55 articles on injury law and court decisions in Virginia.
In Virginia a pre-injury release for negligence is often void outright, and a new Court of Appeals ruling says a general waiver doesn’t cover the specific risk that actually hurt you. How Virginia, Maryland and D.C. differ.
When the at-fault driver's insurance can't cover what you lost, the "justice gap" begins. How injured people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia can close it.
Virginia's 2024 Traffic Crash Facts: 129,244 crashes, 918 deaths, 64,086 injuries. What the DMV's numbers mean for crash victims and their families.
On July 1, 2025, Virginia's med mal cap rises to $2.70 million. Why the date of the malpractice, not the trial, controls, and what the schedule means.
The adjuster who calls after your accident may sound sympathetic, but their job is to pay you as little as possible. What to say, what to avoid, and when to stop talking.
Feeling fine after a crash doesn’t mean you are, and a gap in treatment is the first thing an insurer will use against you. Why prompt medical care protects your health and your claim.
Virginia is one of a handful of places where being even slightly at fault can bar your recovery entirely. What contributory negligence means for your claim, and how insurers try to use it against you.
What you do in the minutes and days after a D.C.-area car accident can make or break your claim. A step-by-step guide from our trial lawyers.
Virginia's Supreme Court reinstated a $7M brain-injury verdict, holding circumstantial evidence of causation need not rule out every other possibility.
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed a $2M wrongful death verdict, holding the Dead Man's Statute did not silence the patient's own account of his fall.
When a Virginia school bus crash injures a child, sovereign immunity is waived up to the school board's insurance. How these claims actually work.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held a housing authority acts like any private landowner when maintaining its property: no sovereign immunity.
Most cars record crash data. What Virginia's EDR privacy statute and federal rule 49 CFR Part 563 mean for proving your crash case.
Virginia's Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.18M med-mal verdict, holding a failure-to-mitigate instruction can't smuggle in contributory negligence.
Virginia's UM/UIM stacking law is in effect, but only for some policies. An FAQ on renewals, offset elections, and which rule governs your crash.
Hit by a driver with little or no insurance? Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage may be the most important protection you have.
As of July 1, 2023, Virginia UIM coverage pays on top of the at-fault driver's insurance: no more offset. Before-and-after examples and what to check.
Virginia's open-and-obvious doctrine can end a premises case, but it has real limits. When the defense works, when it fails, and how to build proof.
Virginia's SB 754 ends the underinsured motorist offset for policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2023. What the change means for crash victims.
The Supreme Court of Virginia holds community services boards are not immune from tort suits: a major ruling for abuse survivors and injured Virginians.
Hit by a driver who fled or was never identified? Virginia lets you sue "John Doe" and recover from your own uninsured motorist coverage. Here's how.
Fell on ice at your Virginia apartment complex? Landlord duties for common areas, the reasonable-time rule, and how contributory negligence shapes claims.
Effective January 1, 2022, every Virginia civil litigant has an appeal of right to an expanded Court of Appeals. What SB 1261 changes for injury cases.
Virginia law bars evidence of seatbelt non-use in injury cases. How Va. Code § 46.2-1094(D) works and why the defense can't mention it at trial.
Virginia's SB 1261 gives every civil litigant an appeal of right to the Court of Appeals starting January 1, 2022: ending a national outlier.
The Supreme Court of Virginia revived claims against a church over abuse by a retired pastor who kept an active role: a key ruling for survivors.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held landowners may be liable for letting guests shoot toward an occupied home, limiting recreational-use immunity.
Virginia's new hands-free law (§ 46.2-818.2) took effect January 1, 2021. What the ban covers and how it may prove negligence in crash cases.
Telehealth exploded in 2020, but Virginia's malpractice standards didn't change. What patients should know about video-visit care and their legal rights.
Virginia's new hands-free law bans holding a phone while driving starting January 1, 2021. What changes, and what it means for injury claims after a crash.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has declared a judicial emergency and tolled statutes of limitations. How the COVID-19 orders affect Virginia injury claims.
The Supreme Court of Virginia revives a teacher's suit against a Petersburg officer: gross negligence defeats sovereign immunity in police misconduct cases.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held a church that takes supervisory custody of a child assumes a duty to protect her: a landmark for abuse survivors.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held a plaintiff's UIM settlement is a collateral source: the at-fault driver gets no credit against the verdict.
Virginia motorcycle crash cases face juror bias, contributory negligence, and helmet questions. What § 46.2-910 actually says, and how riders win.
Virginia's nonsuit statute gives plaintiffs one voluntary dismissal as of right: strict timing rules and a six-month refiling window explained.
Virginia wrongful death law explained: the statutory beneficiary classes, the damages a jury can award, distribution, and the two-year deadline.
The Supreme Court of Virginia holds employers owe a duty to workers' family members exposed to asbestos carried home on work clothes.
Rural Virginia crashes combine high speeds, thin insurance, and the nation's harshest fault rule. What families need to know about these cases.
When Virginia juries can award punitive damages, how the $350,000 statutory cap works, and why drunk-driving cases are treated differently.
Yes: Virginia's collateral source rule means the at-fault party pays your full medical bills, even the amounts your health insurance covered or wrote off.
Tractor-trailer crash cases run on federal safety rules and electronic evidence that disappears fast. What Virginia victims need to know, and do, early.
In Toraish v. Lee, the Supreme Court of Virginia reversed a med-mal defense verdict, holding a defense causation expert's opinion lacked foundation.
Hurt on ice or snow in Virginia? How the storm-in-progress rule works, when property owners must clear walkways, and the proof that wins these cases.
Virginia's med mal cap rose to $2.25 million on July 1, 2016. See the statutory schedule and why the date of the malpractice, not the trial, sets your cap.
Hurt by a Virginia state employee or agency? The Virginia Tort Claims Act allows suit, but with a one-year notice deadline and a $100,000 cap. Know the rules.
Virginia's "one free bite" rule is widely misunderstood. Learn how negligence, leash-law violations, and negligence per se let dog bite victims recover.
A deposition can make or break a Virginia injury case. Here is how we prepare clients: what to expect, the traps to avoid, and the mindset that works.
Virginia slip-and-fall cases turn on notice: proving the store knew or should have known about the hazard. Here's how that proof is won and lost.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held juries in DUI injury cases may not be told punitive damages are "disfavored"a win for drunk-driving victims.
Virginia's underinsured motorist "offset" rule subtracts the at-fault driver's coverage from your own UIM limits, often leaving badly hurt people with nothing.
In RGR, LLC v. Settle, Virginia's Supreme Court affirmed a wrongful death verdict: landowners owe a duty not to create hazards endangering travelers.
Virginia caps total med mal recovery: $2.15M for acts on or after July 1, 2014. How the cap schedule works and why the malpractice date controls.
The Supreme Court of Virginia reinstated a jury's full $100,000 punitive damages award against a repeat drunk driver in Coalson v. Canchola.
In Virginia, being even 1% at fault can bar your injury claim entirely. Learn the exceptions: last clear chance, willful conduct, and more.
