Cleveland Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Automobile Accidents

Cell phones have become almost mandatory for any professional adult. Once a high tech luxury gadget, now almost everyone has a cell phone, and increasingly more people have two. Cell phones have...

On Tuesday, December 18 a cargo container truck crashed into a Ohio Bridge, killing the driver of the truck and rupturing a gas line. Because of the gas line six homes had to be evacuated. Part of the bridge was damaged and is still closed until inspected..The truck had its boom raised which hit the underside of the bridge and hit the gas line. There were other vehicles involved in the...

Justice was served in the Cleveland Justice Center when a local judge put a piece of paper with a seven figure dollar amount on it in two envelopes and presented it to the lawyers involved in the case with the option of accepting the figure and settling the case or go to trial. The case involved a serious car accident which led to an 18 yeaar old college student losing his eye sight. The young...

Two women were killed in a car accident Sunday while they were standing at the side of the road waiting for their car's tire to be fixed. The accident occurred on I-480 at the Route 82 exit. The Plain Dealer reports that Police said the accident occurred around 11:40 a.m. when two women were standing outside their vehicle on the side of the road about as a tow truck driver repaired a flat...

Another Cuyhoga County car accident has resulted in a death. A 27-year-old Bedford man died Thursday morning when his car hit a utility pole on Rockside Road. Paris T. Millsap was transported to University Hospitals in Bedford where he later died, according to police. Millsap was driving west on Rockside Road near Greencroft Park when his car left the road about 6:23 a.m. The cause of the...

Studies recently revealed that somke persons who take sleeping aids may unknowingly sleep walk to their car and drive, returning to bed and awakening the next morning witrh absolutely no memory of doing so. This is yet another reason why motor vehicle accidents occur and cause injury to innocent victims.If you are injured in a car accident that occurs late at night, a question to ask the police...

Every day when a driver gets behing the wheel of a motor vehicle, they potentially become the operator of a deadly weapon. Unfortunately all too often we hear stories about drivers under the influence of alcohol or illegal substances who selfishly get beind the wheel and end up killing or seriously injuring innocent victims who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When you...

When you are struck by another driver, who reports the incident to their insurance company, you can expect a phone call within two days from that insurance company. Think this is good news? Think again.In terms of getting your car repaired quickly, it is helpful to receive a call. However, restrict your conversation to the property damage. Do NOT discuss your injuries, or lost wages. An...

On snowy roads, careless motorists are a particular risk to other vehicles, sometimes causing serious motor vehicle accidents and injuries.Our firm encourages all drivers that when travelling in bad conditions, stay off the cell phone, allow extra time to get to your destination, and be extremely cautious when other vehicles attempt to pass.

Causing a motor vehicle accident while under the influence of prescription drugs may be deadly, and courts will be inclined to treat the event the same as driving under the influence of alcohol.Narcotic medications, whether prescription or over the counter, may have an intoxicating effect that impairs one's ability to drive safely. One who is injured by such a driver should also view their...

The injured students from the Bluffton University baseball team who were on the bus when it dropped 30 feet from a highway overpass are trying to recover from their physical injuries and come to grips with the loss four of their fellow players after the bus accident last week. At the same time students back on campus are also beginning the long road of managing the grief from the catastrophe. ...

The college students from Bluffton, Ohio involved in the horrific accident this week on Interstate 75 in Georgia, are not the first to be injured at this accident site. The highway exit ramp where a bus carrying an Ohio college baseball team wrecked has been the site of numerous crashes and can be difficult for drivers to navigate, a federal transportation official said. Kitty Higgins, who is...

A chronic, unrepentant drunk driver was finally removed from our highways and sent to jail. One would hope that this news story, and the Court's decision, will send a message to others and discourage them from climbing behind the wheel when they are intoxicated.If they do not get the message, and if they cause an injury, the victim should not hesistate to hold the wrongdoer accountable. After...

In an effort to maximize their profits, instead of fairly compensating injured persons, many auto insurance companies have made a conscious decision to force victims injured in car crashes to go to court where the insurance companies try to tie the case up for long periods of time, hoping the victim will throw in the towel. This outrageous conduct is for one reason only-so the insurance...

A Cincinnati Federal Court Jury recently awarded damages in excess of $2.6 million dollars to passengers in a vehicle that was towing a U-Haul Trailer. The trailer caused the vehicle that was pulling the trailer to roll over. The jury determined that U-Haul failed to warn the occupants of the dangers in pulling the trailer. The verdict included punitive damages , which were rendered to punisnh ...