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NOT ALL INJURIES THAT HAPPEN AT WORK ARE COVERED

In order to prove an injury by accident in Virginia the injured worker must demonstrate: (1) an identifiable incident; (2) that occurs at some reasonably definite time; (3) an obvious sudden mechanical or structural change in the body; and (4) a causal connection between the incident and the bodily change. Injuries that result from repetitive […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published March 2, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Worker’s Compensation Attorney | Tagged Charlottesville Attorney, Tucker Griffin Barnes | Leave a comment

William D. Tucker, III │The TRID Experience

Tucker’s Tips Tip 8-2016: The TRID Experience – With the new TRID laws in place for over four months, Tucker’s Tips has made the following observations about how TRID is affecting settlements: 1. Closings are taking about a week longer than before TRID. (This experience is apparently not just in our area. They are taking […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 24, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Bill Tucker, Charlottesville, Real Estate, Tucker Griffin Barnes | Leave a comment

2016 — IRS Now Has Power to REVOKE Passports Over Delinquent Tax Debt

If you have a large tax debt, you might have trouble traveling, since the IRS power to revoke passports was signed into law as part of the FAST Act. The law says the State Department can revoke, deny or limit passports for anyone the IRS certifies as having a seriously delinquent tax debt in an […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 22, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Tax Attorney | Tagged Passport Denied, Tax Debt, Tax Liens | Leave a comment

William D. Tucker, III │Sharing Information Can Make TRID Easier

Tucker’s Tips Tip 7-2016: Sharing Information Can Make TRID Easier – Navigating a closing with the new TRID laws can prove difficult, especially when completing the CD which requires more information than the HUD and/or GFE. Tucker’s Tips has found that including certain information in the Contract can help make the closing process under TRID […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 19, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Attorneys, Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney | Tagged Bill Tucker, Charlottesville, Real Estate, Tucker Griffin Barnes, William D. Tucker | Leave a comment

STRAIGHT TALK – Weekly Social Justice Talk Show with Andre Hakes

STRAIGHT TALK – A weekly show hosted by Andre Hakes discussing Social Justice and Social Movements. Tune-in to 94.7 FM Charlottesville on Saturday mornings from 10-11. The following are several podcasts from her show: Straight Talk with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine courts and legal writer Straight Talk with Jill Stein, 2016 Green Party U.S. Presidential […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 10, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Criminal Defense Attorney | Tagged Andre Hakes, Charlottesville Attorney | Leave a comment

Should you “Voluntarily” speak with the police, or not?

Officer Not So Friendly: A Choose-Your-Own-Misadventure Story The Hope Diamond is missing, and Officer Friendly thinks you stole it. He types your name into a computer, and instantly knows where you work, where you live, what you drive, and whether or not you’ve been in trouble before. He calls you on the telephone, and tells […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 4, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Criminal Defense Attorney | Tagged Andre Hakes, Charlottesville, Charlottesville Attorney, Criminal Defense, Tucker Griffin Barnes, University of Virginia Police | Leave a comment

What “Not” to say during a DUI stop

The story of a Virginia DUI CHAPTER ONE: It is 11:00 p.m. and you are on your way back from dinner. You are pulled over for a check point, speeding, or a taillight out. The officer walks up to your car shining the flashlight in the backseat on the way past, looking for drugs, beer […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 4, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Criminal Defense Attorney, Charlottesville DUI Attorney | Tagged Andre Hakes, Charlottesville Attorney, Criminal Defense, DUI Attorney, Tucker Griffin Barnes | Leave a comment

No “Due Process” for University of Virginia Student’s Accused of Sexual Misconduct:

I have been seeing a lot of sexual misconduct cases out of UVA lately. The procedures followed in those hearings are not fair, and not what we are accustomed to in judicial proceedings in this country. 1. Right to be Silent: Your “right to be silent” is otherwise known as your 5th amendment privilege against […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published February 3, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Criminal Defense Attorney | Tagged Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Andre Hakes, Charlottesville Attorney, Criminal Defense, Tucker Griffin Barnes, University of Virginia Police, UVA Student | Leave a comment

William D. Tucker, III │Real Estate Closings & Winter Weather

Inclement weather causes delays in more than one way. Bad weather can cause Clerk’s Offices and other government agencies to close and as a result general delays in settlements. But now it can also cause delays regarding the 3-day requirements for CDs to be delivered to the purchaser. Due to weather, settlement agents and attorneys […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published January 28, 2016 | Posted in Charlottesville Real Estate Attorney, Residential Real Estate Closings | Tagged Bill Tucker, Real Estate | Leave a comment

$1,750,000 Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict

HUGE congrats to Yvonne T. Griffin, our senior trial attorney, and Lee Livingston from MichieHamlett, on their $1,750,000 medical malpractice verdict. Our client sued an Augusta County orthopedic surgeon and Orthopedics Associates LTD in Fishersville following a knee replacement operation that resulted in one of her legs being amputated. The $1.75 Million verdict is one […]

By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published December 18, 2015 | Posted in Charlottesville Personal Injury Attorney, Medical Malpractice | Tagged Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict | Leave a comment