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What Is HB 1479: Punitive Damages for Hit and Run Accidents? - GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys
From GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys - What Is HB 1479: Punitive Damages for Hit and Run Accidents? explores how Virginia’s new HB 1479 law changes civil recovery for victims injured or killed in felony hit-and-run crashes. The episode explains how Chapter 473, scheduled to take effect July 1, 2026, creates Va. Code § 8.01-44.5:1 and allows qualifying victims to pursue punitive damages against drivers who flee the scene.
Listeners will learn what HB 1479 changes under Virginia law, how it works alongside Va. Code § 46.2-894, and why lawmakers added a civil punitive-damages remedy…
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