(757) 552-6055T-bone crashes, also often called side impact or broadside accidents, occur frequently. This type of accident can cause severe injuries. In Virginia, the at-fault driver must compensate the injured victims — but how do you know who’s at fault in a T-bone accident? How T-Bone Accidents Happen A T-bone accident happens when the front of […]
Car Accident
Common Car Wreck Injuries: High Trauma, Quadriplegia, and Head Trauma
Every car accident presents a unique set of circumstances. Victim injuries are also different in every case, but there are certain types of injuries that often occur. Common car wreck injuries include high trauma, quadriplegia, and head trauma. The frequent occurrence of those types of injuries is directly related to what happens during a serious […]
Virginia Texting While Driving Law: What You Need To Know
Texting is the most dangerous form of distracted driving. Nearly one of every four accidents results from a driver who was texting. Nationwide, that’s 1.6 million accidents and more than 330,000 injuries each year. Our Virginia texting while driving law makes it illegal for anyone to text and drive in the state. What the Virginia […]
Can A Passenger Sue a Driver?
Can a passenger sue a driver? The short answer is yes. Decades ago, a series of rules known as “Host Driver Acts” used to prevent passengers from suing their drivers. The reasons for these rules no longer apply, although it is not uncommon for passengers to express reluctance to sue their drivers even these days. […]
Breaking the Chain in Chain Reaction Accidents
One of the most confounding types of vehicle accidents is the so-called “chain reaction” accident. Our office has handled multiple such cases, and each case comes with its own set of challenges and concerns. Take the so-called standard case. In the Hampton Roads area, unfortunately, such a case probably originates in one of our many […]
Injury Victims’ Rights and the 2014 General Assembly
Followers of Virginia law collectively hold their breath for the roughly three months that the Virginia General Assembly meets every year. Over the years, a number of sweeping proposals have been made there, which might completely overhaul the area of victims’ rights (generally known as “tort law”). While the so-called “tort reform” legislators are still […]
Texting While Driving in Virginia: a Primary Offense
Virginia’s laws regarding texting and driving are changing. As of July 1, texting became a primary offense, meaning that the police can pull you over even if this is the only probable cause they have that you have committed a driving offense. The rash of recent texting while driving accidents and a prominent new documentary […]
Winter Weather Car Accidents in Virginia
The Jeff Brooke Team handles many types of injury cases, but auto accidents are by far the most common. Within the category of auto accidents, the “rear-ender” is the single most common. And now that winter weather is upon us, you can be sure that the number of rear-enders is going increase up dramatically. It is […]
