Dulaney Lauer & Thomas LLP

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A Firm With One Focus - Injury Law

We're a law firm. Founded in 1968, we handle accident and injury cases only. With offices in Warrenton and Culpeper, we help people throughout Virginia.
We only represent people against the insurance industry. As you may have already found, they're tough opponents who are looking out for their own interest , and not necessarily yours. They have their own attorneys and resources. With this in mind, we view our job in straightforward terms: to "even the playing field" on your behalf, protect your interest solely, and obtain maximum benefits for you.

Cases we handle involve serious injury or even wrongful death. They typically arise from:

QUESTIONS? TALK TO US.
The insurance company may already have tried to deny your claim or told you not to seek legal advice. You don't have to accept that. Speaking with an attorney after a life-changing event could be the right idea. In certain cases, it's essential.
Your case is important, and you should have questions. Consider this your starting point. Talk to us. We'll listen. If we can help, we'll explain exactly how and get your case started on the right track. If we can't help, we'll tell you: quickly and honestly.

Car Accidents & Injuries
We represent people against insurance companies. We handle cases involving injuries or wrongful death arising from car accidents, truck accidents, wrecks caused by drunk drivers, and wrecks caused by uninsured motorists.
Tractor Trailer Accidents
In Fauquier County, Culpeper County, and surrounding areas, we help people seriously injured in truck accidents. Because of their sheer size, weight, and operating speed, tractor trailers cause devastating accidents, injuries, and wrongful death. Trucks are highly regulated at both the state and federal levels, and therefore truck accident claims are typically more complex than other types of personal injury cases.
Drunk Driving Accidents
Drunk driving presents one of the greatest hazards to motorists on the highway. The act of driving while intoxicated is simply reprehensible. By its very nature, a drunk driving accident is almost always serious and requires an attorney's extra diligence. We have successfully handled numerous cases on behalf of innocent victims of drunk driving. We target drunk drivers and make them pay.
Uninsured Motorist Claims
Uninsured drivers are a risk to other drivers. This specifically holds true where an uninsured motorist causes injury or even death to another person. Virginia law does provide a remedy against uninsured drivers. Fortunately, we as consumers have options in protecting ourselves as well.

Personal injuries as a result of motorcycle accidents can be life-threatening and life-altering. By the very nature of a motorcycle, bikers are more vulnerable to injury in the case of a collision. This especially holds true when the other vehicle, usually a car or truck, is at fault. We represent clients in serious motorcycle injury cases in addition to auto and trucking accidents.
Insurance Claim Denials
The attorneys of Dulaney, Lauer & Thomas handle personal injury cases. Many of our clients contact us after an insurance company has denied their claim. These injuries are sustained in car, truck and motorcycle accidents; work-related accidents; slips and falls; and other circumstances of negligence. Please take note: an insurance company's denial is not necessarily the final word.
Construction Accidents & Injuries
Construction workers face some of the most dangerous risks on the job, including falls from roofs, crane and heavy equipment accidents, scaffolding collapses, structural cave-ins, electrocution, fires and explosions, compressed and natural gas explosions from underground pipes and cables, and welding accidents. The resulting injuries can include third degree burns, paralysis from spinal cord injuries, de-gloving injuries, brain injuries.
Virginia Workers Compensation
For injured workers in Virginia, obtaining adequate workers compensation is often an uphill battle. If youve suffered arm injuries, leg injuries, head injuries, back injuries, eyesight or hearing loss, or any other type of injury in the workplace, you need an experienced attorney to help you exercise all of your rights under Virginia law.
Nursing Home & Assisted Living Abuse
We assist families whose loved ones have been mistreated or abused in nursing home and assisted care facilities. We handle cases involving bed sores or other preventable infections, malnutrition, inadequate supervision, rape, physical abuse and emotional abuse.

A wrongful death case can arise from several types of circumstances, such as a car accident, truck collision, medical malpractice, or workplace injury. When a person dies as a result of anothers negligence or fault, the effects are understandably devastating on surviving family members. These effects are both financial and emotional. Correctly handling a wrongful death claim requires a unique perspective. We believe that a wrongful death attorney must view the case from the survivors point of view in order to aptly convey their tremendous loss.

My auto insurance policy has "Medical Expense" coverage. What is this?
If I hire an attorney will that prolong the resolution of my case or guarantee that it goes to trial?
Does an injury case require an attorney who "specializes" in personal injury law?

My auto insurance policy has "uninsured motorist" coverage. What is this?
I was injured by a "hit and run" driver who fled the scene and whose identity is unknown. Do I have a case? Against whom?

How much financial power does the insurance industry have?

Will pursuing a lawsuit for a construction accident injury jeopardize my rights to workers compensation?
I was struck by a bulldozer while working on a construction site and seriously injured my leg. Who is liable?

Injuries Caused by Drunk Driver = $475,000
Wreck Caused By Drunk Driver - Fractured Knee - $200,000
Injuries Caused By Drunk Driver - $110,000

After Denying Claim, Insurance Company Required to Pay $300,000