Fighting For Your Rights
Construction workers performing road repairs face job risks not just from the dangerous equipment they use or the activities they engage in, but also from the actions of motorists zipping nearby them as they work in construction zones on the road. It is not unheard of...
Vehicle accidents involving pedestrians can be especially harmful given the lack of protection that pedestrians have against cars. This may be especially true in the Fairfax area because fatal pedestrian injuries were substantially higher in that region compared to...
In Virginia and other “at-fault” insurance states, the driver and/or other parties who caused your accident will be held responsible for your accident-related damages. You may recover these damages by filing a claim against the other parties’ insurance companies. If...
While buses provide a fairly safe way to transport a large number of passengers, those on board face serious risks when a collision occurs. Whether it is a public bus or one used for private transportation, passengers on a bus could suffer serious and even fatal...
The financial realities of your car accident can quickly set in. In what may seem like an instant, you’ll be hit with medical bills that far exceed what your insurance is willing to pay, and your inability to work will probably render it impossible to meet those...
For those who have spent any significant number of times on the roadways around here, you know that it can get very congested suddenly, especially in bad weather. In fact, you may have exclaimed to yourself that we must have the worst drivers in Reston, Virginia. But,...
America's roads across the country are congested and crowded at certain times throughout the day and on weekends. In Virginia, according to the state's annual report that was issued from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, in 2021, 967 fatalities occurred on...
A rising number of Virginians are shunning automobile use and are instead choosing to walk or ride their bicycles to get back and forth. This makes sense in several ways. It saves money and enhances physical fitness. In addition, it is good for the environment....
In a classic, textbook scenario of a car accident, one driver is clearly at fault and the other driver is clearly blameless. For instance, let's say one driver is stopped at a stoplight when another driver fails to hit the brakes and smashes into the back of the...
Virginia law provides certain criminal penalties on drivers who injure others, but criminal penalties are not the only way to hold careless drivers accountable after they have injured others. In this post, we will discuss some of the differences between criminal...