Richard Neal Shapiro Esq

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Our law firm is comprised of experienced and skilled personal injury lawyers with a national reputation in achieving success for clients day in and day out. Our team of attorneys are recognized as some of the best lawyers in America by U.S. News & World Report and as Super Lawyers in the Virginia by Law & Politics Magazine. Shapiro, Appleton & Washburn has focused on helping injured clients since 1985 and possesses an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau.

If you are in need of an attorney, you can either fill out a quick contact form when you visit our site or you can call our office toll free at 1-800-752-0042. When you contact our office, an attorney will respond within hours. You can be rest assured that none of your personal information will be shared with third parties and the discussion you have with a member of our law firm will be kept confidential.

Being involved in a car accident is stressful enough, but when the driver who caused the crash takes off, the aftermath can feel overwhelming. This can be even further compounded if you have suffered injuries in the crash. A car accident attorney can help you pursue financial damages for any losses you suffer. However, there are also steps that you can take to help ensure a successful outcome of your hit-and-run crash.

If you’ve been injured in a hit-and-run accident, we can help you collect the financial compensation you may be entitled to. At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, we can evaluate your case and determine your best legal options for recovering damages. Call us today at 833-997-1774 for a free consultation.

What Legal Options Do I Have in a Hit-and-Run Accident?

According to national statistics, there are almost 700,000 hit-and-run crashes that occur in this country each year, and that number keeps rising. If the driver is caught, the evidence that you and your car accident attorney have gathered will go a long way in proving your case against the driver and their insurance company, allowing you to pursue damages for any losses you have suffered.

In Virginia, if there’s been contact or a collision and the other person flees and cannot be located, all is not lost. Your own coverage, the uninsured motorist’s coverage, is there to protect you when there’s a hit-and-run accident and the driver cannot be identified. You have coverage up to the amount of your uninsured motorist coverage, and you’re protected. The car accident lawyers at our firm have successfully handled many hit-and-run accident cases in our more than three decades of advocating for our personal injury clients.

If the Driver Flees, How Do I Collect Damages?

There are several reasons why a driver may flee the scene of an accident. One of the most common is that they do not have active automobile liability insurance. In other situations, the driver may be driving on a suspended license, operating under the influence, or having outstanding warrants with the police.

Whatever the reason a driver flees, you can still collect damages by filing a claim with your insurance company under your policy’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage (UM/UIM).

Filing under this provision can be complex, and if not done correctly, your claim may be denied. Consider consulting with a car accident attorney who has experience pursuing hit-and-run accident claims.

What Is the Process If I File a Run a Claim with My Insurance Company?

When you submit a UM/UIM claim under your policy, it amounts to suing your own auto insurance company. As soon as your insurer receives your claim, it assumes the role of defendant/respondent. It is, for all intents, just like you submitted your claim to the insurance company for the at-fault driver.

Your insurer will demand all the same kinds of evidence to substantiate your demands for the payment of medical bills, the replacement of lost wages, and sufficient compensation for pain and suffering.

You will need to submit the official police report on the crash investigation, medical records, and financial information. You may need to back all that up with expert testimony. You may even need to take your own insurance company to court and let a jury decide what your claim is worth.

This is why speaking to a personal injury attorney with experience advising and representing people who pursued hit-and-run claims is critical. In addition to knowing how to access, organize, and present all the evidence to substantiate your claim, a lawyer who knows the laws of Virginia will be able to counter the tactics your insurer employs to deny your claim.

What the Fleeing Driver Caused Me to Crash But There Was No Collision?

In many hit-and-run cases, the fleeing driver’s vehicle sustains no damage because there is no actual collision. For example, let’s say the other driver swerved in front of you, and then you swerved to avoid them and hit a tree, suffering injuries and damage to your vehicle. This is referred to as a hit-and-run with no contact.

The law in each state varies, but Virginia is a “no contact required” state. Even though there was no actual collision with the other vehicle, you could still file a claim. However, it is important to note that you must report the accident to the police promptly to safeguard your right to file.

Can Your Personal Injury Firm Help with My Hit-and-Run Case?

If you have been injured in a hit-and-run accident, do not delay in contacting Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp to speak with one of our skilled car accident attorneys. We will evaluate your case and determine what your best legal options are for recovering damages caused by the accident.

