Eric Washburn is an experienced personal injury attorney with dual licensure in Virginia and North Carolina. Eric has spent the majority of his life calling Virginia’s Hampton Roads region his home. He graduated from Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School, presently located in Virginia Beach. Eric attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance. Following several years of working in the information technology field, Eric aspired to become a lawyer and obtained his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.
In Virginia, those who own private and public roadways are responsible for their maintenance. If the entity or agency tasked with upkeeping a roadway fails to do so properly, they can be held liable for a car accident caused by a road defect. Pursuing financial…
When a car accident takes place in Virginia Beach, a car accident report, exchange of information form, or some other type of documentation will be filed by either one of the parties involved or the responding police officer. Although you are not legally required to…
The fear and trauma often experienced by car accident victims can be made worse by serious injuries. For young children, this usually involves concussions. When your child is injured, the stresses of your own injuries and being unable to work are intensified. How can I…
As if losing someone you love wasn’t devastating enough, finding out that their death was completely preventable almost certainly evokes feelings of injustice and outrage among surviving family members. Virginia makes it possible for victims to confront the economic element of a wrongful death by…
Most car accident injuries manifest fairly quickly, but some can take several days or even weeks to make themselves known. In some situations, a life-threatening injury can worsen over the course of a few weeks before the victim even suspects that their symptoms might be…
Regardless of whether you are on a sailboat, a motorboat, a jet ski, or a canoe, Virginia’s waterways can be extremely dangerous. During the summer, boat accidents are a common occurrence in Virginia Beach, the James River, the Rappahannock River, and the Chesapeake Bay. Fortunately,…