A Personal Injury Victims Guide to Hiring an Attorney

Personal injury accidents happen every day in every imaginable location.  You could suffer a personal injury in your car, walking down the street, riding a bike or motorcycle, or even strolling through your local mall.  Why are personal injury accidents so universal?  What can be done to protect yourself from personal injury and what should [...]

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Retail Establishments and Premise Liability

Retail establishments typically carry a great deal of insurance to protect them from lawsuits. This is because they are responsible for incidents where their negligence results in someone being hurt on the premises of their establishment. If you’ve been injured, you may want to contact a personal injury attorney about the matter. A personal injury [...]

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PremPro Recall Overview for Side Effect Victims

PremPro is the trade name for a combination of hormones, primarily estrogen, used in the treatment of menopause and other symptomatic diseases of women caused by hormone imbalances. PremPro is specifically a combination of estrogen and other hormones that is taken from horses and modified for use in humans. PremPro has been linked to a [...]

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Starting Early to Help Prevent Children’s Involvement in Bicycle Accidents

The University of Virginia Health Systems recently provided third graders at Ruckersville Elementary with a lesson on bicycle safety. Each year, over 300,000 children nationwide are injured in a bicycling accident. It is the goal of UVA Health Systems coordinator, Angela Taylor, to make sure that this statistic does not involve the children in Greene [...]

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Suspect Charged in Connection with Fatal Hit & Run

Jeremy Jarry, 21, of Campbell County has been charged with felony hit and run in connection with a fatal accident that occurred earlier this month. Michael Alan Jones, 53, had been bicycling north on 12th street when Jarry reportedly hit him. Jones had been traveling near the center line when Jarry crossed the center line [...]

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St. Patty’s Day Crash Leaves Suspect Dead, Deputy Injured

44-year-old Daryl Lee Beadles of Swallow Lane, Brookneal, was pronounced dead at the scene after a deadly chase that also resulted in the hospitalization of 25-year-old Halifax County Sheriff’s deputy, T.H. Clarke. Deputy Clarke, who had been driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala, was in pursuit of the Beadles over an alleged traffic infraction according to [...]

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Head-On Collision Stops Traffic on Route 50

Arlington County Police say that the multi-vehicle accident that shut down all eastbound and two westbound lanes of Route 50 Friday morning was caused by a woman driving the wrong way. According to police, the head-on collision caused one vehicle to roll over and one woman was transported to Virginia Medical Center after having the [...]

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Residents Face Possible Eviction Over Their Dogs’ Breed

Dog owners in a Petersburg mobile home community received threats of eviction due to the breed of their pets. The park’s new management delivered letters to residents informing them that the community’s “no pit bull” policy included in all residents’ leases would be enforced. According to the American Veterinarian Medical Association, Virginia does not allow [...]

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Northern Virginia Driver Killed by Flying Deer

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s office recently reported that a passenger in a two-car accident near the intersection of state routes 9 and 704 in Catoctin, Va. died after a deer struck by one vehicle flew into the one the victim had been driving in. A 2004 Toyota Prius was the first to strike the wild [...]

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Driver of the Car that Killed a Nun Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

In early February, Carlos A. Martinelly-Montano, 24, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Prince William County Court for causing the crash that killed Sister Denise Mosier, 66, and badly injured Sister Connie Ruth Lupton, 77, and Sister Charlotte Lange, 71. The case drew national attention and ire because of its ties to [...]

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