Category Archives: Personal Injury
How To Navigate An Injury Lawsuit Against A Big Box Retailer
If you have been injured because of the negligence of a big box retailer, there are a lot of steps that fall on your shoulders to get you the compensation that you deserve. While you may be able to navigate these waters on your own, your chance for a successful outcome dramatically increases with an […]
Walmart Slip And Fall Claim Secrets Revealed – How To Pursue An Injury Claim Against Walmart
When it comes to an injury at Walmart, things are more complex than other big box retailers. Walmart prides itself in aggressively proving its store is not at fault. Here is why… Walmart is one of the largest retail stores in the world with locations across the globe. In Virginia, Walmart operates over 108 Supercenters, […]
Why Hire A Lawyer To Help With Your Workers’ Compensation
In this do-it-yourself world, it may seem the first choice to handle workers’ compensation claims on your own. However, there are a myriad of reasons as to why this path could lead to a denied claim, delay in payment, and even leaving money that is owed to you “on the table.” COMPLEX FORMS TO COMPLETE: […]
Automotive Insurance Coverage Unpacked
As a personal injury lawyer with over twenty years of experience, the most important advice I give to friends, family, and clients often has more to do with insurance than it does with law. Much of what I do deals with the facts and circumstances of each individual case. Where, when, and how did the accident […]
What To Do After A Car Accident
What should you do when you’ve been hit in a car accident? Car accidents can be life altering events and most people will suffer an accident at least once in their life. Insurance industry numbers point to people being involved in a car accident about once every 18 years or so. This means that throughout the course […]
Overturned Tanker Truck Kills Three
In October 2013, a tanker truck loaded with 8,500 gallons of gasoline turned over, slid into a pickup truck, exploded and then collided with another truck on Interstate 81 in Smyth County. According to Virginia State Police, two men were killed instantly: the tanker truck driver (48-year-old Frank Skeens of Castlewood) and the pickup truck […]
12-Year-Old Girl Injured As She Waits For School Bus
Emileigh Gulrud of Virginia Beach is in the hospital recovering from injuries she sustained at the bus stop on October 2, 2013. A Ford Explorer ran a stop sign at the intersection of Aragona and Kellum, colliding with a Toyota Tacoma and pushing the Tacoma onto Emileigh. She is currently in intense pain as she […]
Group Emphasizes Pet Safety In Automobiles
Auto manufacturers are looking for ways to make pets safer in collisions. The Center for Pet Safety, a nonprofit group in Reston, has partnered with Subaru to try and find effective seat belts for dogs by using crash-test dummies that resemble a terrier, a border collie and a golden retriever. Researchers believe that a three-point […]
Heiress Involved In Fatal Accident
The heiress to the Mars, Inc. candy fortune recently crossed the median and collided with a minivan in northern Virginia. Police state that 73-year-old Jacqueline Badger Mars was westbound on Route 50 near Briar Patch Lane in Aldie, when her Porsche SUV crossed over into oncoming traffic at about 2:30 p.m. on October 8, 2013. […]
Obamacare
Obamacare and what it might mean to you By Larry W. Lockwood, Jr. Since I do personal injury cases, and have been a lawyer doing mostly personal injury cases for eighteen years, I probably know more about how insurance works, and how it fails, than lawyers who work with other areas of law. I spend […]
