Automobile Accidents

• Court of Appeals (Incorrectly) Dismisses Wrongful Death Appeal Due to Untimely Notice of Appeal After Plaintiff Attempts to Obtain a Change to the Breadth of the Trial Court's Judgment

  Geoff Trachtenberg | June 01, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  Frank Zappa said, "We are a nation of laws; badly written and randomly enforced." That's probably the way that Joe Burkhamer feels, having lost his daughter (and son-in-law) in tragic accident in 2003, and now having had his appeal dismissed in a published opinion from Division Two, Burkhamer v. State of Arizona, because two of the three Judges on the panel decided that the appeal was filed too...

• Deadly head-on collision claims woman's life

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported a deadly head-on collision that killed a Baldwin County woman on Thursday morning just south of Silverhill.The woman was driving on Baldwin County 55 at about 5:45 a.m., when her car crashed into another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was injured in the accident. Both drivers were reportedly wearing seatbelts, and the cause of the accident is under...

• Causing a Car Accident in Tampa Could Cost More Money

  Christina Cole | June 01, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Being the cause of a car accident in Tampa, may soon cost more. The city's fire department is trying to seek approval to charge drivers' insurance companies for rescue services.The fees range anywhere from $450 for a fender-bender to $1,200 for a crash that needs the assistance of a medical helicopter."If a driver causes a car wreck that causes additional expenses to the city taxpayer, the city...

• Motorcycle Accidents

  Rob Quattrocci | June 01, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  It is summer and everyone has there summer toys on the road. It is incumbent of motorcyclists and motorists alike to be aware of eachother on the roadways. Motorcycle accidents normaly inviolve severe injuries and thus safety is of utmost importance.Only a few minutes ago a cyclist was taken away by helicopter. Cayuga County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a motorcycle crash that has sent...

• Automobile Accident - Teens

  Rob Quattrocci | June 01, 2007 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  As we are all aware our area has been plagued in recent years with many unnecessary injuries and deaths among our teenage population as a result of imprudent speed and inexperience. Another such accident occurred in the Utica area where a teen lost control of a vehicle at high speed and struck a tree. As indicated by the police:The driver of a 2001 Oldsmobile, John T. Woods, 18, of...

• Motoryclist hits telephone wire downed by drunken teen

  Barry Doyle | June 01, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Indiana teen is under arrest after he struck a telephone pole and then fled the scene. The impact between his vehicle and pole knocked the pole down, leaving a wire hanging over the road.A motorcyclist came upon the scene shortly thereafter and struck the wire, causing a loss of control. The motorcyclist suffered multiple fractures, but his passenger was killed due to blunt force trauma.One...

• Georgia Memorial Day Traffic Fatalities Down

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2007 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It sounds sort of morbid. Only seven people lost their lives on Georgia's roads this Memorial Day holiday weekend. That was the "good news" announcement from the Georgia State Patrol.But those are seven families who will never be the same.And the number represents the lowest number of traffic fatalities on Georgia's roads during that weekend ever on record. Back in 2006, there were 17 traffic...

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An accident on the northbound side of I-91 near Exit 24 has left at least one person dead, state police said.Traffic has backed up on both sides of the highway. A flipped-over vehicle lies roof-down in the middle of the highway median, witnesses said.Due to the death, the state has sent its accident reconstruction team to investigate how the car accident happened. The State of Connecticut...

• Car Insurance - What Kind and How Much?

  Matt Christian | May 31, 2007 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  As an attorney that handles personal injury cases, I am frequently asked by clients that have been injured in a motor vehicle accident what kind of automobile insurance they should purchase and how much. Most of the time they are prompted to ask because the other driver that injured them has minimum limits that are insufficient to cover their injuries.The first issue that should be addressed is...

• I-90 Closed by Truck Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 31, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A truck accident on the I-90 closed the freeway on Wednesday morning. A tractor trailer rolled over at the Northway exit. The truck's load spilled all over the freeway. The accident happened just after 7 a.m. as a tractor trailer loaded with 54,000 pounds of construction material was traveling west on I-90. That's when another car crossed into its lane. "The most serious contributing factor...