My colleague Rick Shapiro has posted a full article discussing how juries do not have sympathy for drunk drivers who cause serious personal injuries, whether in Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC) or elsewhere. Even in a case of very small medical bills, a recent Virginia jury in a conservative state court jurisdiction granted a $281,000 verdict for…
On September 4, 2004, Car driver client EM was driving his vehicle on 22nd Street heading to I-264 when his vehicle was struck from the left side by another vehicle attempting to cross 22ndStreet at an intersection in Virginia Beach (Va. Beach), causing his personal injuries. The Car driver client was transported to a local…
My colleague, Rick Shapiro wrote an interesting article about finding additional insurance coverage in personal injury accidents where one car or truck is pulling a trailer (whether a large trailer, or one carrying a boat, ATV, or equipment). Most court decisions have ruled that if there is separate insurance on a trailer, its insurance may…
According to an article in the Virginian Pilot, the same tree on U.S. 58 in Suffolk, Virginia (VA) has been the site of two fatal crashes in less than a week. The tree is on a 60 mph stretch of Holland Road/U.S. 58, west of Chappell Drive. It is several feet from the road, down…
Our client was a 32-year-old optician going to pick up her daughter at the time of the accident. It had been raining and the defendant/other vehicle was a woman from North Carolina who was lost and driving on the wrong side of the road in our client’s lane. A head-on collision occurred. Click here for…