Automobile Accidents

• Wife is Responsible for Hospital and Medical Expenses of her Husband

  Brent Adams | September 19, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  When a motor vehicle collision occurs, it is not unusual for the medical expenses for the resulting injuries to be catastrophic.It is not at all uncommon for medical and hospital expenses to climb in excess of $50,000.00 even for a short hospital stay.Unless the injured party can recover from a liability insurance policy or health insurance, medical expenses can ruin a family's financial...

• Court Victory for Consumers(2)

  Rob McKinney | September 19, 2007 7:46 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

• Court Victory for Consumers

  Rob McKinney | September 19, 2007 7:46 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Last week , the court system gave consumers a big victory . In 2005 . your Congress gave immunity to car rental companies to prevent them from being sued in an accident or injury case in one of their rental cars . It was big business at work to deny citizens their day in court . A car rental compnay in effect did not have to do anything to make sure the cars and drivers were...

• Feds Require Side Curtain Airbags

  Diego Madrigal | September 19, 2007 4:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The National Highway Safety Administration is requiring all car makers to equip their vehicles with side curtain airbags by 2013. These airbags protect the head and torso, especially in auto accidents involving side impact, such as when a car is "t-boned" at an intersection. According to the NHTSA, these measures will save 311 lives per year, in addition to preventing over 350 serious, life...

• Missing 18-Year Old Found Days After Wreck

  Jennifer Moore | September 19, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  An 18-year old male went missing for several days. Turns out he had wrecked his car and run off the road into a ravine. The teenager was trapped in his car that had flipped over. Apparently, due to his injuries and the position of the car he remained trapped for about a week before being rescued. The Bowie (BOO'-ee) University student was spotted by passing motorists. Though injured and...

• Center for Constitutional Litigation Scores Major Victory

  Randy Walton | September 18, 2007 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 14 declared the Graves Amendment unconstitutional. That amendment had given immunity to automobile rental agencies for harm caused by their vehicles. The legislation has been a source of concern for the clients of personal injury law practitioners because it allowed owners of vehicles to rent or lease their cars without...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed in SUV Rollover and Tire Failure Case

  Jesse Guerra | September 18, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  The estates of Santos Sanic-Lajpop and Esperanza Ambrocio Vicente have filed a wrongful death law suit in Los Angeles County alleging negligence and defective manufacturing/design on behalf of Cooper Tire Company and Toyota Motor Company USA.Sanic-Lajpop was driving south on Interstate 15 in Utah with his wife and their two children when the left rear tire tread came apart on the couples 1991...

• 16-Year-Old Drivers Have Worse Crash Rate

  Gerry McGill | September 18, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A 2001 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 16-year-old drivers have a crash rate three times higher than that of 17-year-olds, five times greater than 18-year-olds, and almost 10 times greater than drivers aged 30 to 59.Sixteen states and the District of Columbia ban the use of wireless communication devices for some teenage drivers, particularly those 16 and...

• Pedestrian Killed in Alhambra

  Shannon Weidemann | September 18, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A car accident on the San Bernadino Freeway killed a woman who may have been a pedestrian in the area. An SUV going westbound ended up overturned on the eastbound freeway. The pedestrian accident happened on Monday evening. The details surrounding the crash were unclear, but reports called in to the CHP indicated that a GMC Yukon hit another vehicle and ended up overturned on the other...

• Automobile Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Greg Owen | September 18, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Yesterday, in Jamestown, California, an extremely drunk driver, Herondina Pinherosias, pulled into the intersection without having the right of way. The victim, Clement Cope was driving eastbound on Highway 120 and Sims Road when the incident occured and was given no time to react. The drunk driver suffered a broken arm, in additional to other injuries. To make matters worse, Pinherosias was...