Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

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

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

  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...

• Automobile Accident and Knee Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | August 10, 2007 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another common injury suffered by victims of automobile accidents are knee injuries. Sometimes these injuries occur because the victim's knee is slammed into the dashboard during the collision but they can occur in many ways. Whether the injured person's knee is actually broken or whether the connective tissue that unites the bones in the knee area is torn, these injuries can have a major...

• Even Low Impact Automobile Collisions Can Cause Major Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | August 10, 2007 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Insurance companies have spent a lot of time and money trying to convince the public that victims of low impact car collisions couldn't possibly have serious injuries. How can someone have a real injury, the insurance companies will argue, when their car just has a little dent in the fender.Of course this is flawed reasoning. People are often badly injured in cases where the damage to their car...

• Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

  Rob Curtiss | August 03, 2007 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There is a common misperception that attorneys who represent injury victims view tragedy solely as an opportunity to profit. In my own case, I believe that the accident victims I have had the privilege of representing and getting to know have sensitized me to the suffering of others. So when I first saw the news about the tragic Minneapolis bridge collapse, all I could think about was the...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Shoulder Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | July 31, 2007 9:59 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many people who are hit by negligent drivers suffer shoulder injuries. There are many kinds of shoulder injuries including bone fractures, rotator cuff tears and ligament separations that don't heal.Shoulder injuries can be a nightmare for anyone, but for people involved in physically demanding occupations such as the construction trades they can have a devastating financial impact as well. Our...

• Wrongful Death and Punitive Damages

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Speeding on Route 9 and Car Accident Injury Law

  Ed Van Dorn | July 05, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Every one knows that the faster you drive, the better the chances of having a car accident, right? Nevertheless time and time again we see articles like the one in the Brattleboro Reformer on July 4th. Here's a short quote. "The cars zip down the road, pushing the pedal down, going 60, 70, 80, 90 mph. No, it's not the Autobahn, it's Route 9 in Vermont. The twisting road, with its short...

• Personal Injury Accident Victims Often Are Mistreated By Their Own Insurance Companies.

  Rob Curtiss | June 22, 2007 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many injury victims are hurt through the negligence of individuals who are either uninsured or have minimal insurance. Under these unfortunate circumstances an injury victim is entitled to bring a claim against their own insurance company. If the driver who caused his/her injuries has no insurance or assets, the injury victim brings what is called an "uninsured motorist claim." If the negligent...

• Man Killed in Thruway Accident

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

  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...