You’ve probably seen commercials urging people who have suffered an injury due to a product to contact an attorney, but maybe not thought much about it. What if you were one of those injured people? What if you purchased something, and you or someone you…
Pregnancy should be an exciting time for expectant mothers, and they take great care in ensuring their baby is in good health. But traumatic events still happen; the experience of a personal injury while pregnant can be extremely stressful and expensive. A pregnant woman who…
In the early days of the pandemic, Americans reconnected with an old friend – the bicycle. To stay away from COVID-19 hotspots, people quickly began bicycling to work instead of taking a bus, riding a bike trail instead of exercising inside a gym, and spending…
Accidents happen. Unfortunately, along with the bad luck of a car accident, comes injuries, medical bills, dealing with insurance, lost wages, and in many cases, lawsuits. In Virginia, two possible legal defenses can be raised to defend someone from liability in a lawsuit involving an…
Let us start with a hypothetical situation. A passenger is in a vehicle that was being operated by a drunk driver who hits a tree. Suppose that passenger knew that the driver had been drinking and was intoxicated before the crash. In that case, he…
What happens if a dog bites or attacks you and causes an injury? The odds are, unfortunately, higher than you may think. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, more than four million people in the U.S. are bitten by dogs every year. If you are…
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ensures you, as a citizen, that there are safeguards to enforce government accountability. It allows you to study and analyze how your tax dollars are spent, review decisions made, how conversations are conducted at government meetings,…
Sales of passenger electric vehicles around the world jumped from 450,000 in 2015 to 2.1 million in 2019, according to Bloomberg NEF, Bloomberg’s primary research service. There are even more “alternative fuel vehicles (AFV)” which include hybrid/electric vehicles. By 2040, the service estimates that over…
When someone dies in a Detroit car accident, survivor’s loss benefits under Michigan’s auto No-Fault insurance law will provide financial support for the person’s surviving family and dependents. Pain and suffering damages and other economics damages may also be sought in a wrongful death lawsuit…
Coronavirus numbers are spiking, as predicted, and a new round of shutdowns is spreading across the country. Most of us are going to again find some extra time on our hands. Without football or basketball games, movies or concerts, hell, without our commute, there’s spare…
