Automobile Accidents

• One Central NC City Plans to Increase New Bike Lanes

  Pierce Egerton | January 25, 2011 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Even before the results from an online survey conducted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation are released, Winston-Salem city officials plan to increase the miles of bike lanes in...

• Even Low-Impact Car Crashes Can Result in Serious Injuries

  David Mittleman | January 25, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Recently, a few of my colleagues on IB have focused attention on the fact that even low-impact car crashes can have serious consequences for drivers. For example, low impact crashes can cause brain...

• Adjusters Simply Aren't On Your Side

  Mike Bryant | January 25, 2011 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Not sure what has been going on lately but if seems like a lot of potential new clients come in after having talked to the adjusters first. As some time we find out that: - The adjuster has been...

• Good Faith and No-Fault PIP Benefits

  Joe Crumley | January 25, 2011 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  It’s fairly clear that the new Good Faith statute will work if lawyers know enough to use it! Bad faith should be a thing of the past in Minnesota. But insurers are still behaving...

• How Should Juries Decide The Value of A Seriously Injured Person?

  Larry Coben | January 24, 2011 8:03 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  How can we best explain and then remind jurors that this trial is the one and only opportunity each of our clients will have to recover for losses that have yet to arise? At a time in American...

• A Nanny for Teen Drivers

  Mark Bello | January 24, 2011 1:52 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI

  Giving the keys to your teenage driver is one of the most difficult things you'll ever do as a parent. While teens may drive safely when mom and dad are in the car, crash rates increase dramatically...

• Falen Helms Dies in NC Highway Accident

  Lawrence Egerton | January 24, 2011 12:18 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Falen Christine Helms, 28, of Thomasville, N.C. was driving down Interstate 85 near Archdale just before 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 22, 2011 when she was in a fatal accident. According to...

• Omar Joseph Scott Charged in Hit-and-Run Death of Stefan Jalen Fairfax

  Lawrence Egerton | January 24, 2011 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The man who is allegedly responsible for fatally hitting Stefan Jalen Fairfax and then fleeing the scene of the accident is reportedly in Forsyth County jail after turning himself in to authorities...

• Car Insurance Pays Lost Wages Even if Disability Insurance Pays!

  Joe Crumley | January 24, 2011 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Do insurance companies short people on purpose, or it it just ignorance? I once had a Progressive Insurance SUPERVISOR say she had to know how much Short Term Disability had paid before she could...

• Beyond Driving with Dignity; The Workbook for the Families of Older Drivers(2)

  Matt Gurwell | January 23, 2011 11:15 AM | 1 CommentVoices

  Is your loved one experiencing diminished driving skills? Are they becoming lost in familiar places, bumping into curbs, mailboxes or scraping the sides of the garage when they back out? Have they...