By Admin | Published November 30, 2023 | Posted in Catastrophic Injuries, Insurance, Pedestrian Accidents, Thomas J. Curcio | Comments Off on A Victory for Resilience: A $500,000 Settlement Story with Attorney Tom Curcio
In April of 2022, a car struck a pedestrian, an active retired 83-year-old lady while she was legally walking through a crosswalk. Underneath the car, she was pulled roughly 70 ft, resulting in the scalping of the left side of her head and the degloving of her right hand, multiple broken bones, and knocked her Read More
Read MoreAccording to the original report by the Albuquerque Journal, A Santa Fe jury has awarded a Valencia County family a staggering $36 million in damages following a lawsuit against State Farm Insurance. The lawsuit was prompted by a fatal head-on collision that occurred in 2017, taking the life of a young woman, Andrea Lovato, and Read More
Read MoreYour auto insurance carrier, like USAA, may have sent you a letter recently about a change in Virginia law that will “increase your premiums” unless you fill out and return an underinsured motorist (UM) Coverage Selection form or something similar. These letters that insurance companies are sending sound like they are trying to help you Read More
Read MoreAutomobile insurance policies are intended to protect drivers and passengers from harm in the event of an accident or injury caused by the use or operation of an automobile. As a recent case of the Virginia Court of Appeals shows, the extent of the coverage provided by your Virginia automobile policy may be broader than Read More
Read MoreWith the unfortunate news of the Queen passing and the subsequent induction ceremony of King Charles III, we thought this would be a good time to explain sovereign immunity in Virginia. You may wonder how the royal family in England relates to sovereign immunity in Virginia. Still, the truth is that sovereign immunity in Virginia Read More
Read MoreWe are very excited to report on a significant change to Virginia’s automobile insurance laws passed in this year’s legislative session. This law will significantly benefit consumers by providing the full coverage limits purchased when such limits are needed most. As many of you know, and we have written about before, Virginia law requires that Read More
Read MoreWe have now passed the two-year mark for the Covid pandemic. I’m sure it has challenged each of you in many and varied ways, as it has us. Hopefully, similar to all of us at the firm, things in your personal and professional lives are beginning to resemble life pre-Covid. A very welcomed change for Read More
Read MoreRakin, Justin, and I take great pride in helping our clients rebuild their lives with dignity after suffering an injury or losing a loved one due to no fault of their own. On a very practical level, our ability to do so is controlled by the amount of insurance available to compensate our clients. Having Read More
Read MoreWe are very happy to report that beginning June 1, 2021, passengers in taxicabs permitted to operate in the City of Alexandria will have a minimum of $100,000 of automobile insurance available to them if injured in a crash. This level of coverage is a much-needed increase in coverage and will significantly benefit all who Read More
Read MoreIn mid-February, we asked readers of our monthly eNewsletter to make their voices heard regarding pending legislation at the Virginia State House that could affect those who are hurt due to no fault of their own. Here is a quick summary of what happened during the most recent legislative session. What passed? Senate Bill 1182 Read More
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