Virginia is not a “no-fault” state when it comes to financial responsibility for car accidents but follows a traditional “fault”-based system. This means that the driver responsible for causing an accident must pay for the resulting damages. Our Virginia Beach car accident lawyers see these accidents every day and wanted to simplify the rule for…
Winter is in full force here in Virginia, and if there was any doubt of that, last week’s severe snowstorm that slammed the state was a harsh reminder. The predicted few inches of snow quickly added up to more than a foot, leaving many motorists totally unprepared for the resulting dangerous travel conditions. According to…
A head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck left the teenaged driver of the smaller vehicle dead. The other driver involved in the wreck on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on the night of Jan. 9, 2022, survived but was flown to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. A preliminary investigation by Virginia State…
A head-on collision on the interstate south of Winchester, Virginia (VA), left a wrong-way driver dead and an innocent victim recuperating in the hospital. The crash between a car and a pickup truck happened at around 12:30 pm on January 10, 2022. Virginia State Police responded to the crash at mile marker 295 of I-81….
Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous and was the cause of more than 3,000 deaths and approximately 424,000 injuries across the U.S. in 2019. Yet, despite these shocking statistics, our Virginia Beach car accident attorneys still see accidents caused by driving distracted every day. In fact, nearly a quarter of fatal accidents in Virginia are caused…