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Motor Vehicle Accidents
One Killed and Dozens Injured in Multi-Car Pile Up
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Thirty six cars were involved in a multi-car pile up that happened on February 10, at 12:40 P.M., that killed one and injured almost two dozen more. The accident occurred on 390 South near Scottsville Road in Vermont.
More than 20 people were taken to local hospitals. One woman who was a passenger in one of the cars was killed. She has been identified as Lee Gno, 19. Several other people incurred serious injuries. A Strong Memorial Hospital spokesman said five were in guarded condition and four were listed as satisfactory.
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Slow Down on Winter Roadways
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
The snows have come early to New England this year. Where I live in Central New Hampshire, there is a possibility we will get another foot of it over the weekend. This is good news for skiers and the local economy but not for motorists. Because as we all know winter storms can make for treacherous driving.
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Driver Inattention
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Driver inatttention can cause motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious personal injury. Entering limited access highways the wrong way happens more often than expected. In 2002, a van entered Intersate 89 at exit 16 the wrong way, going south in the northbound lanes. This resulted in accidents involving four vehicles. No one was killed but several persons sustained serious injuries. .
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Drunk Driver Kills Teenager
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Shawn R. Burritt, 32 from Jericho Vermont appeared in Vermont District Court in Burlington to answer to charges that he drove the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Colchester on Saturday and collided with a vehicle, killing one of its passengers, Nicolas Fournier, 18, of West Swanton.
According to police reports, Burritt admitted to drinking "eight or nine" beers at the Spanked Puppy Pub in Colchester before driving his 1989 BMW Saturday night. Burritt made a left-hand turn from U.S. 7 and drove up the Exit 16 off-ramp onto Interstate 89, where he traveled southbound in the northbound lane.
Thanksgiving Travel and Automobile Safety
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Once again the holiday season is upon us. Many of us will be traveling to spend Thanksgiving with our families and loved ones. Unfortunately, the roads are very crowded during Thanksgiving rush. In many parts of the country this holiday also coincides with the first wintry weather of the season. This morning, for instance, I drove from Boston to Orford, New Hampshire and saw at least a dozen cars off the road as the result of a sleet storm.
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Insurance Company Doctors Often Don't Give Accident Victims The Benefit Of The Doubt.
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
When an accident victim makes a claim against a negligent driver, who is insured, it is the driver's insurance company that handles the claim. Often the company insists that the injury victim undergo an examination by a doctor working for it. The insurance companies refer to these examinations as "Independent Medical Examinations". Of course, there is nothing independent about them. The company is paying the doctor and it is in the company's interest that the doctor minimize the injuries caused by the accident.
Teenagers and Car Accidents
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Statistics show that teenagers are involved in a disproportionate amount of car accidents involving personal injury. 6,000 teens are killed in car accidents every year. AAA has designated this week as National Teen Driver Safety Week. I think that any effort that brings more attention to teen driving safety issues is a good idea.
Most Accidents Causing Serious Personal Injury Can Be Avoided
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
You're driving down the road and suddenly get a flat in your left front tire, your car abruptly veers left. What do you do? Instinctively, most drivers sharply turn the wheel right to steer back on course, but is this the right thing to do?
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Kudos to Bennington PD for Car Accident Prevention Efforts
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
We would like to congratulate the Bennington Police Department for receiving recognition by the Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program for its traffic safety record. Paul Doucette, Jr., a lieutenant in the Bennington PD responded to the award saying: "It was the highest score ever seen in the Vermont Law Enforcement Challenge. We couldn't do it without our dispatchers giving us the information. We couldn't do it without the community's support."
The full article in the Bennington Banner states:
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Juries Respect Victims Who Keep Working
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Recently, a 101 year old man named Ray Jenkins has gotten a lot of publicity for being the oldest American still working. Mr. Jenkins, who is exceptionally modest, doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. I think what people find so inspiring about him is that he's overcome the odds and continued to be productive.
Victims of Multiple Auto Accidents Have Unique Challenges in Getting Justice
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Over my career, I have represented quite a few people for injuries they suffered in multiple car accidents. This type of client presents some unique challenges for a victim's lawyer particularly if the injuries suffered in both accidents are similar and the accidents occurred fairly close to each other in time.
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Automobile Accident and Knee Injuries
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Another common injury suffered by victims of automobile accidents are knee injuries. Sometimes these injuries occur because the victim's knee is slammed into the dashboard during the collision but they can occur in many ways.
Even Low Impact Automobile Collisions Can Cause Major Injuries
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Insurance companies have spent a lot of time and money trying to convince the public that victims of low impact car collisions couldn't possibly have serious injuries. How can someone have a real injury, the insurance companies will argue, when their car just has a little dent in the fender.
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Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
There is a common misperception that attorneys who represent injury victims view tragedy solely as an opportunity to profit. In my own case, I believe that the accident victims I have had the privilege of representing and getting to know have sensitized me to the suffering of others.
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Shoulder Injuries
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Many people who are hit by negligent drivers suffer shoulder injuries. There are many kinds of shoulder injuries including bone fractures, rotator cuff tears and ligament separations that don't heal.
