Automobile Accidents

• Atlantic City Expressway Wrong-Way Accident Kills Two PA Men and One NJ Man

  Paul Napoli | December 03, 2009 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  December 3, 2009 An accident early Wednesday morning on the Atlantic City Expressway has left three men dead. New Jersey State Police said a Volkswagen GTI, driven westbound on the expressway by...

• Crashing Head-on Into a Deputy Sheriff, Not the Best Day You've Had

  Steve Lombardi | December 03, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What caused 21 year old Travis Scott to veer straight into oncoming traffic? That is the question Council Bluffs police are asking after the accident in the late hours of October 9th 2009...

• Toyota Recall: Simple "Off" Switch Would Prevent Sudden Acceleration Problem

  Brett Emison | December 03, 2009 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  An op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal suggests that a simple off switch could have mitigated -- or even prevented -- many of Toyota's accelerator problems. The millisecond-scale operation of...

• Arizonian Arrested After Hit And Run In Todd County

  Mike Bryant | December 02, 2009 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Thursday afternoon, a hit and run driver was arrested by the Todd County Sheriff. The pick up driver had hit a 71 year-old man and left the scene. Witnesses were able to describe the truck and...

• Two Single Car Accidents Remind Us That Winter Driving Requires Extra Care

  Mike Bryant | December 02, 2009 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Wednesday night, two separate collisions in northern Todd County were reported. Todd County Sheriff personal believe that snow played a role in both incidents.: Around 7 am a eastbound pickup...

• Tiger Woods crashes within a golf shot of his Florida house; Most car accidents occur close to home.

  Doug Landau | December 01, 2009 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Even superstar athletes hit ditches, sand traps, cars and fire hydrants close to home. Car crash lawyer Doug Landau notes that many of his injured clients were struck by another motorist with a few...

• Jury awards $89 million against drunken driver in fatality collision

  Jeremy Thurman | December 01, 2009 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to stlttoday.com a Missouri jury has awarded $89 million in damages to the family of a man killed in a 2008 crash with a drunken driver, and to the man's fiancée and daughter. ...

• Supreme Court Lets Stand Ford Explorer $82.6 Million Verdict

  Eddie Farah | December 01, 2009 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In 2002, a San Diego woman lost her ability to walk after her Ford Explorer rolled over and its roof collapsed, severing her spine. She was awarded $369 million by jurors who listened to the...

• U.S. Supreme Court Upholds $55 Million Punitive Damages Award Against Ford On Explorer Rollover Case

  Brett Emison | December 01, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that the United States Supreme Court rejected Ford Motor Co.'s appeal of a $55 million punitive damages award to a California woman paralyzed when where Ford...

• Toyota's Record Accelerator Recall Surprises Unprepared Dealers

  Brett Emison | December 01, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Chris Weiss of MotorCrave.com has reported that the largest recall in Toyota history -- an attempt to solve the sudden acceleration problem that has plagued Toyota for more than five years -- caught...