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Can You File a Personal Injury Lawsuit While Collecting Virginia Workers Comp?

While Virginia businesses are required to meet safety standards and regulations to protect their employees and create safe work environments, there are still countless workplace accidents each year. According to the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, there were 37,842 major workplace injurie

By Thomas Curcio

/ 30 Jan 2024

Can You File a Personal Injury Lawsuit While Collecting Virginia Workers Comp?

How Police Body Cameras Play a Role in Personal Injury Cases

Recording big moments and everyday life through videos has become increasingly common alongside technological improvements and its many uses in today’s world. But videos can also be an extremely valuable form of evidence in personal injury lawsuits in Virginia and throughout the U.S. From documentin

By Justin Curcio

/ 16 Jan 2024

How Police Body Cameras Play a Role in Personal Injury Cases

The Benefits of Arbitration and Mediation

Filing a lawsuit and going to trial sometimes is the best route to ensure you are fairly compensated in a personal injury claim, employment dispute, wrongful death, or another type of civil lawsuit. However, trials can be expensive, take significant time (sometimes years before getting…

By Justin Curcio

/ 25 Aug 2022

The Benefits of Arbitration and Mediation

Why Are Police Reports Excluded as Evidence in Virginia?

“Was there a police report?” “Was the driver given a ticket?” As personal injury trial lawyers, we are often asked those two questions by jurors following a personal injury trial. Understandably, people sitting as jurors would naturally think that seeing the official report prepared by…

By Thomas Curcio

/ 9 Jun 2022

Why Are Police Reports Excluded as Evidence in Virginia?

How Medical Illustrations Can Benefit Your Personal Injury Case

Personal injury cases are complex. Whether you were injured in a trucking, motorcycle, bicycling, or auto accident, or by a defective product, or at work, the long-term impact of these accidents can be life-changing. An experienced personal injury attorney uses proven courtroom strategies to get…

By Justin Curcio

/ 26 May 2022

How Medical Illustrations Can Benefit Your Personal Injury Case

Legal Implications of Remington Settlement with Sandy Hook Victims

On December 14, 2012, the community of Newtown, Connecticut, suffered one of America’s most deadly mass shootings in history. The senseless killing of 20 first-grade children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School sparked a public outcry about gun violence in the United States.…

By Thomas Curcio

/ 31 Mar 2022

Legal Implications of Remington Settlement with Sandy Hook Victims

How Much Is My Case Worth?

As plaintiffs’ attorneys, we at Curcio Law help people that have been injured due to no fault of their own become whole again. Most people have heard of “pain and suffering” before, but what does that really mean? The magical question that almost every person…

By Rakin Hamad

/ 6 Jan 2022

Can I Sue a Company for Retaining a Negligent Employee?

With the country’s employers struggling with a national labor force down more than four million people, it is difficult to find workers. Fleet owners are saying they can’t hire enough drivers to meet the booming consumer demand in the trucking industry alone. However, despite the…

By Thomas Curcio

/ 2 Dec 2021

Can I Sue a Company for Retaining a Negligent Employee?

How to Uncover Insurance Policy Limits in Virginia

When a person or entity causes personal injuries to one of our clients, one of the first steps we take as experienced attorneys is to determine if the at-fault party has applicable insurance coverage and, if so, how much. For more information on why it…

By Justin Curcio

/ 30 Sep 2021

How to Uncover Insurance Policy Limits in Virginia

Who Is Liable for Injuries Sustained on an Owner’s Premises – the Property Owner or Management Company?

Every year, millions of Americans experience preventable injuries due to property owners neglecting their property. Property owners have a duty to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition, which means that property owners are liable for injuries caused by a dangerous condition on their

By Rakin Hamad

/ 7 Sep 2021

Who Is Liable for Injuries Sustained on an Owner’s Premises – the Property Owner or Management Company?

What Is Negligence Per Se?

When someone wrongfully injures you, you can pursue legal action to get compensated for the losses they’ve caused. Physical injuries and their toll can be life-changing, but being hurt isn’t enough to guarantee a successful outcome. In a personal injury lawsuit, you must prove negligence…

By Rakin Hamad

/ 6 Aug 2021

How Does Virginia’s Collateral Source Rule Affect Your Case?

The Collateral Source Rule prohibits a party from introducing evidence of insurance or a third-party providing coverage in order to offset any type of damages claimed. This rule applies to both plaintiffs and defendants in every personal injury case. A defendant cannot introduce evidence that…

By Justin Curcio

/ 8 Jul 2021

How Does Virginia’s Collateral Source Rule Affect Your Case?