Automobile Accidents

• Insurance Institute Recommends Higher Legal Driving Age

  Sandy Grinnell | September 11, 2008 10:42 AM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After reviewing recent statistics on traffic-related teen deaths, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) will be recommending at its upcoming that states raise the legal driving age to 17...

• Should The Legal Drinking Age Be Changed from 21 to 18?

  Jeremy Thurman | August 19, 2008 2:55 PM | 4 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I recently read where a group of college presidents want to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 in an attempt to combat binge drinking on their campuses. The story is foxnews.com and...

• Club Liable for Stripper's Car Accident?

  Jon Lewis | May 28, 2008 11:00 AM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  This is an interesting case. The Birmingham News reported in its May 27 edition that Patsy Hamaker has sued her employer, the Furnace, as a result of a single car collision which occurred after work...

• You Are Not In Good Hands With Allstate

  Brent Adams | May 18, 2008 9:14 AM | 4 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  We have all heard the Allstate Insurance Company slogan which is: “You are in good hands with Allstate”. Those of us who fight Allstate Insurance Company on a regular basis...

• 14-Year-Old Dies in Stolen Car Accident

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2008 8:07 PM | 4 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The driver of an allegedly stolen car that crashed into a house Saturday was just a 14-year-old middle schooler. It happened across from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in the St. Nicholas...

• Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Women to Recoup Medical Benefits

  Dan Deuterman | March 24, 2008 3:47 PM | 4 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  When Debbie Shank began working as a stock clerk at Wal-Mart, she joined the company's health and benefits plan and paid her premiums as insurance against injury or illness.In 2000, Shank's car was rammed by a semi, and she suffered a traumatic brain injury that caused her to be permanently disabled. Her insurance kicked in and paid promptly for her medical bills -- for which Shank's family was...

• MADD Announces Campaign To Eliminate Drunk Driving

  Bruce Gibson | July 19, 2007 4:31 PM | 4 CommentsOrlando, FL

  MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) recently announced that alcohol-related traffic deaths are at an all time high since 1992 and has called upon Congress to hold immediate hearings to address solutions. According to NHTSA, alcohol-related traffic fatalities exceeded 17,900 for the year 2006, the highest number in 15 years. We all have known people who have lost a loved one in a car crash...

• Another Teen Car Crash Death - We Must Stop the 123 Auto Deaths That Happen Each Day

  Mike Ferrara | July 07, 2007 2:27 AM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  With the advent of Google News, it is possible to find all the car crashes that happen each day relatively soon after they occur. If you set your Google Alert for the words "car crash" or "auto crash" it will prove to be a horrendous experience. Every single day there are heartbreaking stories about those killed in auto crashes. The latest is a 16 year old rear seat passenger who died...

• Street-racing crash in Yorba Linda kills 68-year-old woman

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 10:17 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 68-year-old Orange County woman was fatally injured in an auto accident Sunday when she attempted to make a left turn from a residential neighborhood, The Orange County Register reported Monday. Police officials suspect that street racing may have caused the crash.Witnesses told Brea Police officials that two cars were seen speeding side-by-side, southbound down the hillside street of Fairmont...

• Vanessa Taylor Dies in One Car Accident

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 5:00 PM | 4 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 21-year-old Oregon woman died at the scene of an early morning car crash Saturday in the 3800 block of Seabeck Highway near Calamity Lane Northwest. Vanessa Taylor, of Milwaukie, Ore., was riding in the passenger seat of a 1989 BMW 325 just after 2 a.m. when the driver, 21-year-old Joshua Demers of Silverdale, failed to make the curve near Camp Wesley Harris and drove off the edge of the road,...