Automobile Accidents

• Grange Insurance Company May Settle Bad Faith Class Action Suit Relating to Use of Colossus

  Alison De Villiers | March 10, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  Grange Insurance Company has proposed a nationwide bad faith class action settlement for Grange insureds who submitted UM/UIM bodily injury claims, pursuant to Grange auto policies between January 1, 1999 and December 12, 2007. Those affected must submit claims for consideration by April 3, 2008. The lawsuit against Grange alleges that Grange underpaid people for UM/UIM bodily injury claims...

• Two Teenagers Die In Weekend Traffic Accidents

  Jeremy Thurman | March 10, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to the Oklahoman, Two teenagers died inatraffic accident early Saturday, , according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The two teens from Sasakwa were killed when the car they were riding in crashed about 2:30 a.m. on State Highway 56 in Seminole County, troopers said. The driver, an 18-year old, also of Sasakwa, refused treatment for his injuries at the scene of the...

• New study finds teens and tweens at highest risk for Death in Car Accidents

  Jamie Sheller | March 10, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  State Farm and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently released a study finding children between the ages of 12 to 16 are more likely to die in a car accident. A number of factors influence this result including young driver inexperience behind the wheel, riding on a high speed road, and not wearing a seat belt. In addition, young drivers often carry more teens in their cars, contributing...

• Why Maine Jurors Should Be Mad

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | March 09, 2008 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Here is a typical example of how insurance companies, and their corporate defense counsel, take advantage of ordinary Maine citizens: "Driver A" is sitting in her car. The car is stopped in traffic and she is waiting to turn left. She has her blinker on. She has seatbelt on. Driver A is playing by the rules. Up from behind her in traffic comes another driver, "Driver B". This driver is...

• Atlantic Blvd. Auto Accident Kills One

  Eddie Farah | March 09, 2008 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  There is nothing more frightening that thinking that a drunk person may be behind the wheel of the car next to you.Several motorists were frightened Sunday when a pickup truck truck speeded down Atlantic Avenue then lost control and flew into the air. After going airborne the vehicle flipped over the median landing on top of another car this afternoon.Police investigating the scene say they...

• Defendant claims fainting is valid excuse for the death of five children

  Brent Adams | March 09, 2008 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Is a driver liable if he passes out at the wheel and injures someone? The answer in North Carlina is: it depends.A driver is obligated to operate his vehicle as a reasonable prudent person would do. If he fails to act in that manner and if someone is injured by that failure, that driver is responsible for all injuries that resultIf a driver has absolutely no reason to believe that he may be...

• Automobile Passenger Liability

  Jeremy Thurman | March 09, 2008 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Yesterday we ended with a brief discussion on joint and several liability for injured automobile passengers. Today I want to talk about why this is important. Lets say Susie Q suffered a back injury that left her a quadriplegic. Her medical bills will be more than $2,000,000.00 not counting the millions she will need over the course of her lifetime. John Doe only has the state minimum of...

• Bicyclist Hit, Killed By Two Autos

  Eddie Farah | March 08, 2008 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You have to wonder what he was thinking.A 42-year old man ridiing a bicycle in the dark. It was raining. Thomas Mattox, 42, was from St. Augustine but for some reason he was riding his bicycle about 10 pm on U.S. 17 in Putnam County.Mattox was crossing the road when he was hit by the first car. Chantel Sloan, 17, reportedly didn't see Mattox. His bicycle had no lights and he was wearing dark...

• Three More Die at Grade Crossings - Railroads Need to Find Solution to Continuing Problem

  Mike Ferrara | March 08, 2008 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Oklahama was the latest location of recent grade crossing deaths. Three died in two separate grade crossing incidents on the same day in collisions with Union Pacific trains. The dead were teenagers Josh Ertle and Jennifer Gordy who were killed trying to drive around a grade crossing and Jason Checotah, 29, who tried to cross at a closed intersecton. Both incidents happened in broad...

• Automobile Passenger Rights - Continued

  Jeremy Thurman | March 08, 2008 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In a follow up to yesterday's post, I want to discuss what rights a passenger in automobile driven negligently by John Doe would have. In my previous scenario, John Doe rear-ended an automobile doing 50mph. Lets make that automobile a tractor trailer which made an abrupt lane change in front of the speeding John Doe. Lets also assume, John Doe was 60% at fault and the trucking company was 40%...