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Have you stopped to ask yourself what do humorous cavemen in the modern world have to do with how you decide to go with one insurance company over another? What do funny cavemen have to do with...

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Mark Force, while driving a '93 Escort, was hit by a Ford Mustang on July 1, 1996. His seat belt, which had a motorized shoulder belt and a manual lap belt, did not work properly. The lap band locked but the motorized shoulder belt failed to restrain him. He was thrown forward and slammed into a roof post on the left hand side of the car. Force suffered a severe head injury. Apparently 10...

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According to published reports, a Virginia (VA) jury recently gave a surprisingly strong award for a "soft tissue" auto injury case. While driving, a 39 year old flight attendant was rear ended. The next day she saw a chiropractor and, after six months of chiropractic therapy for soft tissue injuries to her neck, left shoulder and back, she was discharged. She still, however, was in pain. Never...

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Saturday, at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia VA), Omon Graham, a nine year old boy, died suffering head injuries. While on Airline Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) he and his friends attempted to cross the congested street. Omon stepped out onto the street and was hit by a pick up truck. No charges against the driver have been made but the investigation is...

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Authored by: Randall AppletonAs an attorney living in Portsmouth, Virginia, I have noticed in our local papers that serious motor vehicle wrecks occur on a regular basis in all the Tidewater cities: Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Chesapeake. An important point for passengers in vehicles involved in such wrecks is that they often have two potential claims for damages arising...

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The Virginia legislature passed various new laws affecting civil litigation which go into effect on July 1, 2007. One of the most important changes was getting rid of an old procedure called removal which allowed insurance companies in automobile accidents to take a case out of the faster Virginia (VA) General District Courts and move it to the slower and more expensive Virginia Circuit Courts...

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According to published reports in the Virginian Pilot newspaper on May 18, 2007 a Marine is being charged with drunken driving associated with a car crash that killed a Navy woman. The wreck happened in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) around 2:00 A.M. The 26 year old driver was charged with driving under the influence. This at fault driver ran off a ramp of the highway and hit a tree killing one of his...

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By Randy Appleton, HSCLA AttorneyIndividuals who have suffered severe personal injuries and wrongful death on Virginia's Eastern Shore (as well as their family members) often travel on Route 13 over the 17 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel spanning the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, south to the "mainland" area of Virginia. The Bridge Tunnel geographically links the finger of land called the...

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There has been outrage in the local communities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and other surrounding Virginia and North Carolina communities over the alleged drunk driving of an illegal immigrant who killed two innocent teenagers who were sitting at a red light in Virginia Beach on the night of March 30, 2007.Alfred Ramos, 22, who is an illegal alien from Mexico, was previously convicted of driving...

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I have previously written about the growing number of motor vehicle crashes nationwide in which cell phone use is a substantial contributing factor. As a matter of fact, as I drive my car locally and arrive at any red light, and look around, I usually see the majority of the surrounding drivers talking on a cell phone, whether held to one ear, spaeakerphone, or via use of...

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We are often asked by our clients if the proceeds or damages from a personal injury case settlement are taxable. The general answer is that personal injury settlement proceeds are not taxable on their receipt by the taxpayer/client. There are some important exceptions.It is fair to say that a general settlement (where the proceeds are not specifically categorized) is not taxed on the...

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Car manufacturers will be required to tell new car buyers when their car is equipped with a black box or "event data recorder" under new regulations issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The formal description for the black box is "event data recorder" -which is any electronic devices that capture crash or collision data, in the seconds before, during and after...

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Honda Motor Company recently announced that it is going to offer an airbag on one of its expensive Honda Gold Wing motorcycles for the next model year. Likewise, Yamaha Motor Corporation is developing an airbag system and is using a scooter with the airbags to research and develop the potential product, according to Yamaha's website. Can motoycycle airbags really prevent significant crash...

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Many states, including Virginia, allow insurance agents to offer optional "medical expense benefits" along with a standard auto insurance policy. This coverage ("med pay" for short) provides for payment of 100% of any medical bills (up to the coverage amount, usually 1,000 to 10,000 dollars per covered vehicle) arising from a car crash/collision involving personal injury to the insured, or...

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BY JOHN M. COOPER, HSCLA ATTORNEYLast December a teenager from Chesapeake, VA was killed in a hit and run wreck. The young man was a senior in high school riding his bike. The driver, who was in his 60s, hit the young man and sped away. Now a lawsuit has been filed to try to get compensatory damages for the family for the loss of this young man. The at-fault driver was taking a medication...

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