When politicians and pundits talk about tort reform, the onus is placed on trial and personal injury lawyers. We get castigated as bad people, swindlers, and ambulance chasers. I can take the criticism because I didn’t become a lawyer to be popular; I’m a lawyer because I want to help people. Let’s not forget about the…
Charged with driving while impaired, Christopher Philip May, 21, caused a two car accident that resulted in the death of his passenger, Matthew Lyle Achterman, 23. May and another passenger were treated for non-life threatening injuries and released. No one in the other car was injured. When driving his Honda Civic east on Ligon…
Driver distraction plays a role in 8 out of every 10 car accidents in North America, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. That equates to four million accidents. That means over four million people have their lives detrimentally affected by distractions while on the road; far too many in this lawyer’s opinion. New studies…
Richard Broward, a 61-year-old man, was going about business as a truck driver unloading concrete slabs for Mack Transport, Inc. when his life came to an abrupt end. How? One of the 3500-pound concrete slabs fell off Richard’s truck and crushed him, according to the Detroit Free Press. This is a terrible accident and my deepest…
The evidence against texting while driving is mounting. Studies have been published indicating an extremely high risk when drivers text while behind the wheel of a car. It’s comparable to driving while drunk, according to the LA Times. People who drive and text are at 23 times greater risk than drivers who don’t text to…