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…
New Year’s Eve 2020 ended in tragedy for four young adults on a rural highway about halfway between Washington, DC, and Charlottesville, Virginia (VA). According to a state police press release issued three days after the deadly incident, a single vehicle ran off Mitchells Road/VA Route 652 in an unincorporated section of Culpeper County and…
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) estimates that 94 percent of all deaths due to train crashes happen when people are on the tracks where and when they should not be. The majority of the fatalities, about 500 each year, are pedestrians. Deadly train collisions occur at railroad crossings, on bridges and overpasses, at stations, and…
January 1, 2021, not only brought the beginning of a new year, but it also brought with it some new Virginia laws which could reduce Virginia personal injuries and deaths. One of those laws is aimed at cracking down on drivers who still haven’t gotten the message about how dangerous it is to use a…