Virginia has seatbelt and car seat laws in place to keep children and adults safe while traveling in a vehicle. What are Virginia’s Seatbelt Laws? In Virginia, drivers and passengers must wear seat belts when in a front seat. However, there are several exceptions—for example, for mail carriers, taxi drivers and passengers, and…
The State Highway Patrol is searching for a hit and run driver after a man was seriously injured on October 11th, at approximately 8:00 p.m. on Interstate 95 southbound near Kenly. According to troopers, the victim swerved to avoid hitting tire debris on the road, causing him to lose control of his car and overturn….
In any Virginia personal injury case (i.e., a car accident, a workplace mishap, or a bicyclist or motorcyclist injury crash), there is one person who is repeatedly made the focal point of the injury victim’s case: the “reasonable person.” The injury victim’s entire case for compensation rests on what this “reasonable person” would have done…
In Virginia, fault for any kind of negligence-based accident is apportioned in terms of percentages. Because the state follows the law of contributory negligence, if even one percent of negligence or fault is assigned to you, you will be barred from recovering any damages for your Virginia personal injury case. This is just one of…
Virginia has strict fault laws in place, making it far more challenging for car accident victims to recover compensation. If you contribute to causing an accident in any way, under the state’s contributory negligence law, you cannot receive any compensation from the other party involved. All states, but four have adopted a form of comparative…