Doug Landau was in the Prince William Circuit Court building on motions earlier this month in order to fight a continuance proposed by Nationwide Insurance Company’s staff counsel. Landau’s client had been hit by a drunk driver in 2013. Landau filed the lawsuit in 2014, and trial was scheduled for February 2016. The senior litigation…
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In Virginia, when you are injured by a drunk or impaired driver, you may recover not only for your actual losses, but you may also seek punitive damages. Actual damages are things like past and present medical bills, wage loss, property damage, etc. Punitive damages, sometimes called “exemplary damages,” are damages above and beyond, and…
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Last summer, four teenage boys and one teenage girl were returning home from a party in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The girl was not driving — at least not at first. After making two stops, at each of which two boys were dropped off, the girl was the lone person left to drive herself home. Unfortunately she…
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