Legal

This section highlights updates on Virginia laws, important court rulings, and consumer protection issues. We also analyze how state and local legal developments impact individuals and families. From new legislation to high-profile cases, our goal is to keep readers aware of how the legal system shapes life across Virginia.

Surgery increases insurance claim value.

A Virginia (VA) or North Carolina (NC) injury case involving a surgery is worth more money than a case without a surgery. In some ways this makes sense in that an injury which is serious enough to require a surgery likely involves pain and suffering greater than one where the doctor did not see the

By Richard Shapiro

/ 25 May 2007

Injured tourists need Virginia Beach personal injury lawyer

The lawyers in our firm are often retained as personal injury counsel to represent people from outside of Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) who are visiting here as tourists and unfortunately get hurt. Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) and other parts of our area in eastern Virginia (VA) and north east North

By Richard Shapiro

/ 24 May 2007

Virginia Injury Lawyer, Born Blogger

I was born to blog. I have only recently come to this realization. As the editor of the Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia (VA) Injuryboard blog website for the past year I have had a great time blogging about personal injury subjects.My law firm Hajek, Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, and Appleton based in Vi

By Richard Shapiro

/ 23 May 2007

Economic and emotional damages in Virginia (VA) wrongful death cases

An attorney handling a wrongful death case in Virginia (VA) must consider both the economic and emotional losses associated with the client’s family member’s death. Under Virginia law the family of a person who was killed by the negligence of another is potentially entitled to damages set forth on a

By Richard Shapiro

/ 22 May 2007

Motorcycle and Bicycle Injuries Among the Worst

In the Virginian Pilot on Sunday, May 13, 2007, there was a piece that a 22 year old motorcyclist was killed in a wreck. The accident happened in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) on Saturday and the young man died in a local hospital the next day. The driver that hit the motorcyclist has not been charged and

By Richard Shapiro

/ 19 May 2007

Top 5 Ways Not To Choose Your Personal Injury Lawyer

I have been practicing law in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) for about two decades focusing on accidental injury and wrongful death cases. I have heard amazing stories about how million dollar automobile accident cases have gone to lawyers who really had no business handling such a case f

By Richard Shapiro

/ 18 May 2007

The Death and Injuries at Virginia (VA) Tech Still Significant News in Virginia (VA)

As a Virginian specializing in personal injury and wrongful death cases, I read the newspapers carefully, especially my local paper, the Virginian Pilot published in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Each morning I am on the lookout to see what legal news there is particularly as it relates to personal injury

By Richard Shapiro

/ 17 May 2007

Injury Lawyer From Norfolk, Virginia (VA)

I have lived in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) since I came back from law school at the University of Virginia 18 years ago. Norfolk, Virginia (VA), where I was born and raised, has really been on the upswing lately and is now a really great city to live in. Although the population of the city of Norfolk, V

By Richard Shapiro

/ 16 May 2007

Train Accident Lawyer From Norfolk, Virginia (VA)

I live in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), the home of Norfolk Southern Railroad. I have been doing automobile accident injury cases in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) for about a decade before I joined my current firm of Hajek, Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, and Appleton, PC. That was in 1997 and since t

By Richard Shapiro

/ 15 May 2007

Railroaders dismounting off of moving equipment in the past is basis for FELA (Federal Employers' Liability Act) claims today.

Until the 1980’s and 1990’s, the major U.S. freight railroads routinely had train crews getting on and off moving railcars.At different times they used this dangerous practice at CSX and Norfolk Southern and the predecessor railroads like Conrail. Even after the railroad made a new rule saying it wa

By Richard Shapiro

/ 14 May 2007

Answers to the top 5 questions likely on your mind if you have been in an automobile accident with injuries in Virginia.

I have taken calls from injured people in Virginia (VA) for over two decades. So, it’s not hard for me to imagine what is on the mind of a person who has just been a car wreck and has been hurt as a result of someone else’s fault. It’s a situation that I help people with everyday. Here are some answ

By Richard Shapiro

/ 13 May 2007

What types of damages are compensable in a automobile accident case?

The damages that you can collect for in a car wreck case in Virginia (VA) are set forth in the Virginia (VA) Model Jury Instructions, number nine. The Virginia (VA) Model Jury Instructions are a list of the law that the judge would read to the jury before they deliberate at the end of a personal inj

By Richard Shapiro

/ 12 May 2007