Automobile Accidents

• Stoughton Man Injured When He Falls From Ladder

  Chrissie Cole | January 21, 2011 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  A Stoughton man, 53, was transported by helicopter to a Boston hospital after falling from a ladder while working on a home on Canton Street just before noon on Thursday. The unidentified man...

• What Does Contributory Negligence Mean To You?

  Pete Mackey | January 20, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  When I evaluate a potential tort case, contributory negligence is laways an overiding concern. Contributory negligence is a defense in a tort case to a negligence claim. The best example of all of...

• Jackass: I Just Don't Get it

  Mike Bryant | January 20, 2011 9:46 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I see that the latest Jackass movie was number one at the box office. I just don't understand it. What is so funny about people getting hurt? More importantly, people getting hurt intentionally?...

• Does the Car Rental Company Pay in a Crash?

  Joe Crumley | January 20, 2011 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  When a driver in Minnesota (and many other states) is negligent and injures someone, the owner of the car is also responsible. Usually. This is called Vicarious Liability. Car rental companies...

• Celebrity drunk driving indictment highlights need for DUI prevention measures

  M. Brandon Smith | January 19, 2011 9:12 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Reently, news broke that a grand jury in Somerset, New Jersey indicted former Melrose Place star Amy Locane for aggravated manslaughter and assault by auto, which carry a potential prison...

• Car Crashes with Cows, Horses, and other Animals

  Joe Crumley | January 19, 2011 2:46 PM | 4 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  A recent news story reminded me of all the people I had helped who had collided with animals in the road. Nineteen-year-old Joshua Pettey was driving with his mother and girlfriend near Red...

• North Carolina highway campaign leads to 16,000 DWI arrests

  Jim Lewis | January 19, 2011 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  “Abuse the booze and you will lose.” More than 16,000 drivers in North Carolina heard that tune in 2010. Highway safety campaigns in North Carolina last year resulted in more than...

• Car Accident and Road Rage in Grapevine Texas

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 19, 2011 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  A Dallas man, James D. Wilson, tried to escape after assaulting another driver in a road-rage incident here in Grapevine. According to the Grapevine police, Wilson is expected to be charged with...

• Several Accidents In Stoughton Due To Snow Storm

  Chrissie Cole | January 18, 2011 11:21 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  There was a string of minor car crashes and several people hurt from slipping on the ice in Stoughton during Tuesday’s ice storm, according to the Fire Department. In the first of several...

• Fewer DWI Arrests in Guilford County during 2010-2011 Holiday Campaign

  Pierce Egerton | January 18, 2011 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Law enforcement officials participate in a statewide campaign against driving while intoxicated (DWI) hosted by the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program during the holiday season...