Automobile Accidents

• Car Accidents: Statistics and Safety Tips

  Lauren Kay | October 27, 2009 10:04 PM | 1 CommentChandler, AZ

  No matter where you live, or how old you are, you or someone you love have probably been affected by a car accident. In fact, in any given 5-year period, 25% of drivers are directly involved in a...

• Car Accident Preparation: Your Best Defense

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

  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

  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...

• Four Dead in Pickup Truck Accident Carrying Illegal Immigrants

  Jenny Albano | April 28, 2008 2:22 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  A pickup truck crashed Sunday morning, April 27, killing four of its passengers. The vehicle was carrying as many as 60 people when it rolled over in a remote part of Arizona. Investigators...

• Phoenix Bans Texting While Driving

  Staff Writer | September 24, 2007 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Last week, Phoenix became the first city in the nation to ban text messaging while driving. Based on dangers associated with distracted driving, city officials concluded that the dangers of text messaging while driving outweigh any possible public benefits. For the next thirty days, police officers and other public officials will notify and educate drivers about the dangers of texting while...

• Officer Dies in Bush Motorcade Accident

  Jenny Albano | August 27, 2007 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ

  A police officer died Monday, August 26, in a motorcycle accident that took place during President Bush's motorcade to the Albuquerque airport. Rio Rancho Officer Germaine Casey, 40, crashed at the Albuquerque airport at a point where a road enters an underground parking garageCasey was pronounced dead at a local Albuquerque hospital.According to Trish Hoffman, an Albuquerque Police Department...

• Statutes and Rules that Require Mandatory Disclosure of Medical Records Violate HIPPA

  Geoff Trachtenberg | May 19, 2007 8:34 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Arizona requires mandatory disclosure of medical records in medical malpractice cases and, amazingly, is currently considering a change to mandatory arbitration procedures to require the same thing. As we have often explained, these provisions violate HIPPA, the comprehensive federal scheme that provides essential privacy rights for medical records.The voice of reason is finally kicking in: ...

• 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

  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...

• Judicial Officers are Subject to the "De Facto Officer" Doctrine and Failure to Object to the Appointment of a Judge Pro Tempore is a Procedural Defect That Can Be Waived

  Geoff Trachtenberg | June 08, 2007 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Division One just handed down Garner v. Schindler, a short and sweet opinion on the nature of judges pro tempore (I am a judge pro tempore, by the way). In sum, the appellant had a probate dispute litigated before a judge pro tempore and, after the case was over, decided to raise (for the first time) hyper-technical defects in the judge's appointment.The Court of Appeals, awknoweldged that...

• Look Both Ways: The Dangers of Pedestrian Accidents

  Lauren Kay | October 27, 2009 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsChandler, AZ

  When we think of car accidents, we usually think of vehicle-on-vehicle collisions. Unfortunately, for this 81 year-old Chicago man, some car accidents involve pedestrians, usually with fatal...