More and more people are turning to ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft in Virginia, using the ridesharing apps instead of hailing a taxi. Many passengers find it much more convenient to just log onto an app to obtain a ride and have payments automatically deducted from their credit cards. More users mean more of…
A predawn two-car crash in Fairfax County, VA, left one driver dead and the other facing unspecified charges. As Virginia wrongful death attorneys, my colleagues and I learn of such tragedies almost daily and we wonder whether distraction or falling asleep at the wheel played a role in causing the deadly wreck. According…
Eleven people went to hospitals with injuries after a city work truck rear-ended a public transit bus near downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), on the morning of April 18, 2018. Injured victims were taken from both vehicles, potentially creating insurance liability for the city government, the regional transit agency, and the state workers’ compensation system. …
On April 17th, a tragic accident took the life of a woman and has triggered massive inspections to determine the “airworthiness directive” of thousands of plane engines. The fatal incident forced a Southwest Airline plane to make an emergency landing because one of the plane’s engines exploded, sending debris into the body of the plane…
With the warmer weather on its way, more and more Virginians will be taking to the roads on their bikes. Many people enjoy cycling for both recreation and transportation, but cycling also puts you at risk of being injured in a bike accident. Although no cyclists want to think about being in an accident, it…