by Devon Munro | Sep 17, 2025 | Automobile accidents, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
Personal injury cases can resolve before a trial in several different ways. Sometimes—often before filing a lawsuit—lawyers will negotiate directly with an insurance adjuster. When this fails to generate a fair settlement amount, we typically begin litigation (filing...
by Devon Munro | Sep 14, 2025 | Automobile accidents, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
One question every personal injury client asks us in the beginning—and often later in the representation—is whether and when we think their case will settle. Even though they have hired competent “trial lawyers,” many injured people think that cases never go to court...
by Devon Munro | Jun 28, 2025 | Automobile accidents, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
Ever been the victim of a hit-and-run? If your body or your car is damaged, it’s stressful enough. And when someone causes that injury but is dishonest and flees the scene, it’s even more infuriating. Virginia still provides a pathway to civil recovery, if your...
by Devon Munro | Jun 28, 2025 | Dog Bite Cases, Personal Injury
Often we encounter pet dogs in public, indoors and outdoors. Or, we want to take our furry friends with us. And as we know, we will run across other people and their dogs in public too. What is a dog owner’s duty to prevent harm to others in such situations? As we...
by Devon Munro | Mar 29, 2025 | Defamation
At Munro Byrd, P.C., we also help defend individuals against baseless litigation. Our firm recently helped our clients defeat a specious defamation suit, obtaining a Roanoke Circuit Court decision dismissing those claims. When the disgruntled plaintiff appealed, we...
by Devon Munro | Mar 4, 2025 | Automobile accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
The trial lawyers at Munro Byrd regularly help clients who injured in car wreck cases. In most of the cases our firm handles, our client is the driver, and the only occupant of the car. But sometimes a negligent driver hits several cars at once, or there are multiple...