When a young mother was traveling in Northern Virginia traffic with her infant son in August of 2014, she was being hyper vigilant. However, when an unsafe driver rear-ended her without any warning, she was terrified that something had happened to her son. Luckily, the child turned out to be fine after this Fairfax County…
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It used to be the law in Virginia that an injured car crash victim could not accept a full insurance policy limits offer from the negligent defendant driver’s company without permission from her own motor vehicle carrier if she wanted to get additional benefits from her underinsured coverage. UnderInsured Motorist insurance is known as UIM,…
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Several clients at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU are unlucky enough to have been in several different accidents, with the second crash occurring before the injuries from the first have completely healed. Fortunately, our team has experience helping those with 2, 3, 4 and even 5 different accidents! Case Study: Car Crash #1 In…
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Because Virginia law states that injury cases should be filed in court within two years of a car crash, and because the Fairfax County Circuit Court tries to set trial dates within one year of the date the case was filed, most motor vehicle accident claims are concluded within three years of the date of…
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There are car crash cases in which the occupants are injured more seriously because of defects in the car’s design or safety devices. For example, if a a seat back or seat belt anchor breaks in a low speed crash and fails to protect the driver, then there may be a potential case against the…
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