Automobile Accidents

• Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run in Castro in San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | August 27, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco Pedestrian Roger Tennyson, 77, was killed instantly by a speeding car in the Castro on Sunday, according to Larry Bartholomew, 66, his partner of 15 years. Tennyson had just parked his own car when an unidentified vehicle estimated to be going 70 to 80 miles per hour hit him outside his Castro home on the 100 block of Sanchez Street at 1:30 a.m. He had been a San Francisco resident...

• Weekend Crash Kills One and Injures Another

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 27, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Victorino Lopez-Mendoza was pronounced dead early Sunday morning after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a semi-trailer truck. Lopez-Mendoza was pulling out of a parking lot near Irving Park Road and Walnut when his side of the car was hit by the semi-trailer truck. Another man was also injured. No citations were issued, and there is no current information on who was at fault for...

• Court Permits Hospitals to Charge "Maximum Rates" to Those Who Can Least Afford It

  Geoff Trachtenberg | August 27, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Division One just handed down Banner Health v. Medical Savings Ins. Co., a terrible opinion which deals with whether a hospital can charge a patient and its "non-network insurer" full billed amounts historically paid by only two percent of all patients. The answer, for now, is yes in a two-to-one decision.Incidentally, by "non-network insurer," I mean to refer to an insurer who has no agreement...

• Motorcycle Crash

  Joe Stanley | August 27, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Another bad motorcycle crash in cayuga county shows that we all need to pay attention to all those who use the highways. A moments inattention can have terrible consequences.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Motorcycle Crash

  Joe Stanley | August 27, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  Another bad motorcycle crash in cayuga county shows that we all need to pay attention to all those who use the highways. A moments inattention can have terrible consequences.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Seatbelts and Saftey

  Joe Stanley | August 27, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The recent serious car crash in where the crash victim walked away with only minor injuries is just another reason to wear your seatbelt because a crash can happen at anytime or place on the roadFor more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Seatbelts and safety

  Joe Stanley | August 27, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  The recent serious car crash in where the crash victim walked away with only minor injuries is just another reason to wear your seatbelt because a crash can happen at anytime or place on the roadFor more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Progressive CEO Apologizes for Spying

  Beth Janicek | August 27, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Progressive's CEO, Glenn Renwick apologized for Progressive's use of private investigators against a couple suing them regarding a 2004 car wreck. The private investigators went undercover and joined the couple's Atlanta church group to find out damaging information about them. The detectives became a part of a private support group that discussed abortions, sexual orientation and drug...

• Hulk Hogan's Son Injured In Serious Car Accident

  Courtney Mills | August 27, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The teenage son of the Florida high profile wrestling star Hulk Hogan was seriously injured over the weekend in a colossal car crash that left him and a passenger in critical condition. Nick Bollea, as Hogan's son is known, was driving in Clearwater in his Toyota Supra on State Road 60 at a high rate of speed Sunday night when Bollea lost control of his car and hit the median of the highway. ...

• Car Accident Kills Driver, Injures 2 Passengers

  Chrissie Cole | August 27, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A driver lost his life and his two passengers were injured in an early morning car accident, in Fishers, that is believed to have involved alcohol, according to police.The driver, 25, was killed when he was ejected from the vehicle. The backseat passenger, 30, of Indianapolis, was also ejected and transported to the hospital for internal injuries sustained in the accident.The front passenger...