Virginia has a brand new law as it pertains to personal injury cases where the at-fault driver flees the scene beginning July 1st, 2026. Any accident where someone hurts you and they commit a felony hit and run, they injure you and they flee the scene of an accident, the law of Virginia now allows you to ask for punitive damages. This is new. We didn’t used to be able to do this. And what punitive damages are is extra money that you can ask for in addition to the money you would receive for your medical bills, your pain, your suffering, your inconvenience, your typical personal injury claim. In a hit-and-run accident, a felony hit and run accident, we can now ask for punitive damages, which is extra money paid to you to both punish this driver for what they did and to send a message to the community that we will not tolerate this type of conduct. No need to worry, Call Cooper Hurley. The Car Crash Experts. 333-3333.
