Dog bites and animal bites produce a host of severe injuries. For instance, emotional injury, infections, painful cuts and scarring. If you have been bitten, call us for a free consultation with an experienced injury attorney. Local laws govern dog … Continue reading
Company rules are not relevant to prove standard of care. That at least has been the view of the Supreme Court. In Pullen v. Nickens, 226 Va. 342, 350 (1983), the Court said that private rules are not proof of … Continue reading
We are what we eat. That statement has always been true. It is more pressing now than it has been in the past due to the amount of junk food on the market. The key to good health is diet … Continue reading
Malpractice Misdiagnosis Presents Issues as To Cause A doctor’s misdiagnosis may result in injury to a patient. A patient must have a 50% or better chance of survival or recovery in order to prove causation based upon such a failure. … Continue reading
Cruise ship personal injury cases have been the stuff of many headlines. What many people are not aware of is that when they are injured on a cruise ship that does not mean that they have a right to bring … Continue reading
Charitable immunity is alive and well in Virginia. The lead case on that issue is UVA v. Morris, 275 Va. 319 (2008). A charity is immune from liability to beneficiaries for acts of ordinary negligence. However the charity may be liable … Continue reading
Explaining causation to a jury is not easy. In some cases causation may be very simple. In an auto collision case if a person hits his head on a steering wheel and passes out, the brain damage is easy to … Continue reading
A man in Florida who suffers from brain damage due to a crash caused by a drunk driver was awarded $5 million in his personal injury claim. In 2007 Dwight Grant, a passenger in a stopped vehicle, was hit by … Continue reading
Heart disease is an ailment that afflicts millions. Doctors have the tools to deal with patients who are at high risk for heart disease. There are a lot of people who are in that broad middle group of either being neither … Continue reading
The black box is sometimes called the Electronic Control Module or the Electronic Control Unit. In addition it may be called the Crash Data Recorder or the Event Data Recorder. Not all cars and trucks have a black box. The … Continue reading
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