Defamation Case Dismissed: Munro Byrd Secures Defense Win
In addition to helping injured people in personal injury, car accident, and medical malpractice matters throughout the Roanoke Valley and Virginia, Munro Byrd represents clients in defamation cases on both sides of the “v.”—bringing actions to vindicate reputations...
Legal Malpractice Claims in Virginia
Legal Malpractice: What You Need to Know At Munro Byrd, P.C., we handle a wide variety of personal injury cases, including car and truck collisions, fall injuries, and medical malpractice. In addition to these areas, we often evaluate legal malpractice...
A Practical Guide to Premises Liability Cases
In addition to car, trucking, defective product, and medical malpractice matters, the personal injury lawyers at Munro Byrd regularly handle premises liability cases. These cases typically arise when someone is an “invitee” to a property owned by another person or a...
Fighting Noncompete Agreements in Virginia: How Employees Can Challenge Enforceability in Virginia State Courts
Overview of Noncompete Agreements and Their Purpose Noncompetition agreements are contracts in which an employee agrees not to engage in certain competitive activities after leaving an employer. Employers are supposed to use them to protect legitimate business...
Deadlines Matter!
Most personal injury clients think the only deadline that matters in their personal injury case is the statute of limitation. While that is a very important deadline, once a lawsuit is filed and a trial date is set in a personal injury case, there are a host of other...
What is a Deposition, and How Do I Make it Useful for My Case?
Personal injury cases have many stages including pre-suit investigation, discovery and trial. Once a case is filed in court, a critical part of discovery includes the depositions of the parties, including the plaintiff (the injured claimant). A deposition is the first...
When Multiple Negligent Drivers Cause a Wreck, Who Do I Sue?
At Munro Byrd, we regularly handle personal injury cases that involve multiple defendant drivers. Such cases involve our personal injury clients suffering injuries as the result of more than one person being negligent during the same event. It isn’t uncommon in car...
What is Mediation and should I try it for my injury case or other litigation dispute?
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...
Want to settle your case for the highest value? Hire a trial lawyer with experience winning!
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...
Injured by a hit-and-run or uninsured driver? You can bring that claim!
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...