Late last summer a child’s foot got caught in an escalator at a Macy’s in New Jersey, causing the girl to lose two toes, and undergo multiple surgeries and months of rehabilitation. The family of the girl, who was shopping with her mother when she was injured, recently filed a lawsuit against Macy’s seeking $10…
Continue readingAccording to Herndon personal injury and premises liability attorney Doug Landau, at the heart of any liability or injury case is the question: whose fault was it? In the context of an injury lawsuit, consider the following situation: Person #1: a bicyclist who is injured after being struck on his bike while riding through a…
Continue readingJury selection in personal injury trials is critically important, as not every juror can be impartial in every single case. Voir dire, literally translated as “speak the truth”, is the preliminary phase of a trial during which jurors are questioned, examined, and selected to sit and decide a case. The Supreme Court of Virginia recently…
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If you slip and fall at a store or business, you would be relieved when you learn that there is a video surveillance system in place and that your accident may have been captured on tape. Not so fast! A recent case shows how a store or business may go to great lengths to hide…
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Helping those injured in slip and falls at grocery store, “big box” and canadian united pharmacy other large retail chain premises is very difficult in Virginia. Often there are no eyewitnesses known to the injured customer or deliveryman. Practitioners who regularly handle slip-and-fall cases (and there are very few who actually try these cases in…
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