In Virginia a pre-injury release for negligence is often void outright, and a new Court of Appeals ruling says a general waiver doesn’t cover the specific risk that actually hurt you. How Virginia, Maryland and D.C. differ.

When the at-fault driver's insurance can't cover what you lost, the "justice gap" begins. How injured people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia can close it.

Virginia's 2024 Traffic Crash Facts: 129,244 crashes, 918 deaths, 64,086 injuries. What the DMV's numbers mean for crash victims and their families.

On July 1, 2025, Virginia's med mal cap rises to $2.70 million. Why the date of the malpractice — not the trial — controls, and what the schedule means.

The adjuster who calls after your accident may sound sympathetic, but their job is to pay you as little as possible. What to say, what to avoid, and when to stop talking.

Feeling fine after a crash doesn’t mean you are, and a gap in treatment is the first thing an insurer will use against you. Why prompt medical care protects your health and your claim.

Virginia is one of a handful of places where being even slightly at fault can bar your recovery entirely. What contributory negligence means for your claim, and how insurers try to use it against you.

What you do in the minutes and days after a D.C.-area car accident can make or break your claim. A step-by-step guide from our trial lawyers.

Virginia's Supreme Court reinstated a $7M brain-injury verdict, holding circumstantial evidence of causation need not rule out every other possibility.

The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed a $2M wrongful death verdict, holding the Dead Man's Statute did not silence the patient's own account of his fall.

When a Virginia school bus crash injures a child, sovereign immunity is waived up to the school board's insurance. How these claims actually work.

The Supreme Court of Virginia held a housing authority acts like any private landowner when maintaining its property — no sovereign immunity.

Most cars record crash data. What Virginia's EDR privacy statute and federal rule 49 CFR Part 563 mean for proving your crash case.

Virginia's Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.18M med-mal verdict, holding a failure-to-mitigate instruction can't smuggle in contributory negligence.

Virginia's UM/UIM stacking law is in effect — but only for some policies. An FAQ on renewals, offset elections, and which rule governs your crash.

Hit by a driver with little or no insurance? Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage may be the most important protection you have.

As of July 1, 2023, Virginia UIM coverage pays on top of the at-fault driver's insurance — no more offset. Before-and-after examples and what to check.

Virginia's open-and-obvious doctrine can end a premises case — but it has real limits. When the defense works, when it fails, and how to build proof.

Virginia's SB 754 ends the underinsured motorist offset for policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2023. What the change means for crash victims.

The Supreme Court of Virginia holds community services boards are not immune from tort suits — a major ruling for abuse survivors and injured Virginians.