated the…
In Virginia, a statute outlining a fixed priority order determines the disbursal of damages to beneficiaries of the deceased in wrongful death cases. The law places beneficiaries in groups; and once the members in a designated group recover damages, members in the subsequent group become eligible. The Designated Priority Order of Beneficiaries This is the…