Posts tagged lawyer

• West Virginia Passes Distracted Driving Law - 36th State to Ban Texting While Driving

  Jeff Weinstein | May 26, 2012 3:15 PM | 3 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Congratulations to West Virginia for becoming the 36th state to make texting while driving an offense. The new bank also makes it an offense to drive while holding a cell phone. When West...

• Round 1 in Text Senders Goes to Texter But Just The Beginning - Intextication Offenses

  Jeff Weinstein | May 26, 2012 9:26 AM | 14 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I don't believe it is much of a surprise that a New Jersey Judge has ruled that someone sending a text to another who is driving and then involved in a collision may be held responsible...

• 18 Wheeler Driving Drunk In Louisiana on I-10

  Jeff Weinstein | May 22, 2012 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This is the kind of story that you hear about and say - really, are you kidding me. If you have a commercial driver's license and make a nice living, why would you ever jeopardize everything...

• Swimming Pool Toddler and Child Death Awareness

  Jeff Weinstein | May 22, 2012 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Every year at this time we read of deaths of toddlers and children associated with falling into pools or lakes and drowning. I just read about a 3 year old that died in Laredo from an incident...

• Injuries From Drunk Driving Still a Daily Battle That Is a Cost to All of Us

  Jeff Weinstein | May 21, 2012 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We all know that drinking and driving is dangerous. We also know that the consequences from drinking and driving accidents are severe. Yet, each morning as I read news throughout the Country I...

• Deaths and Injuries From Car Wrecks - No Seatbelts

  Jeff Weinstein | May 18, 2012 1:34 PM | 2 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just don't get it. Why don't people wear seatbelts and why don't they restrain their children properly? I just read about a car accident on the Texas New Mexico border that kills...

• Tragedy Strikes Again With Kids and Cars

  Jeff Weinstein | May 16, 2012 7:49 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Everyday in this country tragedy strikes homes when family members accidentally harm other family members using their cars. Most cases involve backing up. Over 50 children a week are backed...

• Why would we doubt dangers of repeated head trauma in Sports?

  Jeff Weinstein | May 14, 2012 7:54 PM | 1 CommentAthens, TX Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  With professional football players claiming injuries from years of head trauma, the discussion on the extent of brain injuries and its relationship to depression is now front and center news....

• Cincinnati Schools Work to Educate Students on Bullying

  Jeff Weinstein | May 14, 2012 7:09 PM | 1 CommentAthens, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Congrats to the Cincinnati Public Schools for allowing students to watch the film, Bully. I know it's a tough call to allow students to watch a PG-13 rated show but let's face it, kids in...

• Young Bicyclist Dangers, Accidents & Injuries

  Jeff Weinstein | May 09, 2012 7:33 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  My children may never know the true dangers of riding a bicycle in the neighborhood. We live in a gated community off a farm to market road so they are kind of land locked realizing it is much...