Certain roads and intersections are usually more prone to accidents than others due to a variety of factors. Knowledge about these dangerous locations can help motorists drive with extra caution, and minimize the risk of accidents. To assist in this goal, the Highway Safety Office of Virginia DMV has provided an online interactive accident locations map for…
Virginia traffic laws include certain guidelines for pedestrians, including how to follow signals and lights, walk within crosswalks, and obey crossing guards. One of the key requirement for pedestrians who are walking against traffic is to always use the shoulder of the road. Traffic Rules Applicability There have been instances where pedestrians in Virginia fail…
In a Virginia personal injury case involving a car accident, while the focus must be on proving negligence of the at-fault driver, it is also essential to consider other factors such as the car safety systems that the driver may have been using. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but an experienced Virginia personal injury…
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Medical errors kill between 250,000 and 440,000 patients in the United States each year. The lower estimate of the terrible toll taken by the mistakes of doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other health care providers comes from researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The group tabulated deadly outcomes from “1) an error in judgment, skill, or…