Richmond Personal Injury Blog

Does your employer require you to attend conferences, or do you go to trade shows? If you do, you will naturally expect the owners of the venue and the organizers of the event to ensure the safety of all the visitors and participants. The responsible parties at hotels and conference centers in Virginia should have a comprehensive knowledge of the laws that govern the hospitality industry.

If you suffer an injury or come to any harm while you are a guest at such a facility, and you can show the lack of reasonable care to eliminate known risks, you could hold the venue liable for your damages. Although it is impossible to anticipate all possible accidents, not addressing the common hazards can indicate negligence.

Truck accidents can be extremely serious because of the heavy load of the cargo, and the sheer force that a truck creates. While a truck has the capacity to create enormous disasters, it is not always the truck driver's fault when an accident occurs, and it can often be the fault of reckless drivers in other vehicles.

This is why reckless drivers have the capacity to create so much danger. They often operate small vehicles but can cause multi-car crashes that can kill and seriously injure people. If you have been involved in an accident involving a truck, it is important that you understand the concept of reckless driving so that you can figure out whether reckless driving was a factor in the crash that you were involved in.

Many different things can lead to car crashes. In recent blog posts, we discussed a few different situations that can come up that might lead to an accident. The tie that binds all of these crashes together is that innocent people can suffer from serious injuries or even die.

These tragic situations can often be prevented by using a little common sense. One of the best ways that drivers can keep other safe is by giving their full attention to driving. When they don't do this, they are putting everyone at risk.

A woman who used to be a reality TV star recently entered a guilty plea for her part in a fatal car accident. She was allegedly intoxicated at the time. She went to court earlier this month and put in that guilty plea for wrong-way driving, not obeying the signs on the highway and causing involuntary manslaughter.

She was facing DUI charges, as well, and it is expected that she will eventually enter a guilty plea on those charges. However, there was a clerical error with the paperwork, so she did not get to put that plea in at the same time. She'll have to come back to court and do it at a later date.