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Slip and Fall Injuries? Contact us Today.

Have you suffered an injury as a result of slipping and falling in a grocery store, a mall or other public building? Has your child been injured on school property, a playground, at a recreation center or on other public premises? If so, then you may have rights to compensation for all of the expenses of the injury, including pain and suffering, medical bills and lost time at work. In Virginia, property owners and/or custodians of public buildings and stores are required to carry insurance policies to protect them from liability in the event that someone is injured on their property.

But just because an insurance policy is in place, this doesn’t make it easy for an injured person to obtain fast and fair settlements for the injury. Insurance companies routinely dispute slip and fall injuries and other types of premises injuries. The attorneys of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento challenge these stalling tactics and bring the strength of justice to our clients’ cases. We move cases forward quickly and effectively, with minimal involvement required from our clients. When you are a client of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, your only job is to heal from your injuries. Our job is to ensure that the process of healing doesn’t cost you your financial future.

Serious Injury Lawyers Making Justice the Rule, Not the Exception

Since 1988, the personal injury law firm of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, PC has represented those who have been seriously injured in Virginia. We have also successfully collaborated on personal injury cases with attorneys in numerous other states. Through experience and education, our attorneys can expertly evaluate medical injuries and pursue personal injury claims on behalf of the injured plaintiff. Our attorneys provide comprehensive legal services for any type of serious injury, with a special focus on brain injury, spinal cord injury, severe burns, dismemberment and wrongful death. Our extensive and unprecedented success as trial attorneys in Virginia courtrooms has always worked to the advantage of our clients, ensuring them the best possible settlements in lieu of the rigors of trial. When a trial does become necessary, no personal injury lawyers in Virginia are better prepared to ensure that our clients receive the highest levels of compensation the law allows.

Personal Injury Cases in Virginia: The Basics

Personal injury law is also known as tort law. A tort is described as "a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or accidental, from which injury occurs to another.” Torts include all negligence cases as well as intentional wrongs which result in harm. Torts fall under three categories:

• Intentional torts - purposely inflicting injury.
  
• Negligent torts - causing an accident which results in injury.
  
• Strict liability torts - manufacturing, marketing or selling defective products that result in injury.

The most common grounds for a civil lawsuit involve negligence. These include motor vehicle accidents, pedestrian accidents, dangerous products, medical malpractice, and premises liability (slip and fall) accidents. When an accident occurs due to negligence, the injured party may file a claim against the negligent party to recover all their damages. Damages generally include current and future medical expenses, property damage, pain and suffering, current and future loss of income, loss of enjoyment and in certain cases, punitive damages.

In order to prove negligence, your personal injury attorney must support your claim with the following three facts:

• Negligence - The other party was negligent.
  
• Causation - Their negligence caused the accident.
  
• Damages - You suffered damages as a result of the accident.

Expert Witnesses: Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, PC, provides sophisticated and innovative legal services for almost any type of injury. We not only handle claims for plaintiffs with obvious injuries, but also pursue the more challenging and less obvious injuries such as a traumatic brain injury. When a case warrants it, Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, PC, consult with numerous professionals who are available to testify in cases requiring expert testimony. Through the years, our firm has identified and worked with the most authoritative and respected expert witnesses in many areas related to personal injury, including the following:

Premises liability * Accident reconstruction * Biomechanical, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering * Medical and healthcare law * Medical Surgery Errors * Orthopedic Surgery Errors * Thoracic Surgery Errors * Oral Surgery Errors * Spinal Cord Surgery * Obstetric Surgery * Neurological Surgery * Urology * Nursing care * Dental Care * Obstetrics and gynecology * Pathology * Infectious disease * Anesthesiology * Analysis of altered documents * Human factors * Elevators, escalators, automobiles and other mechanical devices * Toxicology * Insurance law * Damage analysis * Economics * Life care planning * Vocational rehabilitation * Annuities * Care of the seriously injured and disabled

While proving a physical, emotional, or cognitive injury can be difficult, our skilled and well-informed staff are able to undertake complicated cases and prevail, convincing skeptics of the merits of a claim via dependable evidence, objective test findings, expert testimony and a superior presentations of the facts. Case after case, Breit, Drescher & Imprevento has proven its commitment to upholding our client's rights and has demonstrated our ability to triumph in the most challenging personal injury cases.

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Library for Serious Injuries:

• Head Injuries in Atheltics: What You Need To Know   
  Description: Head injuries are fairly common in sports, so there shouldnt be any excuse for a coach that doesnt recognize the signs.
• The Costs of Spinal Cord and Brain injuries   
  Description: Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Brain are the most life changing and expensive injuries that a family can go through. Having experienced legal counsel to fight for your rights will be needed to obtain the care that you will need. Contact the offices of Breit, Drescher and Improvento for a free case analysis.
• Keeping Your Kids Safe Over the Summer   
  Description: Summer in Virginia Beach means increased outdoor activity. The Law Firm of Breit Drescher and Imprevento are proud to provide you with a few suggestions towards keeping your kids safe and free from injury over the summer months.
• Fireworks Injuries   
  Description: The Norfolk, Virginia law firm of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, P.C. handles cases of fireworks injuries, including burn injuries, eye injuries and blindness, hearing damage and deafness, and hand and finger injuries. If your child has been injured in a fireworks accident, contact our Norfolk law offices today.
• Pool Safety, Swimming and Diving Accidents   
  Description: If you or a loved one has suffered head or spinal cord injuries as a result of a diving accident or near drowning accident; or if you’ve lost a child or loved one in a drowning accident, contact the Virginia personal injury law offices of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento, PC, today.
• Children & Injuries   
  Description: Our children face constant hazards in daily life. The families of children injured or killed in car accidents, electrical accidents, or by defective products need experienced attorneys to investigate the circumstances of the injury and determine if negligence contributed to the harm done. The Norfolk, Virginia attorneys of Breit, Drescher & Imprevento have accomplished this for many Virginia families.
• Construction Workers' Rights to Safety   
  Description: Norfolk, Virginia attorneys of Breit Drescher & Imprevento are frequently called upon to hold construction contractors and developers accountable when their negligence leads to injury or death to construction workers or civilians.

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Frequent Questions for Serious Injuries:

• What are symptoms of a brain injury?
• My child suffered a minor traumatic brain injury, but apparently recovered fully. Lately he has been exhibiting abnormal behavior and is not doing well in school. Did the doctors miss something?
• My wife was unable to go back to her job after she was injured in a car accident. We have since had to sell our house. The accident wasn’t her fault. Do I have any legal options?

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Case Results for Serious Injuries:

• Man Brutalized in Jail Settles Case for $179,500 - $179,500
• Jury gives $1,250,000 to little girl - $1,250,000
• $3.19 Million Settlement Reached in Fatal Ship Explosion - $3,190,000
• Shipyard to pay $600,000 to survivors of sailors - $600,000
• $20 million award for severely burned boy stands - $20,000,000
• Woman wins $2.2 million in soap slip - $2,200,000
• Man incarcerated unjustly gets $3 million for mental anguish - $3,000,000
• Norfolk to pay out $7.5 million to teen hit by city truck - $7,500,000

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Web Resources for Serious Injuries:

• Virginia Legislative Information System

  Description: Virginia database providing statutes and information about personal injury law to the public.

• What are the medical costs of a spinal cord injury?

  Description: Read a University of Alabama-Birmingham study released in August, 2004 that details the average costs of care for spinal cord injury victims and other important facts about SCI.

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