You know that a driver who hits and injures a bike rider can be held liable for paying the crash victim’s medical bills and providing compensation for pain and suffering. You most likely also understand that a pedestrian can have grounds for filing insurance claims…
The current law in Virginia “prohibits the reading of any email or text message and manually entering letters or text in such a device as a means of communicating” and “holding a personal communications device while driving in a work zone.” But that all changes…
It’s possible Trump’s campaign strategists have studied the popular trial lawyer’s playbook, Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution and plan to win the election using these trial lawyer psychological techniques.
Virginia Law does not allow insurance companies to automatically exclude coverage for chiropractic treatments and adjustments. Whether the settlement you and your Virginia personal injury attorney negotiate actually includes money to pay for past and ongoing visits to your chiropractor will depend on several factors.…
According to national statistics, more than 200,000 children arrive in emergency rooms each year because of injuries they sustain at parks and playgrounds. The most common cause of injuries is falls, which are responsible for almost 45 percent of ER visits. Another 25 percent of…
Most people never expect to be involved in a vehicle crash, yet according to multiple studies, the average person will be involved in a crash on average every 17 years. For drivers who get their licenses in their teens, this means they will be in…
As a father and outdoor enthusiast, I could not look away from this headline on the Today website: “7-Year-Old Boy, 2 Other Kids Injured in July 4th ATV Accident.” The tragedy occurred in Dade City, Florida (FL). According to State Highway Patrol officials, the young…
A suspension of trucking safety laws has been extended due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s unclear when things will return to normal, and the suspension is valid at the federal level through the end of 2020. The suspensions, which began shortly after COVID-19 started to…
On July 13, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted healthcare professionals and patients of a voluntary recall of several drug products containing the active ingredient valsartan, which is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. An impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)—a…
The following is adapted from The Art of Settlement. Any time a personal injury lawyer represents someone who is Medicare eligible, it automatically triggers concerns over the implications of compliance with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP). The passage of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP…
