Pedestrians are some of the most at-risk individual on or around the roads. They range in age from small children to the elderly, and they have little to no protection in the case of a collision involving a motor vehicle. In the last 12 months, there have been 1,105...
Our legal team is proud to serve clients in Roanoke and throughout central and southwest Virginia.
Our legal team is proud to serve clients in Roanoke and throughout central and southwest Virginia.
Personal Injury
Video Discussion: Valuing Personal Injury Cases
In the latest episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed and read in transcript form below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss an issue that is...
Video Discussion: Cold Cases
In the latest episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss our role in investigating cold cases. While this is...
Video Discussion: Bankrupt Defendants
In the latest episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss what can be done when a defendant in a civil case files for...
Video Discussion: Veterans and the Federal Tort Claims Act
In the twenty-eighth episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss how the kind of tort (from the Latin tortum, meaning...
Video Discussion: Deadlines
In the twentieth episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss deadlines in legal cases, formally known as statutes of...
Video Discussion: Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases
In the fifteenth episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr., associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, and firm investigator Isaac Van Patten discuss the importance of experts in medical malpractice cases, and what...
Video Discussion: Scooter Law
In the eleventh episode of our firm’s video web series, which can be viewed below, firm owner John P. Fishwick, Jr. associate attorney Daniel J. Martin, firm investigator Isaac Van Patten, and future law student and lawyer Kerin Daly are joined by a very special...
Automobile Accidents Caused by Uber or Lyft Drivers: Who is Responsible?
In the past, determining responsibility for an automobile accident was relatively straightforward. If someone driving their own personal vehicle caused an automobile accident, that person was responsible. If someone driving a company vehicle or a taxicab caused an...
Contributory Negligence in Virginia
Imagine you are in an automobile accident on Interstate 81, just outside of Roanoke, Virginia. Another driver is texting on their phone, not paying attention, and speeding. At the same time, you simply forget to put your turn signal on before merging. Your vehicle and...