A 23-year-old soil engineer and recent Old Dominion University graduate died on the job when an oversized off-road dump truck backed over his utility task vehicle (UTV). The fatal construction site accident happened in Stafford County, Virginia (VA), on the afternoon of May 4, 2022. Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to calls about the crash at…
It is not easy to pick out a defendant from the crowd when you are injured in an accident with a semi-truck, dump truck, tractor trailer, garbage truck, big rig, or any other commercial vehicle. Trucking accident lawsuits can involve numerous parties. You may think only the truck driver is to be blamed, but there…
A construction site accident in Suffolk, Virginia (VA), provides a good example of when a person injured on the job could have grounds for filing a workers’ compensation claim and pursuing a personal injury lawsuit at the same time. According to news reports, the injured person will need as much financial support as possible as…
One of the worst types of personal injury cases we handle at our Virginia law firm is truck accident claims. Because these vehicles are so large and heavy, the damages from these accidents are often catastrophic. An increasingly major issue in these crashes is drug use by commercial truck drivers. Results of a recent study…
Despite the avalanche of education and warnings, many people still get behind the wheel of their vehicle after they have been drinking. Far too often, the results of these drinking and driving decisions are serious crashes. The injuries and damage from alcohol-related crashes are frequently more intense than other crashes, but when the vehicle the…