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• Victims of Multiple Auto Accidents Have Unique Challenges in Getting Justice

  Rob Curtiss | August 31, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Over my career, I have represented quite a few people for injuries they suffered in multiple car accidents. This type of client presents some unique challenges for a victim's lawyer particularly if the injuries suffered in both accidents are similar and the accidents occurred fairly close to each other in time.What makes these cases difficult is that the insurance company defending the first...

• ATV Accident Kills Two

  Ed Van Dorn | August 28, 2007 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Another ATV related tragedy occured Sunday evening in Georgia Vermont where two ATV riders were killed when the vehicle hit a tree. Personal injury attorney Ed Van Dorn says ATV accidents involving serious injury and death are all too common in the North Country. It seems that many riders don't fully appreciate the danger associated with these recreational vehicles.When riding an ATV safety...

• Liability for Dog Bites in Vermont

  Ed Van Dorn | August 01, 2007 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  According to a recent article in the Burlington Free Press over 4.7 million people are attacked by dogs each year. Of these 800,000 are injured and about a dozen die. The article goes on to say the Vermont is a "one bite" state.Vermont's laws provide an owner limited protection after a dog attack. Vermont is one of 17 "one bite" states that do not hold an owner responsible for damages when it's...

• 13 Year-Old Dies in Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | August 01, 2007 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Shawna Linn Brown, 13, died in a car accident that took place on Monday, July 30 on Route 100 in Hancock. The driver of the car was driving southbound on Route 100 when the car crossed the line and ran into a vehicle in the northbound lane.The driver, Sammy Jo Wood, is 18 years old, but only has her learner's permit. Wood received non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the other...

• Fairness in Arbitration and Personal Injury

  Ed Van Dorn | July 25, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  The focus of our firm is personal injury law and the protection of citizen's rights over the careless and sometimes reckless conduct of others. We are especially interested in large corporations and the medical industry that think they can use their clout to pass laws that disadvantage the average person from seeking legal recourse against them. The newly proposed federal legislation entitled...

• Wrongful Death and Punitive Damages

  Ed Van Dorn | July 24, 2007 6:50 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Can the family of a child killed in an auto accident caused by the reckless conduct of another driver sue that driver for punitive damages? Punitive damages are damages over and above what is required to compensate the victim for the loss. They are designed to punish the wrongdoer and set an example to deter others from similar conduct. This is the question the Vermont Supreme Court will soon...

• Car Accidents on Rural Roads

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  I just saw an article on line about car accidents on rural highways. Not suprisingly the article sites studies that show that driving on rural highways can be more dangerous than driving on urban roads. University of Minnesota research by the Center of Excellence on Rural Safety found rural roads deadlier when it comes to car crashes than urban roads in 2005. The study states 72 percent of...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Back Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | July 10, 2007 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Many people who are rear-ended or otherwise hit by negligent drivers end up with chronic back injuries. Chronic back pain affects virtually every aspect of an injury victim's life including work, recreation and family relations. Because I have suffered with chronic back pain in the past I am particularly sensitive to the impact it has on my client's lives. I also bear in mind that many of my...

• Personal Injury Law, Insurance and the movie "Sicko"

  Ed Van Dorn | July 03, 2007 7:23 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  We have written on this topic before. If you have a personal injury claim it is a mistake to think that the insurance company responsible for paying the claim will treat you fairly. The objective of the insurance company is to make a profit. Profit is made by collecting premiums and paying out as little as the company can get away with in claims.Michael Moore's new movie "Sicko" has a very good...

• Man Killed in Thruway Accident

  Christina Cole | March 16, 2007 5:37 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  A 57-year-old man was killed in a fatal car accident yesterday when he crashed into the back of an illegally parked tractor trailer on a Thruway rest area exit ramp, said state police.The man's car drifted over from the southbound lane onto the ramp shoulder and slammed into the truck, just before 5am. His Chevy was wedged beneath the tractor trailer. Due to the fatality, the Thruway Authority...