Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Teen Dies in Alcohol Related Car Crash(2)

  Linda Snyder | March 31, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, police say two 18-year old men had been drinking at a party before the vehicle they were riding in rolled early Saturday, killing one and critically injuring the other.Neither was wearing a seatbelt and both were ejected. The passenger, Evan Kinnan, died in the one-car crash on Woodmen Road, and the driver, Craig Milos, suffered severe head...

• Med Pay - The Forgotten Insurance Coverage

  John Cooper | September 05, 2006 4:02 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Medical payments ("med pay" for short) coverage, an option on automobile insurance, is extremely important to getting a good result in a personal injury case arising out of a car crash.Many people forget about med pay. Because it is an optional coverage on your automobile insurance, people do not always buy it. Medical payments coverage says that if you or anyone else gets hurt arising out of...

• Auto Accident or Motorcyle Accident Lawsuit Funding: Even the Litigation Odds

  Mark Bello | December 01, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Motorcycle accidents are often among the most serious of all motor vehicle accidents; they are sometimes fatal. According to the National Center for Statistics & Analysis, roughly 5% of all...

• AMA Guidelines For Permanent Partial Impairment Ratings Are An Important Piece Of The Personal Injury Puzzle

  John Cooper | April 04, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As a personal injury lawyer, it is important to use the AMA guides to permanent partial impairment to your client's advantage. AMA is the American Medical Association, which is the primary national professional group for doctors. They publish and periodically revise a book that sets forth how to quantify permanent partial impairments of various parts of the body after an injury. Most...

• Covington Car Accident Claims Two Lives

  Staff Writer | May 03, 2006 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two men were killed early Saturday morning in Covington when the driver lost control of his sports car and crashed into a tree along Jahncke Avenue. Authorities are still investigating the crash but estimate the vehicle was traveling between 80 and 100 miles per hour in a 25mph zone when the accident occurred.According to the Times-Picayune:A 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra driven by John Marino IV,...

• Tragic early morning Thanksgiving car accident

  Staff Writer | November 27, 2006 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An early morning single-car accident on Thanksgiving left one teen dead and one in critical condition, a report from the associated press said. The 17-year-old boy driving the car died at the scene, while the other three passengers lived. The 17-year-old male passenger was in critical condition at hte University of South Alabama Medical Center, and the other two passengers, a 15-year-old girl...

• Fatal Car Accident - I91 Connecticut

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

  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...

• Major Car Accident in Colorado Springs

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

  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...

• Santa Rosa Car Accident Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | July 16, 2007 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in Santa Rosa on Saturday night killed one man and injured three other people. The car accident happened on Occidental Road. The driver of a Toyota Tercel sideswiped one car and then hit another. He was driving under the influence of alcohol. He was injured in the crash. His passenger was killed. The police said the victim was wearing only the shoulder strap and not his lap...

• What is an Assured Clear Distance?

  Scott Smith | October 23, 2006 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Often car collisions occur when a person operating a motor vehicle crashes into the back of vehicle traveling in the same direction. When the police arrive, a citation is usually written stating the person who struck the vehicle failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead. What does this mean? Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.21(A), as part of the written laws of Ohio, states "No person...