Urban planners and transportation engineers describe them as “micro-mobility solutions.” Riders consider them convenient and fun. Emergency room physicians increasingly see them as a risk…
Getting hit and hurt by an HRT bus or a public school bus raises a host of legal difficulties that most traffic accident victims will…
Virginia, along with North Carolina, is one of four states that still imposes the outdated and, frankly, unjust common law principle of contributory negligence. A…
In a word: Yes. In another word: Absolutely. Using your own health insurance to cover emergency room, hospital and follow-up care after a car crash…
Virginia requires drivers who work for what state laws call transportation network companies (TNC) to carry full auto insurance liability and collision coverage. Rideshare companies…
A federal appeals court decision in a case out of Tennessee could invalidate unjust statutory caps on punitive damages in many other states, including Virginia.…
We have reached the top five civil justice stories of 2018. This is Part II of Legal Examiner’s annual compilation of the 10 most important…
2018 was a big year for civil justice (and injustice). This top-10 lists highlights massive jury verdicts, including multi-million dollar pending lawsuits and verdicts in…
Imagine you are recovering from surgery. A doctor you don’t recognize tells you, “unfortunately, there were complications.” You and your family begin wondering if your…
One of the most common types of injuries that accident victims sustain is fractured bones. In many cases, the bones heal quickly, and the victim…
