Automobile Accidents

• Fraudulent Accident Ring-leader Admits Guilt

  Sandy Grinnell | March 23, 2008 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A man from the Miami-Dade area was convicted and another was arrested this week in connection with PIP fraud perpetrated on insurance companies in South Florida resulting from fake automobile accidents. Alex Sink, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, said this was the fourth and final arrest made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud's (DIF) investigation into an insurance fraud ring based...

• Children Injured in Calera Oklahoma Crash

  Jeremy Thurman | March 22, 2008 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I know as attorneys I tend to sometimes get numb to different accidents and the horrific injuries and sometimes death I see. That said, I am always a father, husband and family man first and attorney second. I don't know how a person could survive any other way. Considering the above, I hate to report that two children were hurt in car wreck in Durant Oklahoma. The car accident involved...

• Legislature Looking At Safer Streets

  Eddie Farah | March 22, 2008 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  More legislative action is proposed out of Tallahassee this session that might help keeps roads safer.One of the more innovative involves placing red-light cameras that would take a driver's image when they are caught running a red light. A violation could result in a fine. A seat belt violation proposal is back. It would allow law enforcement to pull over someone for not wearing their seat...

• Legislature Trying To Curtail Teen Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | March 21, 2008 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Tallahassee lawmakers are trying to make driving safer for all of us by cracking down on left lane hogs. You've seen them going slow in the left passing lane while talking on their cell phone oblivious to lights. Often they aren't even wearing their seat belt. Proposed Senate Bill 1266 and House Bill 357 would make it illegal to talk on the phone while driving in Florida. That's already the...

• $5.2 million settlement awarded to plaintiff, cell phone use involved in car accident

  Anneke Kurt | March 21, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  According to a complaint filed in 2006, an employee of International Paper Co. rear-ended Debra Ford, while talking on her cell phone. Her cruise control had been set at 77 mph in a 70 mph speed limit zone. The impact of the car accident caused Ms. Ford's car to overturn, which pinned her arm between the vehicle and the pavement. The plaintiff's arm had to be amputated just below the shoulder. ...

• Car accident involving cell phone use reaches $5.2 settlement

  Anneke Kurt | March 21, 2008 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  A $5.2 million verdict was recently reached in Fulton County, GA, in a personal injury case involving a car accident caused by cell phone use behind the wheel. The case was set for trial on March 17, 2008, but settled out of court. According to the complaint filed in 2006, an employee of International Paper Co. rear-ended Debra Ford, while talking on her cell phone. Her cruise control had been...

• Corporate bottom line and consumer safety

  Don Jacobs | March 21, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Capitalism is good. Profit is good. Free enterprise is good. It seems we all want to make money and we all want to pay less for the things we buy. If a company can sell the same quality item cheaper than their competitor, why shouldn't they? Especially if it means the competitor loses sales and they end up profiting as a result by selling even more of the discounted item. That's the way...

• First Coast Teens Learn Lessons of Drinking & Driving

  Eddie Farah | March 20, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The attendance was double this year, a sure sign that this teenage education program has hit a nerve. It's called a STUD Rally - Stop Teen Underage Drinking and it looked more like a party at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium Thursday. High schoolers packed the place listening to DJs from 93.3 The Beat, competing for prizes and hearing from First Coast News Sports Director Dan Hicken. Despite the...

• Five Die in Car Wreck on I-65

  Jennifer Moore | March 20, 2008 8:27 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Tragedy struck early yesterday morning when a pick-up truck hydroplaned on I-65 and crossed the median colliding with another vehicle. A family of three was in the pick-up truck on their way to the State Capitol to participate in a 4-H Club visit. All three in the pick-up truck died as a result of the collision. Two other people died in the other vehicle. The Kentucky State Police is...

• Car Accident Kills Aurora Man

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2008 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A 39-year-old man from Aurora was killed in a car accident last week. The accident happened on Interstate 25. The victim was apparently trying to pass a semi-truck and he ended up hitting the truck. The driver apparently accelerated and moved to the right lane, cutting off another vehicle in the process but making no contact with it. He continued to accelerate while in the right lane and...