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Rear End Collision Near Richmond Closes I95 South for Four Hours - One Dead
Posted on 12/7/2009
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Posted on 11/19/2009
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Insurance Company Must Produce Witness Statements

Posted on Jan 22, 2009

In a wrongful death case arising from an auto accident, a Suffolk Circuit Court has rejected Progressive Insurance Company's claims of privilege and ordered Progressive to release to the plaintiff interviews of defendants and witnesses. Insurance comapnies have long been able to conceal from plaintiffs statements taken from witnesses and their insureds on the "trial preparation materials" exception to the rules of discovery. However, the courts are seemingly more reluctant to confer the privilege when the statements are taken in the "fact-gathering" stage and before the insurance company has been contacted by plaintiffs' attorneys.

As the Suffolk court pointed out in its opinion and order in this case, such statements can be useful to the plaintiff and the fact-finder in determining whether a witness testifying at trial or in depositions before trial, is consistent in what he or she may have related earlier.

To read the opinion, follow the link below.

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I was test-driving a BMW in Richmond. Soon after leaving the dealer's lot another driver ran a stop sign and T-bonedthe BMW. I was hurt pretty bad. My hospital bills are already over $100,000, and I will likely miss 6 months of work. My lawyer said the other driver had minimum liabilty limits of $25,000 on his insurance policy, but that won't be enough to even cover my medical costs. Am I stuck?

My teenage daughter was injured in an auto accident recently and was not at fault. The accident occurred in Richmond on I-95/I-64. The other car was driven by the owner's nephew, and because the nephew lived with the owner and was not listed as a potential driver of the car when the application for insurance was made, the insurance company is denying coverage. Can the insurance company do thiseven whenthe owner of the other car paid the insurancepremiums on time?