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…
When a tour boat capsized in Branson, Missouri yesterday, 17 people died and a number of passengers were injured. This tragedy suddenly cut short the lives of more than a dozen people, some of them feared to be children. Because…
Virginia has finally raised the felony larceny threshold from $200 to $500. The new law goes into effect July 1, 2018. The $200 limit was set in 1980 and had not seen an increase until this year. This meant that…
If you are one of the approximately 65,000 unlucky Virginians injured in a motor vehicle accident every year, and if the other driver, or “Defendant,” involved in the accident is charged with a traffic infraction or a criminal offense, you…
An unusual workplace injury made the news this week with reports of injuries at the new Apple Computers headquarters. Employees are literally walking into glass walls at Apple’s new state-of-the-art campus in Cupertino, CA. Steve Jobs once called the project…
What takes so long? The process of getting a proper settlement is a complex one. Many of our clients are surprised to find how long it can take for a claim to be settled with an insurance company or presented…
In an interesting article in Forbes magazine, tort law expert Michael I. Krauss, from my alma mater, George Mason University, talks about some of the emerging legal issues around self-driving cars. He’s more skeptical about the safety of the new…
Knowing what to do in the face of a medical emergency could be the difference between life and death. According to the American Heart Association, “CPR, especially if performed in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest, can double or…
Old Tradition. Virginia is one of the last holdout states – along with Alabama, North Carolina, Maryland, and the District of Columbia – to adhere to the doctrine of contributory negligence. Contributory negligence is the failure to act as a…
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…
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