I was a cigarette smoker for decades and wound up diagnosed with mesothelioma. Does my smoking mean I can’t bring a claim against my employer?

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There are many medical studies that show that cigarette smoking has nothing to do with the cause of mesothelioma cancer, which is virtually exclusively related to having prior asbestos exposure in your work career or during your lifetime.
With regard to lung cancer, cigarette smoking is a known cause of lung cancer, but asbestos is also a carcinogen and also a known cause of lung cancer.
Many medical studies showed that workers who were significant smokers, and who also had asbestos exposure, had a 50 to 80 fold relative risk increase over non-smoking/non-asbestos workers, in contracting lung cancer. This is called “synergy” and makes the risk of lung cancer extremely great for smokers who breathed asbestos, and most had no idea that their risk of lung cancer was so vastly increased because of the mix between smoking and asbestos fibers.
To learn more, check out this article titled: Railroad Asbestos Mesothelioma/Cancer and the Link to Smoking

I was a passenger in my cousin’s vehicle when we were in a car wreck. Apparently, my cousin and the other driver were at fault. Can I choose to go against the other driver instead of my cousin?

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Car Accidents in Virginia Beach, Norfolk & Chesapeake

You need a lawyer who can assess the facts of your case. You cannot pick and choose which defendant you will hold responsible for your injuries. If both drivers were at fault, they will both be responsible to you for your injuries.

I was driving in Norfolk, Virginia, when a car that was speeding hit my car because the driver came up behind me too fast. The accident is automatically his fault right?

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Car Accidents in Virginia Beach, Norfolk & Chesapeake

The Virginia Model Jury Instructions state, “The maximum speed limit at the time and place of the collision was (number of miles per hour) If the defendant was driving his vehicle faster than this limit, then he was negligent.

The jury instructions are the laws as would be given by a Virginia judge to a jury in a Virginia personal injury lawsuit. If the driver is driving over the marked speed limit and hits your car, he should be found liable for the car wreck.