Automobile Accidents

• Woman Injured in Detroit Motorcycle Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 27, 2007 8:21 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A 60 year old woman suffered severe injuries when her motorcycle was struck by a Ford Explorer. The woman, who was riding her motorcycle alongside her husband on another motorcycle, is in critical condition. Police are investigating the reasons for the Detroit motorcycle accident. My firm handles a significant number of motorcycle injury accident cases and we frequently see drivers, who...

• Arizona Civil Jury Verdicts for 2006

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 27, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  The numbers are out for civil jury verdicts and they are not pretty. Indeed, they are generally very low and, since they include commercial cases in the average (which can skew the numbers quite a lot), we pay more attention to the median numbers.2006 Reported Arizona VerdictsAverages vs. Medians {mso-displayed-decimal-separator:"\\."; mso-displayed-thousand-separator:"\\,";}@page {margin:1.0in...

• Lots of Specialized Personal Injury Laws

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 27, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  I have been working in the area of personal injury law nearly all the time for 18 years. During that time, I have learned lots of specific rules that are hidden in the statutes and case law pertaining to automobile wreck and other injury cases. Now, after having done injury work for so long, I feel that I know probably 97% of the rules applicable to handling personal injury cases and trying them...

• Woman Killed by Van

  Craig Cannon | April 27, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A New Smyrna Beach woman was killed Wednesday afternoon after getting off a Votran bus on South Dixie Freeway. Shelby Kane, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Kane had just gotten off a southbound Votran bus and was crossing the four-lane street when she was hit by a van. Kane was apparently headed to the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, when the crash occurred. A...

• Bardstown Mother and Three Children Killed In Crash

  Lee Coleman | April 27, 2007 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. a 31 year old Bardstown woman was driving her SUV on Ky. 55 when she crossed the median. The SUV crashed head on into a tractor-trailer hauling heavy equipment. The SUV and truck both caught fire, the woman and three children ages 1, 7 and 6 were all killed. The tractor-trailer driver was treated and released from a Lebanon hospital. "Kevin Devine, emergency...

• Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of Teen Driving

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  Nebraska Lawmakers listened to the many pleas to save teenagers' lives by voting to override the Governor's veto of a bill that would set new restrictions on teenage drivers.Votes were 33-7 to reinstate Legislative Bill 415. 30 votes are needed for a bill to become law over a governor's veto. The bill sets the limits on passengers and cell phone use by teenagers that are yet to have full driving...

• Eight Killed in Car Crash on Indiana Toll Road

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  Eight people lost their lives on Thursday in a chain reaction car crash on the Indiana Toll Road, thirty miles of South Bend, state police said.The accident occurred close to Bristol, Indiana, at approximately 6:45am when a tractor trailer crashed into the back of a passenger vehicle in traffic that had slowed down due to a prior accident on the same road.The accident sparked an accordion style...

• Tires Responsible for Automobile Crashes

  Rick Patterson | April 26, 2007 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Did you know that as a result of having underinflated tires there are 660 fatalities and 33,000 injuries each year. From April 22 through April 28, The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack are willing to assist motorists in ensuring that you are not a statistic by checking that your tires are in safe and good condition. As Pep Boys' Senior Vice President of Service Joe Cirelli put it "We are proud to...

• Car Hits Boy on Bicycle in Danville

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  A boy out for a ride on his bicycle in Danville was struck by a car last week Tuesday. He may have ridden into the path of the car and the car did not have time to stop. The victim was 11-years-old and suffered from numerous injuries according to his mother. "He has a titanium rod in his femur and a broken collarbone," she said. "He also had a large laceration on his top lip that took...

• Accidents and lawsuits what to do?

  Joe Stanley | April 26, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  Unfortunately in todays legal climate juries and people in general are suspicious of car accident slip and fall victims construction worker accident and lawsuits in general. After representing injured victims for over 25 years it is important if you have been injured in an accident to document who was responsible by pictures witnesses and by whatever means possible. Make sure that any police or...