Posts tagged car accidents

• I-10 Fatality Accident Kills Six, Injurs 15 Outside of Phoenix

  Christy Thompson | March 05, 2010 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four women and two men were killed on Interstate 10 near Maricopa, Arizona early this morning when a charter-passenger bus hit the back of a passenger car and then veered off the road. Another...

• Rural Roads: Our Deadliest Drives

  Christy Thompson | January 10, 2010 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Contrary to the child’s lullaby, traveling over the river and through the woods is not the safest way to get to Grandmother's house. The roads traveled least are the nation's deadliest...

• New Technology in Windshields from General Motors to Aid Aging Drivers

  Christy Thompson | January 07, 2010 10:49 PM | 1 CommentChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  General Motors is also using technology to help older drivers. The company's Human Machine Interface division is developing a windshield to help older drivers compensate for vision loss and slower...

• New Technology Makes Cars Safer and Helps Drivers Avoid Crashes

  Christy Thompson | January 05, 2010 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Vehicle Research Institute has just released its latest list of top safety picks. It's a shorter list than last year because of a new test designed to determine a car's ability to...

• Crash Test Dummies are Essential to More Crash-Worthy Cars

  Christy Thompson | January 04, 2010 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety spends about $1.5 million each year testing the safety of new cars. Its research has helped bring the annual highway deaths in the United...

• New Year's Safety: Some Easy Common Sense Tips

  Christy Thompson | December 29, 2009 2:52 PM | 2 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As we approach the new year, the plans for those jubilant New Year's parties begin. With all the hoopla and planning, it's easy to forget about safety. Here are some common sense tips....

• Pedestrian Accident in Phoenix brings up Personal Injury Question

  Christy Thompson | November 24, 2009 2:00 PM | 2 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On November 18, 2009 at approximately 3:45pm MST, an Arizona pedestrian was struck by a car in the Cave Creek, Phoenix area. To date, no witnesses or cameras have been able to concretely confirm...

• Car Accident Preparation: Your Best Defense

  Christy Thompson | November 08, 2009 2:24 AM | 1 CommentChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  When you've been in a bad car accident, there's plenty to handle that seems so overwhelming. Before talking to insurance companies or engaging legal counsel, there are a few things to consider...

• States Incentivized to Ban Texting While Driving

  Christy Thompson | November 04, 2009 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two new bills introduced in the US Senate, the ALERT Drivers Act of 2009, and the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009, propose to incentivize individual states to illegalize texting while...

• No Personal Jurisdiction Over Across-the-Border Bar That Overserves Patron Killing Arizona Pedestrian

  Geoff Trachtenberg | February 29, 2008 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Interesting and disappointing personal jurisdiction memo opinion from Division One, Womack v. KC Arena. In short, KC operates a bar on the Nevada side of the Arizona-Nevada border, over served a patron who then drove across the state line and killed an Arizona pedestrian. Moreover, plaintiffs asserted that KC employees knew the patron lived in Bullhead City and that he would return there after...