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Wrongful Death and Punitive Damages
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Can the family of a child killed in an auto accident caused by the reckless conduct of another driver sue that driver for punitive damages? Punitive damages are damages over and above what is required to compensate the victim for the loss. They are designed to punish the wrongdoer and set an example to deter others from similar conduct.
Car Accidents on Rural Roads
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
I just saw an article on line about car accidents on rural highways. Not suprisingly the article sites studies that show that driving on rural highways can be more dangerous than driving on urban roads.
Speeding on Route 9 and Car Accident Injury Law
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Every one knows that the faster you drive, the better the chances of having a car accident, right? Nevertheless time and time again we see articles like the one in the Brattleboro Reformer on July 4th. Here's a short quote.
"The cars zip down the road, pushing the pedal down, going 60, 70, 80, 90 mph. No, it's not the Autobahn, it's Route 9 in Vermont. The twisting road, with its short stretches of passing lanes, has developed a reputation over the years as one of the most dangerous roads in Vermont."
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Personal Injury Accident Victims Often Are Mistreated By Their Own Insurance Companies.
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Many injury victims are hurt through the negligence of individuals who are either uninsured or have minimal insurance. Under these unfortunate circumstances an injury victim is entitled to bring a claim against their own insurance company.
Man Killed in Thruway Accident
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A 57-year-old man was killed in a fatal car accident yesterday when he crashed into the back of an illegally parked tractor trailer on a Thruway rest area exit ramp, said state police.
Franklin Man Killed in Car Accident
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
According to Vermont State Police, a Franklin man was killed on Wednesday after being involved in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Vermont 236 and Dewing Road.
Broken Bones Not Necessary to Collect Damages for Personal Injuries
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Some people who have been injured in automobile accidents think that unless they have suffered broken bones their claims are not worth much. However, torn, strained or sprained ligaments or tendons, so-called soft tissue injuries, may still entitle a personal injury victim to a substantial settlement.
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Former Guardsman Killed In Car Wreck
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A former Vermont National Guardsman, who recently served in Iraq, was killed in a car accident.
The 29-year-old died on Wednesday in a head-on collision that involved another vehicle. The accident occurred when the driver of the other vehicle hit a guardrail, which sent him across the road and into his car.
Sadly, he leaves behind three sons and a wife.
Settlement of Personal Injury Claims
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Our personal injury clients want to know whether their cases will settle or will they have to go to court. Because of our extensive experience in handling hundreds of personal injury claims we are generally able to predict what will happen. While each case is different our experience and track record gives us some valuable information.
Personal Injury Firm's Track Record
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
The law firm handling your personal injury claim should have a proven track record in jury trials. When a personal injury claim cannot be settled it is resolved by a jury trial. Insurance company's will usually only pay top settlements to personal injury victims represented by attorneys with proven track records in court. When personal injury victims are represented by lawyers with only limited experience or limited success insurance company's and defense lawyers often take advantage of this and offer limited settlements or try to defeat the claim in court. Make sure the law firm you hire for your personal injury case has a successful track record in personal injury jury trials.
Our law firm has a proven track record. We have successfully tried jury cases to conclusion in five different states. We have been awarded some of the largest jury verdicts on record in some areas of law. We have achieved millions of dollars in jury verdicts for our clients. Insurance companies and defense lawyers know us and respect us. This is all to the benefit of our clients.
Three People Seriously Injured in Car Accident
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Three Montpelier residents were seriously injured Friday, in a two-vehicle car accident on Ind. 18.
Authorities say, Chance E. McCormick was driving his Dodge Caravan eastbound on the highway at 3:30pm when he lost control of the van in the snow that had blow on to the roadway.
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Woman Injured in One-Car Accident
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A Stowe woman is facing DUI charges after driving her car off of Route 100 near Waterbury Fish on Monday.
Woman Hurt in Crash Under Influence of Prescription Drugs
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
Police say a woman in her late 50s was hurt in a car crash off the County Road that sent her car into a concrete post and then off into the woods and finally into a tree.
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Man Escapes Serious Injury after Plummeting off Interstate
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A man escaped serious injury Tuesday when his SUV plummeted off of Interstate 89, down a 40ft embankment and came to rest on its side beneath the busy underpass.
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Man Injured in Car Crash
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A New Hampshire man sustained neck injuries on Monday morning in a car crash on Interstate-91 in Springfield according to Vermont State Police.
Police ay they were dispatched at 11:33am and found a 2001 Ford Escort driven by Larkin Burrill, 88, had apparently left the roadway on the left side and traveled into a wooded area. The car had extensive damage to the front and both sides. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Sleeping Driver Crashes Through Harbor City Fence
Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents
A driver asleep at the wheel crashed a car through a Harbor City fence on Wednesday night, authorities said. The accident happened around 10:15 p.m. at the intersection of Vermount Avenue and Lomita Boulevard.
The car, which had a Mexican license plate, rolled over after plowing through the fence, according to reporters at the scene. The two boys in the car were taken to the hospital for injuries. The condition of the boys are not immeadiately known.