Posts tagged accidents

• Yard Sale Signs, Kids on Bikes and Potholes

  Ward Merdes | March 22, 2011 5:33 AM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  What do yard sales signs, kids on bikes and potholes have in common? They are all sure signs that spring has sprung. And they are signs that call for increased caution on Alaska roadways....

• Why You Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | February 07, 2009 7:37 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After twenty years representing people who are injured and killed in motor vehicle wrecks, I've learned a thing-or-two. The most important one - for you - is to buy the right automobile insurance....

• $65 Million Dry Cleaning Claim? What Crap...

  Ward Merdes | May 05, 2007 6:05 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Any judge who sues for $65 million due to damage to his pants is an idiot, pandering to insurance company rhetoric that will make legitimate cases more difficult to win. He is hurting you - when you get injured and juries are "sick and tired of stupid claims ... like yours." See the problem? Everybody else's claim is frivolous. Your claim is legitimate. Trouble is that jury thinks the same...

• I'm a Lawyer. I Love What I Do...

  Ward Merdes | December 19, 2006 5:34 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Lawyer jokes. Every time I hear a lawyer joke, I feel like asking a very simple question: "Why?" What entitles you to talk smack about a whole group of people - simply because they chose to spend three grueling years in law school? Why are you free to carry on against a whole group of people who exist to serve. How can you demonstrate such flaming ignorance and bigotry? If you answer: "Because a...

• Worker's Compensation Change Hurt Working Alaskans

  Ward Merdes | November 18, 2006 1:00 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Republicans Benefit Big Business, Sticking It To The Working Man/Woman.. Again.Republicans change workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. [Surprise, surprise]Alaska's Republican majority in the Senate recently changed workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. They hammered the working man ... again. While we have grown to expect this conduct, this most recent one was particularly...

• We All Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | March 18, 2006 12:09 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Buy a TON of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance to protect you and your family.More and more folks are calling our office because they were hit - and badly hurt - by a drunk driver. It goes without saying that most drunk drivers just aren't that responsible ... and most don't have insurance to cover the injuries and damage they cause. That's why you need to review your automobile...

• U/UIM Insurance - It's Personal

  Ward Merdes | March 08, 2011 1:58 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Uninsured and Underinsured (U/UIM) insurance is the coverage many of my clients depend on when tragedy strikes. Yet it should not take tragedy to make good people realize the potential benefits of...

• Moosemania on Alaska Roads

  Ward Merdes | February 08, 2011 3:53 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Moosemania on Alaska Roads Got moose insurance? More and more moose related motor vehicle accidents are hitting the headlines here in Alaska lately. Unfortunately, insurance companies sometimes try...

• Driver’s Exam Practice Test 03 – Rules of the Road

  Ward Merdes | January 30, 2011 12:34 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Rules of the Road – it’s an important topic, and the subject of this segment in the Merdes & Merdes continuing series of mini-practice tests for folks preparing to take their written...

• Driver’s Exam Practice Test 02 – Impaired Driving Category

  Ward Merdes | January 23, 2011 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  More good news for folks preparing to take their written driver’s exam. Here is another mini-practice test to help you prepare. These tests are designed to provide safe driving tips as...