Automobile Accidents

• Hit and Run Driver Leaves Ocala Teen in Coma

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A 14-year-old girl from Ocala was hit by a car while walking on her street. The accident left her in a coma. The driver of the car did not stop and fled the scene. The police believe she was hit by the side view mirror of the car. Another driver was able to provide police a description of the car. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said they believed the car was missing a windshield wiper and...

• Wilson Man Killed in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA

  A 23-year-old Wilson man was killed after driving his car over the center lane of La. 19 and hit a truck. His car caught on fire and he was unable to get out of the vehicle. Troopers were notified of the crash near La. 19 and La. 955 shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, Brown said.Sims was unable to exit the vehicle when it burst into flames, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene by the...

• Trial Scheduled In Vehicle Collision Case Involving a Commercial Truck

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 26, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Over three years ago, our client was a passenger in a vehicle driving on U.S. 60 in La Paz County. Unfortunately, a truck driver that had stopped at an intersection on the highway, proceeded to cross the intersection and did not see our client's vehicle approaching.The vehicles collided, resulting in serious injuries to our client and another passenger.As is sometimes the case, even though the...

• Insurance Industry Greed

  Corinne Tozier | April 26, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Most insurance companies make a sizeable profit each year yet never really explain to their customers why the rates keep going up and perhaps services go down. Take, for instance, the Eastern and Gulf Coast policyholders whose policies have been dropped yet the insurance industry profit in 2006 was over $63 billion dollars. Sixty-three Billion!Watch out for the greedy insurance company.You...

• Injuries and Accidents and Going to Court

  Joe Stanley | April 26, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, 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...

• Hit And Run Leaves Man In Critical Condition

  Matthew Bergmann | April 26, 2007 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A dangerous intersection in North Topeka has claimed another victim as a man riding his bicycle was involved in a hit and run accident late Tuesday evening. Authorities have yet to identify the man, who suffer severe head injuries, but have confirmed that the incident took place in the 1300 block of N.W. Harrision. Apparently, a vehicle traveling northbound veered across the southbound lanes of...

• Car Crashes into Home, Injuring Driver

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A Massachusetts man was injured in a car accident, when he crashed his car into a home on U.S. Route 201 just before 1 a.m. on Thursday, police said.The man, 48, of Gloucester, was transported by helicopter to Bangor hospital following the crash. Early accident reports say, "The vehicle left the road and went airborne." There were no injuries to the occupants of the home. Anytime an accident...

• Michigan Car Insurance

  Larry Buckfire | April 26, 2007 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Under Michigan law, the owner of every car must have car insurance. Due to problems with the economy in this state, many drivers are dropping their collision and theft coverage to reduce their car insurance premiums. One common misperception is that auto insurance rates are high because of the number of injury claims related to car accidents. This is not true and the coverage for injury...

• Car Accident on I-75 Causes Death

  Larry Buckfire | April 25, 2007 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A teenage girl was killed early today in another tragic car accident. The girl, a passenger, and her driver friend were returning from a night out in Canada when the friend fell asleep and the vehicle left the road, crashing into a concrete overpass. Teenagers frequently visit the bars in Canada where the legal drinking age is nineteen. Police have not disclosed whether the driver was legally...

• School Bus in Immokalee Hits Pedestrian

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  A pedestrian was crossing the street in Immokalee when she was hit by a school bus and run over by the rear tires of the bus. A crossing guard had given her the okay to cross the street. The school bus driver was making a left hand turn when there was still time left on the pedestrian crossing light. The crossing guard told investigators that, just after the bus hit Gonzalez, she looked...