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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Earlier this month, the Town of Herndon Police conducted a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint between the hours of 8:30 pm and 3:00 am. easy payday loans to get Police arrested one driver for DUI, and cited 8 drivers who did not have their operator’s license with them, 11 unlicensed drivers, and 3 child safety…
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No one likes to hear about car crashes, particularly when someone is injured. There are times when a crash is truly an accident and no one is specifically to blame. Then there are other times when a car crash could have — and should have — been avoided. This was the case one evening in June…
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The Herndon Patch reports that the Town of Herndon Police Department will be conducting drivers’ checkpoints on weekends during this busy holiday season. What are they looking for? Drunk Drivers. The Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU has tried cases against impaired drivers. Injury lawyer Doug Landau prosecuted drunk and stoned drivers as part of his…
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