Automobile Accidents

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 18, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A mulitple car accident on the Hancock Expressway closed down the road early this morning. Police believe that two cars were involved including one that rolled over. Police believe another car may be involved in the accident but it apparently left the scene to bring some injured people to the hospital.Police are calling it a serious injury accident and have called out their Major Accidents...

• Five Injured In Head-On Collision in Ferguson, KY.

  Lee Coleman | May 18, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/local/local_story_138084022.htmlFive people were injured yesterday around 12 p.m. when a Honda Passport pulled into the Path of a 1998 Dodge Dakota pickup. The Honda overturned injuring the driver who had to be airlifted to the University of Kentucky Hospital. A 4 year old passenger was buckled in a car seat and escaped with minor injuries. Police said had he not...

• Parental Liability for Uninsured Minors That Cause Injury Accidents

  Geoff Trachtenberg | May 18, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  In Arizona, if you are under 18, your application for an instruction permit or driver's license must be signed by at least one adult. The adult may be responsible for any negligence or willful misconduct when the minor is driving.The statute, A.R.S. 28-3160, provides that "[n]egligence or wilful misconduct of a minor when driving a motor vehicle on a highway is imputed to the person who signs...

• Top 5 Ways Not To Choose Your Personal Injury Lawyer

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 18, 2007 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  I have been practicing law in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) for about two decades focusing on accidental injury and wrongful death cases. I have heard amazing stories about how million dollar automobile accident cases have gone to lawyers who really had no business handling such a case for all sorts of strange reasons. The suggestions for a person with an accident case in...

• Bike to Work Day

  Ryan Nute | May 18, 2007 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Today is Bike to Work Day across the nation! Last year an estimated 10,000 bicyclists participated in Bike-to-Work Day in the Puget Sound region. I don't live too far away from my office, so I ride to work every day. While I enjoy the commute, riding in the city can be pretty dangerous if you're not paying attention (even if you are). As an article from King-5 notes, the busy construction...

• Woman Doing Well After Two Car Accident

  Christina Cole | May 17, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A Wayne County woman involved in a two car accident, at 7:20 pm, on Tuesday, is doing well at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.The woman, 45, was transported to Reid Hospital following the accident and later taken to Methodist Hospital where she remains.She was traveling north on the highway in her 1989 Dodge van when she failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a 1992 Ford Explorer...

• Richmond, Virginia jury awards $450,000.00 for carpal tunnel injury.

  Ben Glass | May 17, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to published reports, the claimant suffered from trauma-induced carpal tunnel syndrome to both hands following an automobile accident. Although she had not yet had surgery (she could not afford the operation) her orthopedist said that the operation was necessary to relieve her of the pain. Her medical bills to date total $14,000.00. The insurance company, in typical "low ball"...

• Lodi Pedestrian severely injured

  Ed Smith | May 17, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A Lodi resident, Clauia Linder, 82, was struck by a pickup truck this past Monday and was taken by helicopter to UCD Medical Center. She was crossing Turner Road near Lincoln Avenue when she was stuck by a pickup truck.Anyone who witnessed the accident should contact Sgt. Steve Carillo at 333-5558. Many people are unaware of the fact that pedestrians are usually the innocent party in car vs...

• Young Women Catch Up To Men in Auto Crashes & Seatbelt Injuries

  Eddie Farah | May 17, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Consider it a sign of modern times.You've seen them dashing in and out of traffic and tailing someone's bumper on the streets of Jacksonville. Young female drivers are catching up to their male counterparts in many ways--not all of them positive. A study out of the University of California, Irvine, shows that over a ten year period, young female drivers began catching up with male drivers in...

• Judge Helps Settle Multi-Million Dollar Case

  Paul Grieco | May 17, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Justice was served in the Cleveland Justice Center when a local judge put a piece of paper with a seven figure dollar amount on it in two envelopes and presented it to the lawyers involved in the case with the option of accepting the figure and settling the case or go to trial. The case involved a serious car accident which led to an 18 yeaar old college student losing his eye sight. The young...