Call us at 833-997-1774 to schedule a free consultation and let us help you get the compensation you deserve.

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Rick has practiced personal injury law for over two decades in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States.

He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims.

He has written and lectured on evidence law to the AAJ, VTLA, Georgia TLA, as well as to Virginia lawyers. Rick was elected chair of the Railroad Law section of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) twice (2013-2014 and 2005-2006) and was named President of the Railroad Accident Division of the National Trial Lawyers Association (NTLA 2013-14). He was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia).

Rick is also a prolific U.S. inventor and designer of consumer-wheeled products, holding 18 US patents and numerous foreign patents, and is an international award-winning fiction thriller author, who wrote an Amazon #1 best-selling suspense novel. Check out an interview with Rick about his fiction thriller, Taming the Telomeres.

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Many attorneys turn down cases where a client has a preexisting medical condition because insurance adjusters love to use these against the client. As experienced injury lawyers we have a different attitude about preexisting conditions. A person with a preexisting condition is more susceptible to serious injury.

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What makes our law firm different or better than the others? Here are four things that make us different: multiple state licenses, state and national injury lawyer networking, we are speakers, editors and authors in injury law and we have a track record in past injury death cases. We are a fully qualified personal injury firm. To see some of our case results visit our web site. Contact Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton at 1-800-752-0042 or hsinjury.com.

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Truckers must follow the strict guidelines of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act and dozens of other nationwide and state laws when driving in bad weather conditions and logging hours of service behind the wheel.

Our personal injury attorneys know those requirements and study each trucking accident injury case a victim brings to us in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), or Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), to see if violations of safe truck-driving laws led to a highway accident that caused serious injuries or wrongful deaths.

We hold licenses to practice trucking accident injury law in VA, NC, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Washington, DC, and we have represented with victims of truck wrecks on I-64, I-95, I-81, Route 58, Route 460 and Route 13. Our attorneys also work closely with experts to collect and present evidence to help our clients succeed in claims against truck drivers' and trucking companies' insurance policies for compensation for medical treatment costs, wages lost due to injuries or disabilities and personal pain or suffering.

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Trucks that move between states are subject to federal statutes and regulations, as well as multiple state laws. Our attorneys hold licenses to practice trucking accident injury and wrongful death law in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Florida and Washington, DC.

If you or a family members suffers injuries in a truck wreck on I-64, I-81, I-95, I-75, I-77, Route 1, Route 58, Route 460 or Route 13, we can act fast after the accident to make sure we collect the evidence you need to succeed in your claims against the truck driver and trucking company and receive compensation for medical treatment expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering.

Do not get victimized twice by a negligent or careless driver of a semi, tractor-trailer, 18-wheeler, tanker truck, flatbed or any other large commercial truck.

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If you suffered an injury or lost a loved one in an accident caused by a large commercial truck, you must act quickly to protect your medical and legal rights. The trucking company will deploy a rapid response team within 24 hours to collect and control evidence about the big rig wreck, and those insurance agents will not have your best interests at heart.

Our trucking accident injury attorneys have seen this too often, so contact us if a negligent or careless semi, 18-wheeler, tanker truck, dump truck or flatbed truck driver has shattered your body or life.

Our personal injury lawyers have represented truck crash victims who got got injured or lost their lives on I-64, I-95, I-81, Route 460, Route 58, Route 17 and Route 13, and we hold law licenses in South Carolina (SC), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC, as well as in VA and NC.

If you have been harmed by a dangerous drug please contact us. Cases against drug manufacturers can be brought in the state that the manufacturer is based or wherever the drug company sells the drug. It is important to keep up with FDA alerts and reports and with case settlements and verdicts. This is what our lawyers do day in and day out. Contact Shapiro, Lewis, Appleton & Favaloro at 1-800-752-0042 or hsinjury.com.

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Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton law firm is dedicated to representing those injured due to the carelessness and fault of others, including railroad, truck and car accidents, faulty product injuries, and medical malpractice claims. The firm has represented thousands of accident victims throughout the eastern United States and the firm's lawyers have over 100 years combined legal experience. Our regular law firm websites are www.hsinjurylaw.com (VA) and http://Carolina.hsinjurylaw.com/(NC).

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