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Beyond Scary
A Few Tips for Avoiding Premises Injury Liability on Halloween In 2013 an Oklahoma man's Halloween decorations went beyond the usual ghosts and tombstones. The display involved two realistic-looking bodies in his driveway, including a dummy placed to look like…
Midlothian Office Tour
Burnett & Williams serves the Richmond area from our Midlothian office. Burnett & Williams’ office at 13303 Midlothian Turnpike is the heart of the firm’s southern Virginia operations. Led by senior partner C. James Williams III, the Midlothian office serves…
The Costs of Trial vs. Settlement
HELPING THE CLIENT DECIDE THE ECONOMICS OF TRIAL VS. SETTLEMENT Given the often confusing array of expenses, liens, and other claims frequently deducted from a personal injury recovery, no experienced personal injury lawyer would advise a client to accept a…
Subrogation, Contribution and Reimbursement
Overview of Insurance and Personal Injury Law. Insurance companies are for profit entities, quite often large, publicly-traded corporations, with a fiduciary duty to maximize profit to their shareholders, partners, or owners. Given their fiscal responsibilities, insurance companies seek to minimize…
Smart Driving for Seniors
Increased longevity is perhaps the greatest legacy of the 20th century, but it also provides us with many challenges in the 21st century. In 1900, the average life expectancy for an American man was 46, for a woman, 48. If…
Dangers of Texting and Driving
If you could make yourself and the passengers in your car 23 times safer by doing one thing, would you do it? According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, texting and driving creates a crash risk 23 times worse than…
Adequate Protection From Negligent Drivers Without Insurance
Buying car insurance is not the simple task it used to be.For the last few decades, insurance companies and the state legislators who regulate them have created a confusing smorgasbord of coverages. With auto lenders requiring certain types of coverage, and…
The Cost of Medical Malpractice
The last place anyone wants to go after leaving a hospital with a disappointing medical outcome is an attorney’s office, but for some there is no other choice. Patients who feel that a physician has committed malpractice usually need the…