According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately one-third of traffic fatalities that occurred during the past two decades were due to speeding. When you couple speeding with a vehicle that weighs upwards of 80,000 pounds, the results will likely be disastrous. And now, speeding by truck drivers…
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Many of us have certain stereotypes about people who drive different types of cars, but is there any truth to them? Do people who drive sports cars or pickup trucks really drive more dangerously than other drivers? It turns out there may be a grain of truth in some of…
Continue ReadingLocal law firm offers Halloween safety tips to help prevent pedestrian accidents While Halloween is supposed to be a fun holiday, it is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians. Children are three times more likely to be fatally injured by a car on Halloween, according to the…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON – A Houston jury returned a $30 million verdict last week against FedEx Freight Inc. in a wrongful death suit filed by the sons of a man who died in a 2018 collision involving one of the company’s truck drivers. Now, the brothers say they want trucking companies to take…
Continue ReadingFollowing passage of the recent $1 trillion federal infrastructure package, auto industry watchers are looking at the possibility that technology designed to prevent drunk driving may eventually find its way into becoming standard on all new cars. Here is what to know about this smart technology and how it may…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO – An 85-year-old man was struck and killed by a CTA bus Sunday evening in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood. Chicago Police say the man was walking in the area when he was hit by a northbound bus around 5:10 p.m. in the 4200-block of North Marine Drive. He was…
Continue ReadingJOPLIN, Mont. – Officials have not yet released information on what they suspect caused an Amtrak train to derail in north-central Montana, killing three people. Seven remained hospitalized Sunday as a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the site. The train carrying 145 passengers and 13…
Continue ReadingEvidence is a crucial part of any Chicago car accident claim, but physical, material evidence is not always available after a crash. When the facts of a car accident are in dispute and evidence is scarce, the best way to determine what happened may be to interview a credible eyewitness. …
Continue ReadingBy: Sofia Hasty SANDUSKY, OHIO- A malfunction at Cedar Point, a popular amusement park in Ohio, has left a 44-year-old Michigan woman in intensive care with severe brain injury. The incident occurred on August 15 while the woman was waiting in line for the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster. According to…
Continue ReadingIn the final episode of our three-part “Beating Goliath” series, the jury finds that Tom was not at fault for his injury and awards him $12.2 million in compensation. They also find that the defendant company, GES, acted with reckless indifference and impose $3 million in punitive damages on the…
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