Traffic accidents have as many causes as there are vehicles and drivers on the roads and highways. Problems with the design and installation of brakes, accelerators, axles, airbags and other basic equipment have prompted several highly publicized recalls of cars, pickup trucks, minivans and SUVS in the wake of deadly accidents and the risk of…
A Hummer driver who failed to stop and yield right of way to a motorcycle rider at a Florida (FL) intersection in 2006 has been ordered to pay the motorcyclist’s family $8.4 million for causing the biker’s death. According to a report in the December 11, 2010 Palm Beach Post, the man behind of the…
Attorney Emily Mapp Brannon represented a client who was involved in a rear end car wreck in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). The at-fault driver reportedly suffered a hypoglycemic event, passed out, and slammed into her client’s car. The result to her client was a serious shoulder injury that still hasn’t fully healed. On the surface,…
This is an issue near-and-dear to my heart since I was involved in a car accident while pregnant. It is one of the most traumatic experiences any expecting mother can go through. I was fortunate in that my baby was okay after the accident, but my neck and lower back were extremely sore. But since…
It only takes a few seconds of inattention to cause a life altering car accident. This morning a distracted driver was traveling westbound on Holland Road in Suffolk, Virginia (VA) when she became distracted by the radio and ran off the road to the left. She overcorrected and struck the ditch and median. The vehicle…