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A serious or fatal automobile accident can be a difficult and emotional ordeal for victims and their families.  At the same time, there are multiple requests and paperwork from doctors, law enforcement and insurance companies. You may be confused and overwhelmed. If you were hurt, or if a love one died in an accident, a personal injury attorney can answer questions and help with what to do next. Personal injury attorneys and their staffs are trained to help victims and their families with the task of bringing and winning accident claims.

At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Charlottesville region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.

According to Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, in 2012, 726 lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes nationally, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S. The death rate from bicycle crashes is high due to the relative lack of protection bicyclists have in an impact with a motor vehicle.

According to Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, in 2012, 726 lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes nationally, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S. The death rate from bicycle crashes is high due to the relative lack of protection bicyclists have in an impact with a motor vehicle.

Parents awarded for the loss of their teenage children after head-on motorcycle accident

Accident Type: 
Motorcycle Accident
Result Date: 
Tuesday, May 25, 1993
Monetary Result: 
$1,100,000
A seventeen-year-old high school student was killed instantly when his motorcycle struck a car head-on when the car was on the wrong side of the street due to construction. An eighteen-year-old passenger on the motorcycle was also killed. Each surviving parent was awarded $550,000. No economic loss was claimed by the deceased's parents. The surviving family of the passenger settled for a confidential amount.

Bicycling is becoming more popular in the Indianapolis region. Organizations such as Indianapolis Bicycle Advocacy and Bicycle Indiana provide resources to the many riders and enthusiasts in the region. Indianapolis is even home to a bikeshare program which allows riders in the downtown area to rent a bike for a short period of time and return it to any of their convenient stations.

Roy Robinson, 66, is dead in Henderson after a single-vehicle crash Monday morning after his car appeared to cross over the center median, where he crashed into a tree near St. Rose Parkway and Seven Hills Drive. Authorities believe he may have suffered from a medical episode shortly before the crash. 

Motorcycle passenger's lawyers win suit, awarding the passenger $1,000,000 and finding the city of Coachella negligent in its placement of a wall at an intersection

Accident Type: 
Motorcycle Accident
Result Date: 
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Monetary Result: 
$1,000,000
  Mr. Zamarripa, a 17-­year­-old youth, sustained severe brain damage, including spastic paralysis and a speech impediment when the motorcycle he was riding as a passenger crashed into a van at an intersection. Zamarripa claimed that a five foot high wall on the Union Oil company’s property caused his stepfather, who was driving the motorcycle, to be unable to see on-coming cars at the intersection. Zamarripa sued the city of Coachella for negligently placing the wall. The defending oil company denied this claim and argued that the wall had nothing to do with the accident which took place 86 feet past the intersection. The verdict was in favor of Zamarripa, who recieved $1,000,000 damages. It was judged, however, that only the city, and not the oil company, were responsible for the placement of the wall.