Automobile Accidents

• What's My Alabama Car Accident Case Worth?

  Jon Lewis | April 19, 2012 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  That's a good question. In the most recent Alabama Jury Verdict Reporter (April, 2012), there were fifteen (15) jury verdicts in the State involving car wrecks. Of those fifteen, eight (8)...

• Trial Lawyers Helping Reduce Health Care Costs

  Jon Lewis | January 06, 2012 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  As we all do, we were looking over our 2011 financial picture last year. It is always surprising to me to look at some of the categories which we follow. One caught my eye in particular this...

• I've Been Sued - What do I do?

  Jon Lewis | January 05, 2012 7:33 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  People who aren't regularly engaged in the legal system aren't familiar with the process. So, many times, we get called by someone who has been sued and doesn't know what to do....

• Holiday Travel - On the Road Again

  Jon Lewis | November 23, 2011 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Everytime I hear that phrase, I think of Willie Nelson's song, On the Road Again. Just Can't wait to get on the Road again. It seems like everyone is on the roads lately,...

• Do you Text and Drive?

  Jon Lewis | October 27, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  DID YOU KNOW? Distracted driving is the number one cause of accidents. What is distracted driving? Well, there are three types according to the U.S. Department of Transportation: 1. Visual -...

• Distracted Driving

  Jon Lewis | October 25, 2011 7:23 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  I've been saying it for years. There is no difference between holding a cell phone and driving while talking or using hands free. Either way, you are concentrating on the conversation and not the...

• Teenage Drivers in Alabama

  Jon Lewis | October 10, 2011 11:56 AM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Okay, so many of my eldest son's friends are getting to that age (14, 15, and 16). I had two parents ask me about the new teen driving laws in Alabama. One asked if my son had started driving,...

• Texting and Driving

  Jon Lewis | July 05, 2011 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Addition to Blog: A great attorney add showing effects of Distracted Driving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vu79GYdH7U This Fourth of July weekend, I happened to be watching TV, and the...

• Saving Gas and Safe Driving

  Michael Roberts | June 01, 2011 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  With gas prices across the country soaring and everyone still feeling the effects of the economic recession, many of us are taking a second look at our travel routines to figure out where we can cut...

• Some Doctors Just don't Care about their Patients

  Jon Lewis | May 26, 2011 7:05 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Many people who are injured in an accident, be it a car wreck, a slip and fall, or a work-related incident, do not understand how the system works. For that matter, I wonder if many physicians...