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Preserving Your Case: Preparing and Retaining Evidence
Most people are familiar with the phrase “it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove.” Unfortunately, this phrase is too rarely put to practice by small businesses and individuals engaged in business. In every consultation one of the first questions I ask clients, after they have shared their facts with me, is what […]
May 18, 2018 Posted in Business Law, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law Tagged business law, civil litigation, contract writing, evidence in a case, general litigation, preserving evidence, real estate law Leave a comment
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 […]
May 17, 2018 Posted in Auto accidents, blog, Personal Injury Tagged auto accidents, automobiles, blog, Legal liability accident, Personal Injury law Leave a comment
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 […]
November 5, 2014 Posted in Catastrophic Injury, Personal Injury Tagged Personal Injury law Leave a comment
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 […]
October 8, 2014 Posted in Auto accidents, Personal Injury Tagged auto accidents, broken bones, Head and neck injuries, Personal Injury law Leave a comment
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 […]
September 9, 2014 Posted in Auto accidents, Personal Injury Tagged automobiles, Personal Injury law, pets Leave a comment
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. […]
August 5, 2014 Posted in Auto accidents, Personal Injury Tagged auto accidents, Personal Injury law Leave a comment
Suspect Mentally Able To Stand Trial
In October 2013, state District Judge Pamela O’Berry ruled that 23-year-old Herbert C. Bland, Jr. is competent to stand trial for murder. Mr. Bland, who has a history of mental illness, stands charged with the murder of two Chesterfield County women in January 2013. Mr. Bland is also implicated in the murder of a third […]
June 8, 2014 Posted in Criminal Law Tagged criminal defense, criminal process, mental illness Leave a comment
Animal Cruelty Laws in Virginia
A North Carolina man allegedly shot and killed a horse while the man was on a crime spree in Virginia. In October 2013, Chesterfield police issued an arrest warrant for 20-year-old Steven Dunn of Greensboro, North Carolina. Mr. Dunn and some companions allegedly broke into houses in a Chesterfield neighborhood, broke into cars in a […]
June 4, 2014 Posted in Criminal Law Tagged Animal Cruelty, criminal defense Leave a comment
Arrested For Carrying Concealed Weapon
On October 8, 2013, Newport News police arrested a man for unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon. Police say they detained 24-year-old Phillip Lee Morris of Hampton at about 4:00 p.m. Mr. Morris was in a vehicle near the corner of 25th and Buxton, and police noticed what they believed to be drugs in the car. […]
May 5, 2014 Posted in Criminal defense, Criminal Law Tagged defense attorney, stop-and-frisk Leave a comment
Arrested For Carrying Concealed Weapon
On October 8, 2013, Newport News police arrested a man for unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon. Police say they detained 24-year-old Phillip Lee Morris of Hampton at about 4:00 p.m. Mr. Morris was in a vehicle near the corner of 25th and Buxton, and police noticed what they believed to be drugs in the car. […]
May 5, 2014 Posted in Criminal defense, Criminal Law Tagged defense attorney, stop-and-frisk Leave a comment
