Virginia Laws

When clusters of Bird rental electric scooters appeared overnight on sidewalks in Virginia Beach and Norfolk a few months ago, officials in both cities moved quickly to impound the scooters and fine the scooter company.  Now, the scooters are back in limited use. Already, they are causing accidents and injuries, raising an important question: What […]

You have a good and substantial legal case, and you have retained the best possible personal injury lawyer.  Is it reasonable to expect smooth sailing from the outset of your representation? A brief survey of local personal injury attorneys suggests that the answer is not simple.  Indeed, it is quite common to hear personal injury attorneys gripe […]

Over the years, the lowly “slip and fall” case has gotten a bad reputation.  Perhaps it is well-deserved. In popular culture, perhaps nothing eptiomizes the fraught role of a personal injury attorney more than the injury victim tripped up by a banana peel and headed to court.  But recent statistics from the Center for Disease […]

Lawyers like to advertise the cases that they pursue aggressively through trial and to total victory.  And, well they should.  Trying cases is what all good trial lawyers love to do, and it is the lawyer’s skill in the courtroom that ultimately helps establish his reputation.  But, since 85 percent (or more) of civil cases […]