Judges rule on the admissibility of evidence by following precedents set by state and federal appeals courts and, more broadly, adhering to guidelines spelled out in the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Three seniors from Green Run High in Virginia Beach, VA were killed on Friday, November 15, 2008, when the car they were in crossed the center line on a rural stretch of Salem Road and was hit by a van. This is a terrible loss of life.
Valuing safety over money and following federal hours of service rules are great first steps toward prevent serious, often deadly, crashes.
As VA wrongful death lawyers we must possess skills at working with family emotional and grief issues after a loved one has been killed as the result of the negligence of someone else.
Portraying railroad employees as indifferent toward or contemptuous of safety rules and regulations allows rail corporations to avoid paying compensation and other monetary damages to victim of their own bad practices.