Virginia Personal Injury Attorney - John P. Fishwick Jr.
Episode notes
From Fishwick & Associates PLC - Virginia Personal Injury Attorney explores what injury victims in Roanoke and across Virginia need to know after a serious accident caused by negligence. This episode covers how personal injury claims work, why medical expenses, lost income, physical pain, and insurance company tactics can create major challenges, and how John P. Fishwick of Fishwick & Associates PLC helps clients understand their legal options.
The discussion breaks down key Virginia injury laws, including Virginia Code § 8.01-243 on filing deadlines, § 8.01-38.1 on punitive damages, § 8.01-35 on reimbursed lost income, and § 8.01-581.15 on medical malpractice damage caps. Listeners will also learn about Virginia’s strict pure contributory negligence rule, the two-year statute of limitations, special notice rules for government claims, and why even a small allegation of fault can affect recovery.
This episode also highlights the types of cases Fishwick & Associates PLC handles, including car accidents, truck wrecks, drunk and drugged driving crashes, distracted driving accidents, bicycle accidents, airplane crashes, slip and fall claims, premises liability cases, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. It explains the evidence that matters most, such as medical records, accident reports, photographs, video, witness statements, and testimony from medical, engineering, or financial professionals.
Listeners will hear about John P. Fishwick’s background as a trial attorney, former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 2015 to 2017, graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, and attorney admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and federal district courts across Virginia. Serving Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Lynchburg, Bedford, Rocky Mount, Radford, Martinsville, Southwest Virginia, and the Roanoke Valley, Fishwick & Associates PLC offers guidance for injury victims seeking to protect their rights and pursue compensation.
Fishwick & Associates PLC
30 Franklin Rd SW Ste 700, Roanoke, VA 24011, United States
(540) 345 5890