Posts tagged motor

• Alabama House Bill to give Road Contractors Immunity

  Tedford Taylor | May 01, 2007 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Members of the Alabama House of Representatives seek to introduce HB 382 which would give total civil immunity to road contractors working on state projects within the specifications of the contract. If passed, this bill would provide that a contractor performing highway, road, or street repairs, construction or maintenance is not liable for damage or injury resulting therefrom despite the...

• Fatal hit-and-run accident

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Saturday afternoon was a dangerous time to be on the road in north Mobile County, according to a report from the Mobile Press-Register detailing a series of car accidents presumably caused by one man.The Theodore man who is believed to be responsible for one death and three other motor vehicle accidents has been arrested and charged. He was reportedly driving a Dodge pickup truck when he hit a...

• Tragic accident kills woman, injures children

  Staff Writer | April 29, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A fatal one-car accident Friday killed the driver nad injured three minor children wh owere passengers on Interstate 20-59 at mile marker 64.The cause of the motor vehicle accident was not reported, but Alabama State Troopers said that the driver was ejected from the car. The three children who were injured were taken directly to DCH Regional Medical Center.If you or someone you know has been...

• Wal-Mart loses $4 million verdict over accident

  Staff Writer | April 23, 2007 10:20 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Montgomery, Alabama jury awarded a paralyzed woman $4 million in a verdict Friday, said a report from the Associated Press.The woman, Carolyn Thorne, was paralyzed in a rollover crash that resulted when her SUV's tires separated after visiting a Wal-Mart service center. Her car's tires were recalled in 2002 by Continential Tire Company, and she took her SUV in to Wal-Mart to have the tires...

• Two fatal crashes leave four dead

  Staff Writer | April 22, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tragedy struck early Saturday morning in Mobile County, according to a report from the Press-Register, when two motor vehicle accidents resulted in four deaths. A collision between two vehicles on Theodore-Dawes Road killed three people, who were reportedly not wearing seatbelts. The accident resulted from one of the vehicles failing to yield.Another accident on I-10 occurred a few minutes...

• Motor vehicle accidents injure six people

  Staff Writer | April 22, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Alabama Department of Public Safety reported a string of accidents on Interstate 85 yesterday that caused six injuries, none of them serious.The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the first accident occurred when a tractor-trailer truck lost control and overturned in the northbound lane near the Shorter exit in Macon County. Later a car in the southbound lane ran into a guard rail as it...

• Motor vehicle accident injures woman

  Staff Writer | April 17, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident Wednesday involving two vehicles injured a woman, who was treated and released from Vaughan Regional Medial Center, says a reprot from The Selma Times-Journal.The accident happened at U.S. Highway 80 E. and Old Montgomery Highway, damaging both vehicles: a 2004 Nissa Sentra and a 1986 Toyota Pickup truck. An Alabama state trooper reports the details of the accident:"Mrs. Lawson was...

• Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Crash Victim

  Gregory Zarzaur | April 16, 2007 9:18 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, a Florida jury awarded several million dollars to a plaintiff who suffered brain injuries in a two car accident. According to the Herald Tribune, the injured man did not immediately seek medical treatment for his brain injuries because he did not appreciate the extent of them at the time. The brain injury affected the victims ability to earn income and his behavior. In addition, the...

• Cullman County accident causes injury

  Staff Writer | April 08, 2007 5:56 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A two-car accident on County Road 703 one mile east of Cullman Wednesday caused an injury to one of the drivers, says a report from Cullman County.A 1998 Ford collided with a 1993 Ford at about 1:55 p.m., the CullmanTimes.com reported. Alabama State Troopers did not report the cause of the accident or how serious the victim's injuries were.If you or someone you know has been injured in a motor...

• Dangerous curve blamed for Hwy. 69 accidents

  Staff Writer | April 08, 2007 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Motor vehicle accidents, many of them deadly, have been all too common on a stretch of Highway 69 with a dangerous curve, a story from TuscaloosaNews.com reports.One woman in the story recounts a deadly accident in October, during which her husband and father inflicted serious injuries from which they are still recovering.The section of Highway 69, containing a memorial marker honoring life...