Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Jury Finds U-Haul Tow Dolly Defective and Unreasonably Dangerous

  David Lowe | February 27, 2007 6:51 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A federal court jury in Louisville, Kentucky awarded $10.4 million to a 25 year old Florida woman and her family for injuries sustained when their SUV pulling a U-Haul International, Inc. tow dolly jackknifed and overturned, rendering the woman paraplegic.The Burke family was moving from Indianapolis to Florida to start a new life and was driving though Kentucky pulling a 1999 Ford Contour on a...

• Defective Seatbelt Leads to Wrongful Death Verdict

  David Lowe | February 24, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Texas jury has awarded $24 million to the family of an 18 year old woman who died in a roll-over accident after being ejected from the vehicle, allegedly due to a defective seatbelt.The manufacturer of the seatbelt, Honeywell International, Inc., plans to appeal the verdict. Honeywell contends that the woman was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident, but the family argued that...

• Allstate and State Farm Hard Ball Strategy: Take It Or Leave It

  David Lowe | February 12, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A report published by CNN after an 18 month investigation about minor impact soft tissue injury cases reveals that victims in these auto accident cases are likely to be shortchanged when it comes to compensation. These accident victims, though they are not at fault, have little leverage when dealing with insurance adjusters because accident attorneys are often reluctant to accept cases...

• Dangerous School Parking Lot Design Leads to Wrongful Death Verdict

  David Lowe | February 07, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Los Angeles, California jury has awarded more than $10 million to the parents of a first grade student killed when struck by a van in an improperly designed school parking lot. The jury found that the lot was not built in accordance with the state-approved plans, and that hte school was aware of its dangerous design before the accident.Reacting to the verdict, the child's father said he...

• NY Times Article Focuses Spotlight on Trucking Safety

  David Lowe | December 03, 2006 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The New York Times today has published an informative account revealing trucking industry influence on the Bush administration's relaxation of regulations designed to protect the public from accidents caused by truck driver fatigue.The Times story identifies trucking industry figures who were appointed to key positions of power within the Bush Administration, and the huge campaign contributions...

• It's The Snow, Stupid!

  David Lowe | December 01, 2006 7:08 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It happens every year. The first snow blizzard arrives and people have forgotten that they cannot drive the same way they do in June. Serious car accidents are the inevitable result.I am sitting here amidst today's blizzard expected to heap over 12 inches of snow in Southeastern Wisconsin, reading news stories about cars in ditches, and even a City of Milwaukee snowplow overturned! How is it...

• Cell Phone Drivers Are As Dangerous As Drunk Drivers

  David Lowe | July 06, 2006 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Research shows that driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk. If legislators really want to do something effective to reduce the carnage on our roadways, they should outlaw the use of cell phones while driving.Research recently published by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society demonstrates that cell phone drivers are as unsafe behind the wheel as...

• Truckers Hours of Service Rule Threatens Highway Safety

  David Lowe | February 28, 2006 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  "That (DOT) chose in both rules to expand driving hours is astounding given its statutory mandate to make safety its highest priority and Congress's specific directive to the agency to reduce fatigue-related incidents," said Joan Claybrook, president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.Truck driver fatigue has wreaked havoc here in Wisconsin recently. In October, 2005, a truck driver...

• Who Needs Tort Reform? WI Rates Among Lowest.

  David Lowe | February 12, 2006 7:25 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, the mouthpiece for the insurance industry in Wisconsin, has announced that liability insurance rates in Wisconsin are among the lowest in the nation. In a press release issued February 7, 2006, the WIA boasted that Wisconsin ranks 49th out of the 50 states for the combined cost of home and auto liability insurance, citing a study issued by the National...

• Car Accident Kills Milwaukee Couple

  David Lowe | February 09, 2006 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A two-car crash in Ozaukee county claimed the lives of a Milwaukee couple yesterday when the car they were riding in was hit head-on by another car that crossed the median of I-43. The names of the victims were not immediately available. According to wfrv.com:The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department said the crash happened in a southbound lane of I-43 south of state Highway 60 about 4:30 p.m.,...