With the first few flakes of the year dropping on the Landau Law Shop this week, the Herndon law firm is pleased to share highlights from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (“VDOT”) recent snow briefing for public officials. It is hoped that these actions will improve snow safety and decrease the chances of car wrecks,…
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Bicyclists participating in the Reston Triathlon must have their helmets inspected for cracks, breaks, missing straps and other unsafe conditions. Once the biker’s helmet passes inspection, the triathlete can compete in this popular annual endurance sporting event. All of the participants have been registered for months. However, one bicyclist whose helmet failed inspection, approached registration…
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A tractor-trailer driver attempting a U-turn was blamed for a Campbell County Virginia truck crash that caused plaintiff to sustain multiple fractures. Defendant initially maintained that plaintiff was barred from recovery because he was speeding and contributed to the crash. Plaintiff was driving eastbound on a road with a posted speed limit of 60 mph. …
Continue readingWhen people think about lawyers they always seem to generalize the profession in terms of a few outlying cases. The one that comes to mind is the utter disbelief that people felt towards the McDonald’s coffee case. It seemed clear to everyone, myself included, that a case against McDonald’s for having hot coffee was nonsense. …
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It appears that in the next few years, cars will be equipped with black boxes, much like in airplanes, that can record data during a crash. The debate now, between Congress and safety groups, is how much and what type of data these boxes should record. Lawmakers and automakers are struggling to agree on how…
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