Automobile Accidents

• Fatal Car Accident Claims The Lives Of Four Young Georgians On I-575

  M. Brandon Smith | June 13, 2007 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In a tragic accident on Georgia's I-575 in Cobb County, four young people lost their lives after being involved in a one car accident on Saturday. The driver and the front seat passenger survived the accident but four other occupants were not so lucky. According to authorities, the driver reportedly lost control of her vehicle which subsequently flipped numerous times in the fatal auto accident....

• Motorcyclists injured in multiple accidents

  Barry Doyle | June 13, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Indiana newspaper came out with a piece recently documenting the high number of accidents involving motorcycles and cars. The article noted that many of the accidents were the product of the car driver failing to yield the right of way to the motorcyclist, and postulated that the reason for this is that drivers are not used to looking for motorcyclists after their absence in winter months...

• Nashville Metro Transit Authority Bus Accidents

  Rob McKinney | June 13, 2007 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  We recently settled a case involving an car accident with a Metro Transit Authority Bus . We settled the case the Friday before the trial date . As with most cases , I learn a little something in each case . The point here is that accident cases involving the Metro Transit Authority do not fall under the Governmental Tort Liabilty Act . The Governmental Tort Liability Act...

• OSHA INVESTIGATES WORKPLACE DEATH - TRUCK ACCIDENT

  James Sabatini | June 12, 2007 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a Milford truck driver hit by another truck in a recycling-materials yard Monday afternoon. Barry Pybus, of Milford, an employee of D'Amato Brothers Trucking Co., also of Milford, was struck and killed at Waste Conversion Technologies Inc., 221 Old Gate Lane.

• Who/What is Your Personal Injury Attorney?

  Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...

• Who/What is your Personal Injury Attorney?

  Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  "You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...

• Man Killed when Car Lands in Slough

  Chrissie Cole | June 12, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A 24-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle on Monday morning, after a passerby reported seeing a vehicle in the water off the side of the roadway on State Route 4, west of Tracy Boulevard.The man, whose identity was not released due to pending family notification, was found in his 1998 Chrysler Sebring, which was overturned in Trapper Slough, California Highway Patrol reports. The man did...

• CT DOT To Inspect Trees Along Merritt Parkway

  James Sabatini | June 11, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday that she has asked the state Department of Transportation to assess the safety of trees along the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways in response to a fatal accident on Saturday. Rell was acting on a request made by Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff, who sent a letter to the governor seeking an immediate review of tree maintenance procedures. On Saturday, two...

• Harrisburg Man Dies After Hitting a Fire Truck

  Shannon Weidemann | June 11, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A 51-year-old man from Harrisburg died after driving his car into a Charlotte Fire Truck that was at the scene of another car accident. The accident happened on Interstate 85 around Sugar Creek Road on Sunday night. But there are still many unanswered questions. State troopers, who are investigating the incident, said Terrell was likely traveling at 60 to 65 miles per hour before the...

• Semis Pile-Up On S.R. 200 Killing Nassau Driver

  Eddie Farah | June 11, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It's an area we've written about before.State Road 200 in Nassau County, where logging trucks and semis pass regularly and at a high rate of speed. This time a man driving a pickup truck was killed around 3 a.m. in a wreck that involved two tractor-trailers and two logging trucks and closed S.R. 200 for close to eight hours. No word on why the unidentified pickup driver lost control of his...