Any sort of car accident can land a Virginia resident in a hospital. However, accidents involving commercial vehicles have a great potential to cause serious injury, life-threatening ailments and even death in some cases. Now that the brunt of the winter season has...
Month: January 2015
Winter weather can alter local car accident policy
Following a car accident, most drivers understand they need to exchange insurance information with the other party. Of course, if there are injuries or even fatalities, seeking help and cooperating with rescue personnel is the first priority. In car accidents where...
Do civil cases have to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt?
When a driver, passenger or pedestrian is hit by a drunk driver in Virginia, the legal processes that follow often go in two different directions, sometimes simultaneously. The drunk driver is likely to be prosecuted by the criminal justice system, and the accident...
Damages often twofold following fatal car accidents
Following a fatal car, truck or motorcycle accident, surviving family members generally experience two major types of hardship: emotional and financial. While there are other types of hardships encountered following a traumatic incident, these two broad categories...