Wrongful Death

Strategies for reducing car accidents and the injuries and fatalities that result from them take many forms. From improvements to highway designs and vehicle restraint systems to enhanced enforcement of traffic violations and safety regulations, [...]

Last year, a 61-year-old woman was killed in Oklahoma City after a 20-year-old man talking on his cell phone ran through a red light at 45 miles per hour and hit her car. The young [...]

Each year, thousands of people are killed by drunk drivers while thousands more are injured. Awareness programs have not stopped this serious problem. For decades, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other advocacy groups have attempted [...]

With the rise in popularity of smart phones, distracted driving has increasingly become a public safety issue. A common perception of teenagers is that they are glued to their cell phones, constantly sending text messages [...]

Many people have adopted hands-free cell phone technology for use in their vehicles, believing it is safer than using hand-held cell phones. However, hands-free technology may not improve safety as much as people think. A [...]

Virginia’s texting law may be too limited to notably improve roadway safety; past surveys indicate texting while driving remains a significant problem. Texting while driving remains a surprisingly common behavior across the country. A 2011 [...]

Despite Virginia's relatively tough drunk driving laws, impaired drivers continue to plague the state's roads, causing thousands of car accidents each year. In 2013, alcohol-related crashes caused over 5,000 injuries in Virginia and killed more [...]