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What is the Difference Between Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?

Trying to put your life back together after a serious car accident can come with a wide variety of challenges, particularly if you sustained a spinal cord injury. Car accidents cause roughly 250,000 spinal cord injuries and 36.5% of all cases of paralysis every year.…

By Eric Washburn

/ 5 Apr 2024

What is the Difference Between Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?

Mitigating Risks: Understanding Common Emergency Room Errors

Emergency rooms (ERs) are vital hubs of medical care, providing critical services to patients in urgent need. However, due to the fast-paced and high-pressure nature of emergency medicine, errors can occur, sometimes with serious consequences. According to national statistics, approximately 10 perce

By Eric Washburn

/ 2 Apr 2024

Mitigating Risks: Understanding Common Emergency Room Errors

How Can I Prove Invisible Injuries After a Car Accident?

In 2021, 38,488 car accidents resulting in serious injuries or deaths took place in Virginia. After a car accident, if someone shows obvious symptoms of an injury, such as being unconscious or bleeding, you know they need immediate medical attention. However, many car accident injuries,…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 29 Mar 2024

How Can I Prove Invisible Injuries After a Car Accident?

The Legal Maze of Dooring Bicycle Accidents in Virginia

In the intricate dance between vehicles and cyclists on congested Virginia Beach streets, a peril lurks unsuspected: the dooring accident. It’s a scene too familiar for many cyclists: a car door swings open abruptly, leading to potentially catastrophic collisions. The consequences are dire — severe…

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 28 Mar 2024

The Legal Maze of Dooring Bicycle Accidents in Virginia

What Should I Bring to My Free Consultation With a Personal Injury Attorney?

After being injured in an accident, it is critical to reach out to a reputable Portsmouth personal injury attorney who can help with your case. At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, initial consultations are always free and come with no obligation or risk to you. Most…

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 22 Mar 2024

What Should I Bring to My Free Consultation With a Personal Injury Attorney?

Common Delay Tactics Used by Car Accident Insurance Adjusters

Dealing with uncooperative insurance adjusters after a car accident can be a frustrating and stressful experience for individuals seeking compensation for their injuries. Insurance adjusters are tasked with evaluating claims, negotiating settlements, and representing the interests of insurance compa

By Eric Washburn

/ 19 Mar 2024

Common Delay Tactics Used by Car Accident Insurance Adjusters

What Road Hazards Are the Most Dangerous for Motorcyclists?

Even though motorcycles accounted for just 3% of all registered vehicles in the United States in 2021, they made up 3% of all occupant personal injuries, 17% of all occupant deaths, and 14% of all vehicle deaths. One major reason for this is that riding…

By Richard Shapiro

/ 16 Mar 2024

What Road Hazards Are the Most Dangerous for Motorcyclists?

Is There an Open Recall on Your Vehicle?

When you purchase a vehicle, the assumption many people make is that other than routine maintenance and repairs, that vehicle should be safe to operate. Otherwise, why would it be put on the market? Unfortunately, as our Virginia Beach product injury attorneys can attest to,…

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 14 Mar 2024

Is There an Open Recall on Your Vehicle?

Can I Collect Compensation for Scars or Disfigurement Caused in an Accident?

When a person is involved in a serious accident, they can suffer painful and debilitating injuries. Although these injuries may eventually heal, the victim may be left with disfiguring scars for the rest of their life. Under Virginia law, scarring and disfigurement injuries are recoverable…

By Eric Washburn

/ 7 Mar 2024

Can I Collect Compensation for Scars or Disfigurement Caused in an Accident?

Who is Liable For Construction Zone Accidents?

Whether you are a construction worker or a driver in the Virginia Beach area, roadway construction zones are potentially hazardous areas. This is especially true when construction crews are negligent in keeping the work zone safe. Uneven asphalt, trenches, debris, confusing detours, glaring balloon

By Richard Shapiro

/ 3 Mar 2024

Who is Liable For Construction Zone Accidents?

What Types of Back Injuries Are Most Commonly Caused By Car Accidents?

Back injuries caused by car accidents typically require ongoing and expensive medical treatments and leave their victims facing years of chronic pain and limited mobility. This is because your back was not designed to withstand the force of a vehicle collision. If you have experienced…

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 1 Mar 2024

What Types of Back Injuries Are Most Commonly Caused By Car Accidents?

What Questions Will I Be Asked About My Car Accident?

A car accident, especially one that was not your fault, can be devastating. You could be badly injured, unable to work, and no longer have a viable mode of transportation all because of someone else’s carelessness. To recover financial compensation for your hospital bills, lost…

By Kevin D. Sharp

/ 27 Feb 2024

What Questions Will I Be Asked About My Car Accident?