I am asked repeatedly, “Brandon, what is my personal injury case worth?” This is a seemingly innocent question that is impossible to answer until your case is ripe. What do I mean by that? Several things have to happen before your lawyer can value your case. For example, you have to finish treatment, your lawyer […]
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Intentional versus negligent conduct in personal injury cases
Most people question the intent of the person who injured them. Some assume that the person intended to harm them by behaving intentionally. Others assume that the person was negligent. And others still assume that there was no bad intent at all. Whether a person behaved negligently or intentionally, however, can determine whether there is […]
Traffic crashes and fatalities increase in Virginia
Every year the department of motor vehicles releases a report called Virginia Driving Trends. This report details the total number of traffic crashes, fatalities and injuries across the Commonwealth of Virginia. It also breaks down the traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities by locality so each jurisdiction can see the local data. Traffic Crashes have increased […]
Passenger’s Wrongful Death Claim Arises From Car Accident
On Sunday, January 7, 2018, Dallas Henry Massey drove a car with Earline Colvard Massey as a passenger. The driver failed to stop at a stop sign, hit an embankment, and overturned the car in Pittsylvania County. He went to Danville Regional Medical Center for treatment. First responders flew Earline Colvard Massey to Roanoke Memorial […]
Hit and run accidents and why you still have a case . . .
In most accidents, the person who was at fault stays at the scene of the wreck. He waits for an officer to come to investigate and to take a report. When a person leaves the scene of a wreck, we call that a hit-and-run accident. In the last few months, negligent drivers fled the scene […]
6 Insurance Hacks You Should Know
As a personal injury lawyer, there are always several insurance hacks that I constantly find myself talking about with current and former clients when it comes to insurance. Unfortunately, these conversations occasionally come up in the context of explaining why your current insurance is not good enough. Your insurance agent should discuss many of these […]
How to stop phone calls from frustrating telemarketers
You’re eating dinner, playing golf, swinging your kids, working, etc., and you keep getting these annoying phone calls on your cell phone from telemarketers. Or you get numerous phone calls from debt collectors. What can you do about it? Well, there are few things you can do about it. First, a little background: The Telephone […]
Should Your Personal Injury Case Settle At Mediation?
Personal injury cases end one of three ways: You settle, you win with a jury, you lose with a jury. These are the only options you have at your disposal. At some point in every case the plaintiff has to ask the question, should I mediate and, then, should I settle at mediation? These are […]
No Charges in Buckingham Tractor Trailer Accident
Yesterday WTVR.com reported that there will be no charges against the driver in the tractor trailer accident who fatally struck two kids running to a bus on Route 15 in Buckingham County yesterday. The whole ordeal is heartbreaking and for the families involved there is a great need for prayer and condolences. My mind races when […]
4 car crash on I-81 this weekend; multiple injuries, one fatality
Virginia State Police are investigating a crash involving four vehicles and one fatality on Saturday morning. According to WSET, “the crash was on Interstate 81 at the 128.1-mile marker, just north of Route 603 in Montgomery County.” There were four vehicles involved: a Jeep SUV, a Toyota Scion, a Toyota Avalon, and a Toyota pick-up […]
