Automobile Accidents

• MIchigan Wrongful Death Case Goes to Trial

  Mark Bello | November 30, 2009 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  One month ago, at this location, we asked the question, “Should employers be held liable for the conduct of an intoxicated employee?” That was the decision a Michigan judge had to make...

• Car Crash in Oneida Township Kills DeWitt Teenager

  Devon Glass | November 25, 2009 9:51 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Travis Rademacher, a 19 year old DeWitt teenager, was killed in a car accident last Saturday in Oneida Township when his vehicle collided with another car driven by Matthew Merrill of Lansing. The...

• South Carolina’s Child Passenger Restraint Law Mandates Proper Car Seat Safety

  Robyn Madden | September 17, 2009 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  This week we celebrate National Child Passenger Safety Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-sCQsy5Pbk As a parent, I’ll never forget our first car seat installation. I read the...

• Crossing Guard and Child Struck By Negligent Driver

  M. Brandon Smith | November 23, 2009 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  This past Wednesday, a driver hit a student and school crossing guard in front of Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School, according to Clayton News Daily. The female crossing guard was...

• 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...

• Staten Island Teen Struck by Car is in Critical Condition

  Paul Napoli | November 16, 2009 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 14, 2009 Janine Brawer, 17, a senior at Tottenville High School in Staten Island, is in critical condition after a car struck her as she crossed the street Friday. According to...

• Auto insurer refuses to provide coverage for the jaws of life

  Stephanie Day | January 22, 2009 10:26 AM | 4 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  Recently, State Farm refused to pay a fire department bill for the use of the jaws of life to extricate an injured person from an automobile collision. State Farm's basis for the coverage denial was...

• Six Killed; Several Injured In Chicago-Area Holiday Crashes

  Brett Emison | November 30, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Chicago Sun-Times has reported on multiple fatalities and injuries in holiday weekend crashes: Six people were killed and several others injured in traffic accidents over the holiday weekend...

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 18, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A mulitple car accident on the Hancock Expressway closed down the road early this morning. Police believe that two cars were involved including one that rolled over. Police believe another car may be involved in the accident but it apparently left the scene to bring some injured people to the hospital.Police are calling it a serious injury accident and have called out their Major Accidents...

• The Most Deadly Vehicle - The 15-Passenger Van

  IB Contributor | December 23, 2006 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Why haven't they been recalled?There is no doubt, the evidence is clear, the fifteen-passenger van is the most dangerous vehicle on our roads. It is the vehicle most likely to be involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident. Rollover accidents are the most deadly type of traffic accident on our highways today. The fifteen-passenger van is the extra-long van that is commonly used by airport...