Underinsured Motorist (UIM) and Uninsured Motorist claims involve a car accident victim attempting to get his or her own liability insurance carrier to pay financial compensation when the at-fault driver is uninsured or does not have enough insurance to cover total damages. Heflin v. Merrill, a case from the Mississippi…
Boston Herald columnist and conservative radio talk show host Howie Carr is taking time off the air to recover from a recent car accident. According to reports, Carr was involved in automobile crash on the Mass Pike near the Allston/Brighton neighborhoods of Boston. The Boston two-vehicle crash occurred just after…
According to a recent report from ABC 40, an alleged drunk driver crashed into a Western Massachusetts diner just before 6 a.m. Police are reporting defendant’s car went off the road and hit the wall of the diner, causing the entire wall to collapse. The diner was open, and people…
According to a recent news report from the Boston Globe, two women are dead and another person was seriously injured in a Boston car accident. The accident occurred on the Jamaicaway around 3 a.m. A BMW carrying the driver and two passengers crossed over the double yellow lines and hit…
According to a recent news article from Boston.com, top St. Louis Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras was killed in a car crash. Taveras was driving in his native Dominican Republic with his girlfriend in his 2014 Chevrolet Camaro at the time of the fatal crash. He apparently lost control of his…
Wright v. Carroll, an appeal heard in the Kentucky Supreme Court, involved a woman who sustained serious personal injury to her legs after defendant’s trailer hit her car. Defendant was driving a tractor-trailer in the southbound lane of a two-lane highway. Defendant approached a blind curve just before an intersection.…
Travelers Commercial Ins. Co. v. Harrington, an appeal before the Supreme Court of Florida, involved plaintiff who was injured in a single car accident. While her father owned car, another family member was driving the car with permission from owner at the time of the accident. Plaintiff’s mother was named…
When a worker is injured in a car accident while on the job, he or she may be able to proceed with a typical car accident lawsuit against the at-fault driver in addition to any workers’ compensation benefits received. However, this may add complexity to the matter with respect to…
In Christensen v. Alaska Sales & Service, Inc., plaintiff and her husband purchased a new car from a dealership. Four years later, the couple was driving when she hit two moose. Pictures taken by plaintiff show damage to the front of the vehicle on the driver’s side. When police arrived,…
The rights of victims who were passengers in single vehicle car accidents are often misunderstood. Car insurance companies, whose only goal is to pay out as little in personal injury claims as possible, can exploit that misunderstanding. Mass Live is reporting that a 29-year-old man from Northampton, Massachusetts was recently…