Injuries can lead to numerous financial costs and frustrations. You may be facing expensive medical treatment while being unable to work to make money. When someone else caused your injury, you could recover some of the losses of your injuries, like medical bills, lost income, and more. A Virginia Beach personal injury lawyer can help you assess whether you have a valid personal injury claim and your options for financial recovery.
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It can be complicated to recover compensation after an injury, but it can be essential for your personal and financial well-being. At Brooks & Baez, we have decades of combined experience navigating personal injury cases, including many types of vehicle accidents, slip-and-fall accidents, dog bites, and medical malpractice cases.
Working with our compassionate and exceptional attorney can help you get support with less stress. We have secured successful results, including a $450,000 settlement for a wrongful death case.*
Our past success cannot guarantee a future outcome, as every case is unique, but we work tirelessly for justice if you have the grounds for a case. If you’ve been hurt because of someone else’s carelessness, our firm brings you a straightforward assessment of your case and how you could file for compensation.
There are many causes of injuries every day, and not all of them result in a valid personal injury claim. Some of the most common reasons for personal injury claims in Virginia Beach include:
Accidents with passenger cars are some of the most common forms of personal injury claims. There were 5,272 vehicle collisions in Virginia Beach in 2024, and they led to 2,618 injuries.
When another driver is to blame for the accident you were injured in, you could file a claim with their insurance provider for compensation. Drivers might be to blame for being distracted, driving impaired, or speeding.
In Virginia in 2024, there were 874 injury crashes involving large trucks. These crashes are more frequent on major roadways like I-264.
Commercial trucks are less commonly involved in vehicle accidents, but cause serious and catastrophic injuries when they are involved. Recovering compensation is more complicated because of the involvement of commercial companies and their commercial insurance providers.
Vehicle collisions involving motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians can be very serious for these more vulnerable road users. There were 2,245 motorcycle accidents in Virginia in 2024, 690 bicycle crashes, and 1,747 pedestrian accidents.
Falls can cause serious injuries, especially when the injured individual is elderly or the fall occurs in a hazardous location. Property owners may be liable for injuries on their property, whether they are a private or public property owner.
Your ability to file a claim after an injury depends on the cause of the fall, whether the property owner should have addressed the hazard, and whether the injured person was allowed on the property.
Slip and fall accidents are one of the most common forms of premises liability claims, but they are not the only form. Trip hazards, electrical hazards, negligent security, and lack of safety features can also lead to injury and a premises liability claim.
When medical providers like physicians, nurses, and pharmacists make mistakes, this can cause serious injuries or illnesses for patients. If the provider’s mistake was a breach of professional standards of care, they can be held liable for the injuries they caused.
Claims could also be filed against healthcare facilities for negligence. Medical malpractice claims are uniquely complicated, and effective legal representation is important.
In 2025, there were 160 medical malpractice payment reports made in Virginia, and they totaled $91.33 million. If you were injured because of a surgical error, a mistake during childbirth, or a failure to diagnose, you may have grounds for this type of claim.
Long-term care facilities and nursing homes are meant to provide care and support for their residents. Unfortunately, there are cases where residents are neglected or abused in these facilities. The facilities, their staff, and other parties should be held accountable for these actions.
Violent criminal offenses can lead to serious injuries, especially crimes of assault, battery, sexual assault, robbery, or gun violence. Physical and emotional harm from a criminal act can be devastating.
A civil personal injury claim is one way that victims of these offenses can financially recover. The offender can be held accountable in criminal court and in civil court.
When someone dies from their injuries because of someone’s negligence, a wrongful death case can be filed by their estate’s personal representative. The damages in a successful claim go to the person’s surviving family members, offering them financial support and some level of closure.
These claims also hold the negligent party accountable for causing the individual’s death.
Vehicle accidents are a common cause of wrongful death, although a wrongful death case can be caused by any of the same reasons as a personal injury case. Virginia Beach car accidents also led to 24 fatalities.
Vulnerable road users are at a higher risk of fatal injuries, like motorcyclists. Motorcyclist injuries made up 2.9% of all injuries in accidents in Virginia, but 12.7% of all traffic fatalities.
To establish fault in a personal injury claim, you usually have to prove the following:
When you file a personal injury claim, you have the burden of proof for each element. An investigation of how your injury happened is important to gather evidence and assess fault. Important evidence for personal injury claims can include:
Virginia’s contributory negligence rules make it harder for injured individuals to recover compensation. If you are determined to be even 1% liable for an accident you were injured in, it can bar you from financial recovery.
Working with an attorney makes it easier to gather the key evidence you need, prove the elements of fault, and work to avoid contributory negligence claims.
The average personal injury settlement in Virginia varies a lot depending on the severity of your injuries, whether you work with an attorney, and how you file your claim. When you are more severely injured, you likely have more serious damages, and settlements are therefore higher.
Insurance coverage caps limit some claims. Working with an attorney can make it easier to get full and fair compensation, as an attorney negotiates for you and assesses your compensation options.
There’s not a lot you shouldn’t say to a personal injury lawyer. You should generally be upfront with them, even if you were partially at fault in the accident.
That way, your attorney can give you an honest assessment of whether your case is likely to succeed or not. Otherwise, you could waste a lot of time on a case that cannot recover compensation under Virginia law.
How much the fees are for your personal injury settlement in Virginia Beach depends on factors like liens, taxes, and your attorney’s fees. Personal injury attorneys in Virginia usually charge a contingency fee, or a set percentage of the final settlement, which may increase if the case goes to court.
You could also have taxes on certain types of damages, like an income tax on compensation for lost income. Liens may exist on medical costs and other debt.
It may be worth filing a civil claim for pain and suffering in Virginia, depending on your case. Claims only based on pain and suffering damages may be less likely to succeed, because these damages are usually assessed in connection with your physical injuries and economic damages.
If you are filing a civil claim for a personal injury, it is often worth it to file and recover damages, including pain and suffering. An attorney can assess your unique case.
A personal injury claim can help you recover medical costs, reduced and lost income, property damage costs, and much more. However, you have a short window of time to file, so you should reach out to Brooks & Baez today and let our team give you the guidance you need. Our firm has legal services in both English and Spanish.
*Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different and must be evaluated on its own merits.
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