Each year, May is recognized as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. As the warmer weather begins to arrive and motorcycle enthusiasts bring their bikes out of winter storage, the annual safety initiative serves as a good reminder to all to practice safe driving habits in order to avoid motorcycle accidents that can cause serious personal injuries…
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…
Seven people, two adults and five children, suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment when the school bus in which they were riding ran off the road and overturned in a ditch. The crash just southwest of Richmond, Virginia (VA), happened on the afternoon of April 21, 2022. According to police and witnesses, an out-of-control pickup truck…
A crash in Virginia Beach on the night of Easter 2022 sent a bicyclist to the hospital with critical injuries. The driver of the car involved in the collision did not get hurt, but police filed several charges for criminal and traffic violations. According to news reports, emergency dispatchers first received calls about the crash…
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…