Automobile Accidents

• Drunken Driver Crashes Car Repeatedly--Potential claims for Serving Customer Too Much Alcohol

  Michael Myers | October 02, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  After leaving the Muckleshoot Casino, a man, suspected to be intoxicated, caused a series of crashes in the early morning hours of September 27th. The man hit a vehicle when exiting the Muckleshoot Casino parking lot and, shortly afterwards, hit a street sign while driving down a residential street.According to a witness, the truck "flipped in the air, hit the telephone pole in the air...

• Michigan Motorcycle Accident Death

  Larry Buckfire | October 02, 2007 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A 19 year old White Lake man died last week in a Michigan motorcycle accident. The biker was driving on Elizabeth Lake Road in Waterford Township when his cycle collided with a Dodge Dakota. Police are still investigating the accident but there was apparently no alcohol involved.The family of the biker can investigate two possible claims related to the accident. First, the family can pursue a...

• California Man Killed in Pedestrian Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 01, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A pedestrian accident, early Sunday morning, claimed the life of a 31-year-old man as he walked in front of a vehicle that was heading eastbound on State Road 198, according to the California Highway Patrol.The man, of Lemoore, was struck by a 2000 Isuzu Rodeo, according to reports by CHP. The woman driving the SUV was traveling at approximately 70 mph. She applied her brakes to avoid hitting...

• Injured Bicyclist Closing in on a $150,000 Settlement

  Claude Wyle | October 01, 2007 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco Police Officer, Philip Welsh, struck Robert Kellogg, a bicyclist, approximately three years ago today. Officer Welsh was on duty and dressed in uniform when he smashed into Kellogg at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Stockton and Green Streets. Rather than assisting the injured cyclist, Officer Welsh fled without providing Kellogg with his full name or address, and failed...

• Injured Bicyclist Close to $150,000.00 Settlement

  Claude Wyle | October 01, 2007 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Approximately three years ago, San Francisco Police Officer, Philip Welsh, crashed into Robert Kellogg, a bicyclist. Officer Welsh was on duty and in uniform when he collided with Kellogg in San Francisco's "North Beach" District. Instead of trying to assist Kellogg, Officer Welsh fled before providing the injured cyclist with his full name or address, and never filed an accident report. ...

• Sailor Dies in Kitsap County Car Crash

  Michael Myers | October 01, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two young servicemen were involved in a fatal car crash in the early hours of the morning on September 29th. The passenger in the car, a 20-year old sailor who had severed on the Bremerton-based USS John C. Stennis, died after the car he was riding in hit a utility pole and two large trees. The driver, a 19-year old male who was assigned to the same aircraft carrier, was transported to...

• Pennsylvania Promotes Safe Teen Driving

  Jamie Sheller | October 01, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  October 15-20, 2007 is National Teen Driver Safety Week. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Company intend to use this week to increase dialogues in communities across the United States to help prevent teen deaths from automobile accidents. Parents should get involved and encourage their teens to drive safely by reminding teens to avoid distraction such as, cell...

• I-75 Crash Claims Two Lives

  Joe Saunders | October 01, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  An overnight crash in Sarasota near the Bee Ridge Road exit on Interstate 75 has claimed the lives of two adults. I-75 northbound was closed for hours as a result of the 12 car accident which included a tractor trailer truck. The truck was driving northbound at approximately 12:30am and had its cruise control on and set at 70 m.p.h. when the crash occurred. According to the tractor trailer...

• Fresno Man Dies in Bay Bridge Crash

  David Rowell | October 01, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Randy Madrigal, 39, of Fresno, was killed in a motor vehicle accident on the Bar Bridge in San Francisco early Saturday morning. Madrigal was westbound on the bridge when his Toyota Tacoma pickup slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer rig carrying steel rebar. The truck had slowed to exit the Bridge at the Treasure Island off-ramp when Madrigal drove into the back of the truck. Madrigal was...

• New Jersey Car Crash Kills 22 Year Old Man - Investigating Officers Nearly Hit By Drunk Driver

  Mike Ferrara | October 01, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It was a sad night for the friends and family of Franklin Foulks, of Chatsworth, NJ, when they learned he lost control of his 2001 Subaru, hit a pole, and died. Chatsworth is located in a rural section of South Jersey in the Pine Barrens. The incident was almost made worse when a drunk driver nearly hit the police officers who were investigating the crash. Fortunately, the officers...