Home > For Everyone > Personal Injury > Personal Injury Claims Against the Government 
 
Columns
       

Personal Injury Claims Against the Government


Last Updated August 4, 2008
There are strict guidelines that apply when a person wishes to sue a federal, state, or local government or a government employee for personal injuries. While governmental entities enjoyed immunity from suit under common law, statutes and ordinances have been enacted to limit this immunity. However, governmental entities that allow private individuals to sue them for personal injuries have imposed rigorous notice of claim and other requirements.

Types of Injuries Giving Rise to Governmental Suit

A person may seek damages from a governmental entity for such things as vehicular accidents involving government vehicles, accidents such as a slip and fall on government property, injury occurring through medical malpractice in a veteran's, military, or government supported hospital, defective street signs, walkways, traffic signals, or roadways, and for violation of a person's civil rights.

Read more...
 
Bobby W. Davis Attorney At Law

303 34th Street, Suite 8
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
Practice Areas: Family Law, Personal Injury, Divorce
virginiabeachattorney.lawoffice.com/
Breit Drescher & Imprevento, P.C.
Norfolk Personal Injury Attorneys

1000 Dominion Tower 999 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
www.breitdrescher.com/
Mary G. Commander Attorney-At-Law
Norfolk Divorce and Family Law Attorney

5442 Tidewater Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23509
Practice Areas: Family Law, Divorce
www.commanderlaw.com/
monotone-frail