Automobile Accidents

• Just Say No: Why Giving a Recorded Statement to Insurers May Be a Bad Idea

  David Lowe | July 27, 2009 7:22 PM | 1 CommentMilwaukee, WI

  You’re in good hands, because they’re like a good neighbor, always on your side. Even if you channel surf through commercial breaks, chances are you’ve seen at least one ad for an...

• More Traffic Accident Deaths on Rural Roads than Urban

  Paul Jacquart | October 07, 2009 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  An interesting article today from USA Today states that a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study has found that significantly more traffic accident deaths (56% of the total annual...

• Teens Hurt While Texting And Driving Under the Influence

  David Lowe | November 17, 2008 6:10 PM | 1 CommentMilwaukee, WI

  Wisconsin has an alcohol problem. Today's news brings new proof: Two teenage girls driving in the Town of Rietbrock have been cited for simultaneously operating the same car while under...

• Verdict for Wheelchair Passenger Injured Due to Improper Application of Occupant Restraints

  David Lowe | June 10, 2007 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Been in trial so I haven't blogged for awhile.But the case was quite interesting, involving wheelchair transportation safey issues. My client, Russell Worth is an 83 year old T-12 paraplegic, having suffered injuries 16 years ago in a motor vehicle accident. But despite his age and physical disability, was very active as a participant in the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in...

• Running A Red Light—Caught On Camera

  David Lowe | September 02, 2009 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Motorists running a red light kill and injure many people every year. Statistics about drivers running red lights from 2007, the most recent year that data were compiled, reveal that nearly 900,000...

• Kenosha Bus Accident Injures 22 Students

  Paul Jacquart | September 07, 2007 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  WTMJ4 reports that 22 Bradford High School students were injured in a bus crash in Kenosha on Wednesday, September 5, 2007. According to the article, the bus crashed into a car driven by another Bradford High School student who reportedly pulled in front of the bus cutting it off on 39th Avenue, south of Bradford High School. Another news report from WSAW indicates that the car subsequently...

• Unrestrained Dog In Motor Home Leads to Highway Tragedy

  David Lowe | June 23, 2009 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Last week’s fatal crash of a motor home and sport utility vehicle near Verona, Wisconsin that resulted in the deaths of 55 year old John Seier of Dubuque, Iowa and 13 year old Travis Brune of...

• Two Killed In 100 Car Pile Up On Foggy Highway Near Madison

  David Lowe | January 06, 2008 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  At least two people have been killed and more than 50 injured people have been sent to Madison area hospitals after more than 100 vehicles collided in foggy conditions on Interstate 90 on Madison's east side on Sunday afternoon, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. The pile ups involved two incidents, just south of Highway 12-18, with collisions occurring on both sides of the...

• Motorist Killed By Flying Truck Tire Raises Uninsured Motorist Coverage Questions

  David Lowe | November 09, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  In a bizarre tragedy Thursday evening, a Mequon, Wisconsin motorist was killed when a truck tire came loose from a truck traveling southbound on I-43, bounced over a retaining wall, and struck the windshield of the man's 2007 BMW. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner announced today that the victim, Krishma Chintamaneni, 55, died at the scene. The driver of the semi from which the tire came...

• The Hazard of Noiseless Hybrid Cars -- The Driver's Responsibility to Pedestrians

  David Lowe | September 23, 2009 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A story in today's Washington Post entitled The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car discusses automakers' views about whether and how to add noises or distinctive audio signatures that will alert...