Starting this month, healthcare providers must give patients free access to their electronic medical records. When we work with clients who have incurred serious injuries in a car accident or in a bad slip and fall accident, their injury-care and…
The timing of a lawsuit blaming Tiger Woods for the drunk driving death of an employee smells of disreputable legal strategy. By Matthew E. Bass, attorney at Burnett & Williams P.C., Loudoun, Fairfax, and Northern Virginia As Tiger Woods prepares…
At the end of 2018, attorney Matthew Bass took an unusual route to securing positive results in a Fairfax car accident injury case that was smaller than we often take on, but very important to our client. While most of…
In our personal injury practice here at Burnett & Williams, we’ve handled some of Virginia’s highest Wrongful Death claims. We get a lot of questions from clients about Wrongful Death claims and the circumstances that fit into this challenging part…
Case Facts On May 8, 2015, Amy Dell went bar hopping in Syracuse, New York. She reportedly drank alcohol in at least five bars. After finishing her night of drinking, Ms. Dell reportedly was so intoxicated that she collapsed before…
After a car accident, some insurance claims are more difficult than others, especially when the two claimants are married. In this unique case, on the day of the accident an elderly couple, Tom and Joyce, were on their way back…
3 Cases Where Surveillance Footage Made a Difference. Regardless of the merits of the ongoing debate about the use of surveillance cameras in public places, we all know that their use is ubiquitous. Security cameras are routinely used by law…
Introduction There are so many different types of insurance that we find our clients often don’t understand some of the different coverages they carry. This case study illustrates how different coverages might impact a typical auto accident case. For background,…
INTRODUCTION Our clients in a recent auto accident case were trying to help a friend when a horrific crash nearly cost them their lives and their life savings. Many, if not most, of the auto injury cases we deal with…
With July 4 celebrations just around the corner—and using one of our cases to illustrate the point—we remind everyone how dangerous fireworks can be, especially when combined with alcohol and jealousy. This case involved a backyard barbecue, the quintessential American…