Automobile Accidents

• Street Racing, A Deadly Game

  IB Contributor | December 28, 2006 7:50 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A woman passenger severely injured during an Orange County street race in September when the car she was riding in crashed filed a lawsuit Thursday in Orange County Superior Court according to the Orange County Register. According to the Register, the young drivers of the two racing vehicles, 18 and 20 years old, engaged in an impromptu street race that left one driver dead and the other...

• Insurance Company Fraud Alleged - Be Careful What You Sign

  IB Contributor | December 27, 2006 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Be aware of what you are signing. Read everything you sign, especially when settling an auto accident claim. Do not sign any document that doesn't comply with the terms of the agreement as you understand them to be. If you feel like you are being pushed or rushed to sign, there probably is a reason that you are unaware of.Once you have settled a claim, there is no re-opening the claim for...

• DUI Arrests Up, Highway Fatalities Down

  IB Contributor | December 26, 2006 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Apparently the statewide law enforcement agency crackdown on intoxicated drivers this holiday season has netted an increased number of arrests and contributed to fewer fatalities. CHP arrests of DUI suspects this weekend were up 11.7% over the same period last year. At the same time the number of alcohol related traffic accident fatalities across the State decreased, yet increased in Orange...

• Roof Crush Intrusion - "Deadly By Design" Expose

  IB Contributor | December 25, 2006 3:00 PM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  In response to my Dec. 23, 2006 "The Most Deadly Vehicle" article, I received an email from Paula Lawlor, a roof crush consultant, who has co-authored, along with Todd Tracy, "Deadly By Design". According to its authors, "Deadly By Design" is "An expose of the weak government standard that has lead to more than three decades of unnecessary fatalities and catastrophic injuries in rollover...

• The Most Deadly Vehicle - The 15-Passenger Van

  IB Contributor | December 23, 2006 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Why haven't they been recalled?There is no doubt, the evidence is clear, the fifteen-passenger van is the most dangerous vehicle on our roads. It is the vehicle most likely to be involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident. Rollover accidents are the most deadly type of traffic accident on our highways today. The fifteen-passenger van is the extra-long van that is commonly used by airport...

• Motorcycle Accident Statistics

  IB Contributor | December 17, 2006 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  While working our motorcycle accident cases I have run across some startling statistics regarding not only the increase in the number of motorcycle fatalities but the age and sex of those killed. The statistics make it clear that riding a motorcycle is dangerous. You can increase your odds of survival by wearing a helmet and being a skilled rider.1. The number of motorcycle fatalities in the...

• Traffic Accident Death, Every Day In California

  IB Contributor | December 16, 2006 1:53 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Every day, for the past six years, there has been a traffic death in California*. The last day without a traffic fatality in California was September 12, 2000*. Personal injury law firms are likewise called upon daily to assist, counsel and guide the surviving family members and to seek appropriate compensation, from those legally responsible. It is in the best interest of the family of a...

• Rollover Automobile Accidents - 11 Times More Deadly

  IB Contributor | December 15, 2006 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  As I look back at the clients we have represented this year and the types of cases we have pursued on their behalf, a startling statisic emerges. We pursued more rollover accident cases against automobile manufacturers than any other type of auto defect case. It was also clear that our auto defect cases that involved the rollover of a passenger vehicle, the injuries sustained were...

• New Law Restricting Cell Phone Use in Automobiles

  IB Contributor | December 15, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  With the stated intended purpose of reducing automobile accidents caused by driver distraction, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law The California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2006. Generally the Act prohibits drivers from using a wireless phone while operating a vehicle, unless the phone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free operation and is...

• Why I am a personal injury attorney.

  IB Contributor | December 07, 2006 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Recently I was asked why I am still so passionate about representing personal injury clients after 28 years in practice. The short answer is, I know what it is like to be a personal injury client and have an unresponsive and unconcerned attorney. The experience I had with my personal injury attorney was terrible. I vowed to be the attorney I wished had represented me.In August 1974 a...