Automobile Accidents

• Texting While Driving - Is a Federal Ban Necessary?

  Margaret Embry | June 18, 2009 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL

  According to the Montgomery County News, a one car accident occured near Splendora, TX on June 7, leaving the driver critically injured and the passenger dead. The accident has been attributed to...

• Car accident claims life of man without seatbelt

  Staff Writer | September 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A deadly, two-car accident in Mississippi yesterday claimed the life of an Alabama man who was not wearing his seatbelt. The Mississippi Press reports on the motor vehicle accident, which occurred on the U.S. 90 bridge in Pascagoula, and involved a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Tacoma. The report says the man driving the Tacoma hit the Camry from behind, causing the fatal accident. The Tacoma...

• Car Wrecks - New eCrash Reports

  Jon Lewis | June 08, 2009 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The Birmingham News reported today that the State has instituted a new eCrash system. This system allows the State Troopers to submit wreck reports electronically. According to the article, this...

• Roof strength standard update on hold until Oct. 1

  Scott Thomas | September 05, 2008 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was scheduled to release its amended and upgraded federal standard on vehicle roof strength requirements July 1. However, after input from...

• Mobile Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 13, 2008 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Mobile woman, 27, died from injuries she suffered in a car accident, on Friday, when the car she was driving overturned.The woman was ejected from her automobile, although authorities have confirmed she was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, reported a spokesman for Saraland Police Department.She was traveling alone in her Honda Accord when it flipped several times on her way home...

• Local Wreck Reminds Us of Dangers of Teen Driving

  Jason Knowles | August 13, 2009 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Last week near Gadsden, Alabama a 20-year-old driver of a Jeep died in a head-on automobile collision with a Honda Accord driven by a 16-year-old. The driver of the Accord, along with her...

• Child Car Seats in Automobile Crashes

  Jason Knowles | June 12, 2009 10:37 AM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  As the father of two small children, I use child car seats daily, and I often think, usually as I am hurriedly buckling up one of them, about how important it is to properly select, install, and...

• Seven auto accident fatalities over weekend

  Staff Writer | December 26, 2006 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The sad statistics for Alabama's Christmas weekend motor vehicle accidents were reported in yesterday's Montgomery Advertiser. Seven people died and six were hospitalized as a result of weekend accidents throughout the state. One of the deadly accidents involved two cars on U.S. 82 just south of Montgomery. The accident killed four people, according to reports.Another accident occurred on I-85...

• Alabama Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Unbelievable!!

  Jon Lewis | May 28, 2009 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Here is a little example of Alabama law which would probably irritate most people if they found themselves in the same situation. It involves a case decided by the Supreme Court of Alabama on May...

• Loser Pays - A Bad Idea

  Danny Feldman | November 10, 2009 7:53 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  When I was a law student at Vanderbilt, a contracts professor asked a question about whether the loser to a lawsuit should be required to pay the foreseeable costs, ie. the winner's attorney fees. I...