26/06/2008 01:28. As a personal injury lawyer practicing throughout Hampton Roads, Virginia in the area of automobile accident law, I make sure to stay informed about any new laws related to car crashes and automobile insurance. I recently went to a Virginia Beach Bar Association meeting where they provide an update on what new laws were passed by the Virginia General Assembly for 2008. The most significant change for attorneys focusing on personal injury was a new Virginia statute that requires automobile insurance carriers to tell the attorney representing someone hurt in a car wreck what the amounts of the automobile insurance are for the at-fault driver under certain circumstances.

Before this law was passed the rule was that the insurance company that I was negotiating with on behalf of an injured... // InjuryBoard.com