An accident on Interstate 81 involving a large truck left two people dead. One of the victims was a Blacksburg resident.Virginia State Police, who investigated the Roanoke County truck accident, charged the trucker involved in the accident with reckless driving....
As in other states, Virginia criminalizes certain driving behaviors since, in the eyes of the law, they are especially dangerous and especially easy to avoid.To put it another way, a reckless driving charge is meant to punish never events, that is, events which should...
A joint venture is a type of business association. It is a little bit different, though, from other business structures, like corporations or conventional partnerships, since it is for a limited purpose and may also be limited in time and in scope. Basically, a joint...
The fall semester at college may already be underway, but it is not too late to have important discussions with your young adult children about college life. One big aspect of these years is partying, where alcohol consumption is often excessive.Regardless of how you...
An accident on Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia left one person dead and a young woman, the deceased person's wife, recovering from critical injuries. The family of the couple has begun raising money to cover medical bills and funeral expenses.According to...
Regrettably, medical misdiagnosis is far more common than you may want to believe, and an entirely too large percentage of American patients who visit their primary care doctors are getting incomplete or downright inaccurate information when they seek diagnoses....
When people in Blacksburg hear about foreclosure, their first thought may be about a family or a business falling behind on their payments to the bank on the loan they took out to buy the real estate. All Virginians, and particularly those who are building or doing...
Should he get accused of drunk driving, it may be tempting for a Blacksburg resident simply to take whatever deal the prosecutor offers and try to put the matter behind him.This decision can easily back to haunt a person for a long time, particularly if she drives for...
While the stories may sometimes be a little overblown, there is considerable truth behind the common perception that teenage drivers tend to cause car accidents at a higher rate. For example, recent statistics showed that, financially, teenage drivers are costing more...
This blog has previously talked how many truckers and other commercial drivers in Virginia must follow federal hours of service regulations.These so-called rest rules limit how long these drivers can stay on the road, or on duty, before stopping for several hours. The...
