Automobile Accidents

• PIP Claims For Personal Injuries in Washington, D.C.

  Staff Writer | September 10, 2006 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  The law in Washington D.C. for personal injury car accident victims regarding PIP Benefits (Personal Injury Protection Benefits) is extremely complicated because it requires accident victims to make an election between PIP benefits and filing a civil lawsuit within 60 days of the accident. If the PIP Benefits are elected by the car accident victim, then the car accident victim loses his/her...

• Virginia's Unfair Punitive Damages Cap Penalizes Families

  John Cooper | August 03, 2006 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  BY JOHN M. COOPER, HSCLA ATTORNEYLast December a teenager from Chesapeake, VA was killed in a hit and run wreck. The young man was a senior in high school riding his bike. The driver, who was in his 60s, hit the young man and sped away. Now a lawsuit has been filed to try to get compensatory damages for the family for the loss of this young man. The at-fault driver was taking a medication...

• Two Killed When Car Hit by Train in Accident

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2006 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  An Amtrak train crashed into a car at 66th Avenue and San Leandro Street Saturday when the driver drove around the crossing's lowered gates in an attempt to flee the police. The accident occurred around 4:00 PM, and the small car was pushed about 150 feet down the tracks. Both the car's driver and a toddler riding in the vehicle were ejected in the crash.According to the San Francisco...

• You're Not In Good Hands With Allstate

  Staff Writer | February 24, 2006 8:02 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  According to an article published in the July 2005 issue of "The New Mexico Trial Lawyer" Allstate insurance company has devised a plan to increase it profits at the expense of its policyholders and those injured by Allstate insureds. The article entitled "False Promises -- Allstate, McKinsey and the Zero Sum Game" by David J. Berardinelli describes how Allstate has discovered that it can...

• What Will The Police Find With Gray Eagle Accident?

  Mike Bryant | November 13, 2009 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Friday morning, a eastbound vehicle missed a stop sign at the intersection of Todd County Road 98 with Minnesota Highway 287 west of Grey Eagle. The vehicle slid across the intersection and went...

• Craven County Man Crashes into Restaurant Injuring Four

  John Cooper | November 07, 2009 12:50 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Donnovan Kendall Yates, 23 will be facing multiple charges as a result of the incident that happened at 4 a.m. at the Bayside Restaurant on Maine Street in Craven County, NC. According to...

• Driving Smart with Simple Safety Tips

  Mark Bello | November 03, 2009 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  I encourage all to read an article in AutoMedia about driving smart and simple tips for safety. Although we all have heard this advice before, a little reminder can’t hurt, in fact, it...

• DWI La-Z-Boy Attracts $$Thousands in E-Bay Bids

  Joe Crumley | October 31, 2009 11:08 AM | 1 CommentSt. Cloud, MN

  Update here: DWI La-Z-Boy Isn't - Trademark Foul Kills E-Bay Auction at $43,500 _________________________________________ A motorized La-Z-Boy recliner seized by police after being involved in a...

• Pitt County High School Activity Bus Collides with Car Injuring Driver

  Emily Mapp Brannon | October 28, 2009 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Last Saturday, October 17, 2009, around 11:00 a.m., there was a car collision between private owned-car and an activity bus carrying members of the Washington High School volleyball team from a game...

• Man Accused of Killing Lansing Area Woman and Son While Driving Drunk Fit to Stand Trial

  Devon Glass | October 23, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Following up on one of our previous stories, Daniel Burwell is fit to stand trial according to competency tests conducted at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, near Ypsilanti. Ingham County Circuit...