Automobile Accidents

• Teen sent text message seconds before fatal crash

  Dan Deuterman | July 16, 2007 8:25 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Some states, including North Carolina, have laws that restrict cell phone use by teens while driving.A recent tragedy in New York illustrates why such laws are necessary. All drivers need to keep their attention on the road, but statists show that inexperienced drivers are more likely to die in car accidents. Distractions like cell phones, text messages, the radio or chatty friends can prove...

• Alcohol a Major Factor in Florida Traffic Fatalities

  K.C. Bouchillon | November 30, 2009 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Almost 40% of all traffic fatalities in Florida in 2008 were alcohol-related, according to the Florida Traffic Crash Statistics Report 2008. This statistic is even more sobering when one considers...

• Toyota Sudden Acceleration Danger

  Frank Bailey | October 26, 2009 10:30 AM | 4 CommentsMountain Home, AR

  Sudden acceleration of Toyota vehicles presents a present danger to the American public. In a recent series of sudden acceleration cases it has become apparent that floor mats have caused a number...

• The Never-ending Debate: The Legal Drinking Age in the U.S.

  Jeffrey Meldon | April 20, 2009 11:40 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  As an accidet attorney in Gainesville, a resident of a university and college town, and as a parent, the debate over the legal drinking age in the U.S. is of importance and interest to me. The...

• Increased text messaging behind the wheel could increase number of car accidents

  Chuck Boyk | September 03, 2008 4:36 PM | 1 CommentToledo, OH

  While cell phone use behind the wheel has always been a main source of distracted driving, text messaging while driving has also become a popular phenomenon among young drivers, creating concern...

• Sending a Text Message While Driving Will Soon Be Illegal in Washington State

  Dan Deuterman | October 31, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Need to text? Your cell phone could be taken awayTexting while driving can lead to deadly consequences, which is why states are taking a look at toughening laws to deter drivers from using their handheld electronics behind the wheel. Washington state has received a lot of attention lately after passing a ban on texting while driving that takes effect this January. Violaters will be charged $100...

• Man sentenced in Williamsburg DUI crash

  Emily Mapp Brannon | November 28, 2009 7:52 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Mark Schneider will spend a year in jail after drunkenly hitting pedestrian Irene Carson last Christmas Eve, a Williamsburg-James City County circuit court judge ruled this week. Schneider, 39,...

• Golf Cart Injuries are soaring higher than Tiger Wood's Drives

  Jesse Guerra / Texas Safety Lawyer | June 25, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  According to a recent article in Time Magazine, golf carts injuries are soaring to new heights.  The Center for Injury research and Policy in Columbus, Ohio has reported a 132% increase in emergency...

• 16-year-old Findlay boy dies in fatal car accident

  Anneke Kurt | September 25, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  A fatal car accident occurred last Sunday as a 16-year-old boy lost control of his SUV and struck a tree, mirroring many of the cases we see as Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys. The Findlay, Ohio boy was pronounced dead at the scene on Liberty Township Road 89 in Hancock County, and the evening car accident is still under investigation, according to the Toledo Blade. Unfortunately, the...

• 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...