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Benefits are available for injuries sustained while performing work duties or occupational illnesses that have resulted from the nature of your job.

Several federal workers’ compensation laws have been enacted to provide protections to federal nonmilitary employees and specific classes of private employees who have suffered on-the-job injuries.

Virginia has enacted laws requiring drivers, front-seat passengers, and all passengers up to 18 years of age to wear seatbelts.

You are entitled to compensation if your injuries prevent you from working, thereby causing you to lose income. For example, if you are a landscaper who can't work for a week because you sprained an ankle in an accident, you are entitled to compensation for that week of lost wages. You are also entitled to lost wages if you miss work because of treatment.

Every year millions of people are injured in motor vehicle accidents — many very seriously. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, someone in the United States is killed in a car accident every 16 minutes

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The human body is not designed to absorb certain types of impact, including that caused by automobile collisions.

If you have suffered a work-related injury or illness, you should be able to obtain benefits through your employer’s workers’ compensation policy. Most companies in Virginia are required to carry this type of insurance, and this is generally the first place a worker should go to receive compensation.

Virginia has seen a major spike in pedestrian accident fatalities in recent years. In 2018, there were 123 pedestrians killed in traffic-related accidents, the highest number in a decade, and the third consecutive year that the number of fatalities was over 100.

If you have been injured because of the negligence or reckless actions of another person or party, you deserve to be compensated. But even in cases that are fairly straightforward and with facts that are pretty clear, it can be surprisingly difficult to recover compensation for your injuries.