Personal Injury

In Virginia, the general rule is that you do not have to reimburse your health insurance for the amounts that it pays for your accident-related medical treatment. That’s the general rule. Medicare and Medicaid There are several exceptions to this general rule. The main exception is for government-run health insurance companies like Medicare or Medicaid. […]

If you’re ticketed for a car accident, then most likely you are somehow at fault in the accident. If you’re found guilty after you go to court on that, then perhaps you’re not entitled to recovery. Virginia’s Contributory Negligence Principle In Virginia, there’s a principle called contributory negligence. Contributory negligence is a complete bar to […]

Every personal injury case is different, and some cases can be resolved shortly after the accident and other cases can’t be resolved until you finish treating it. Some injuries require a year’s worth of treatment. Some injuries require six months worth of treatment. And so that’s why I say every case is different. So the […]

If you’re involved in a drunk driving accident, the first thing you should do is get checked out at the hospital and make sure that you’re not injured. If you are injured, you need to get whatever treatment that the ER doctors tell you that you need to get and any follow-up treatment that they […]

If you’ve been in an accident and your car needs repairs, or if your car is totaled, then you are entitled to a rental car. And the first place I would look for someone to provide that rental car is the person who hits you, the person who is responsible, his or her insurance company, […]

You don’t always have to go to court to recover for your personal injury case. In fact, most personal injury cases are resolved outside of court. A very small number of cases are litigated to verdict at trial. I’ll tell you the difference between the cases that can resolve and the cases that can’t resolve. […]

If you miss time from work you are entitled to potentially two different types of damages. Lost Wages We can calculate what your lost wages were because we know what you earn generally by an hourly rate, and we know how many hours you work per week, and we can multiply one against the other, […]

If you were a passenger in a car that was in a car accident and you were injured, you can also recover for your injuries. And there are two possibilities, and depends on the factual situation of your case. Example: If another driver was negligent and caused your injuries, you can recover from that other […]

Virginia State Bar Policy: Fee Vs. Cost Most personal injury attorneys charge one-third of whatever is recovered in the personal injury case. So I always give the example to make math easy, if we were able to recover $30,000 for your case, the fee would be 10. If we were able to recover three million […]

You are not required to give a statement to the insurance adjuster. Oftentimes, the adjuster will say, “I need a statement from you in order to process your claim”. Well, technically they don’t need a statement from you in order to process your claim. What they’re trying to do is to get a recorded statement […]