News Story: Hometown Heroes Honored in Charlottesville at Fridays After Five

Law Firm Honors “100 Hometown Heroes” at Fridays After Five
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Law Firm Honors “100 Hometown Heroes” at Fridays After Five

Posted: 11:22 PM Jul 9, 2010
Reporter: Jennifer Black
Email Address: jennifer.black@newsplex.com

July 9, 2010

After months of collecting nominations, the Richmond-based personal injury law firm Allen &… [ read more ]


Allen & Allen Recognizes Hometown Heroes in Charlottesville – an NBC 29 News Story

Charlottesville Recognizes a Few Local Heroes

Posted: // Jul 09, 2010 10:02 PM EDT
Updated: // Jul 09, 2010 10:07 PM EDT
Source: http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=12783790

Please view the video news clip from NBC 29 for the full story:

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Why do I need an attorney to represent me in my personal injury case?

The insurance policy requires the person who caused your accident to contact the insurance company promptly. As soon as the accident is reported to the company, they begin an investigation and begin preparing to defend the company against your claim. Insurance company employees are knowledgeable about claims and are trained to make your claim cost the insurance company as little as possible.

You need someone knowledgeable working on your claim and looking out for your interests as soon as possible… [ read more ]


Legislative “Caps” on Recoveries: An Unseen “Bailout” Taxpayers Pay for Every Day

Charlottesville Personal Injury Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Charlottesville Personal Injury Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Author: Attorney Matthew B. Murray

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from the British Petroleum platform is a catastrophe of growing proportions. Recent projections that the spill could turn the corner of Florida and cover the beaches of the East Coast bring this disaster uncomfortably close to home. Nobody should make political hay out of a disaster, but we cannot ignore the history lesson before us.… [ read more ]


Medical Malpractice: The Mythical Solution of Tort Reform

Author:  Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Charlottesville Personal Injury Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Tort Reform is back in the news. The Republicans in Congress insist that Tort Reform in the medical malpractice field is an essential part of any reform of our health care system. Tort Reform sounds like a great idea, doesn’t it! Reform is always good because it means something must be wrong. Something needs fixing. And fixing it will make it better. What sounds good must be good,… [ read more ]


Auto Safety & Seatbelts: Why use Safety Restraint Systems? Seatbelts can save lives.

Gayle Gragg

Gayle Gragg, Claims Consultant

Author: Gayle Bragg

Prevention of getting thrown form the vehicle (ejection) is one of the main reasons to use seatbelts. 1 Recently I had the opportunity to review accident reconstruction reports on the VCU Transportation Safety Training Center website. 2 One report reconstructs two multiple fatality crashes that occurred six days apart on interstate highways in Virginia. 3 Both crashes were single vehicle crashes,… [ read more ]


After Market Tire Rims: Cash Buys Flash, but Will You Crash?

Are After Market Rims Safe?

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Author: Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Don’t you love those flashy, huge rims that dress up cars today? Dubs, blades, speeds, spinners and twenties are beautiful and add personality that distinguish my car from the next guy who has the same make and model. 1

But those flashy wheels come with a risk. There have been many instances of… [ read more ]


Product Liability: Drugs – Hormone Therapy Drugs & Breast Cancer

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Author: Matthew B. Murray, Attorney

Breast cancer is a woman’s nightmare. For a woman to discover that her breast cancer was caused by a drug prescribed by her doctor just adds insult to injury. That is what has happened to thousands of women.

Wyeth, a division of Pfizer, marketed hormone therapy drugs, Premarin, Prempro and Provera, which were designed to moderate the symptoms of menopause. As early as 1975, Wyeth was… [ read more ]


How About Stopping Medical Malpractice?

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Author: Attorney Matthew B. Murray

Recent commentary in the local papers has contained several worthwhile suggestions to reduce health care costs. But some have also included the customary bash at medical malpractice victims and their lawyers, and claim the way to reduce health care costs is to put a cap on the damages injured victims can recover.

According to the… [ read more ]


History of Charlottesville, VA and Albemarle County

Author: Gayle Bragg

Gayle Gragg

Claims Consultant Gayle Gragg

To better serve clients in the Piedmont region and the Valley, the personal injury law firm Allen, Allen, Allen and Allen opened its Charlottesville branch on March 17, 2008. The office is located in the former Charlottesville Veterinary Hospital on Route 29 in the Rio Hill Center across from Lowes.

Charlottesville and the surrounding Albemarle County are home to over 134,400… [ read more ]


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