Automobile Accidents

• Trucking Accidents Can Be Catastrophic

  Jack Landskroner | September 15, 2006 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Injuryboard Attorney Scott Smith recently blogged about an Ohio woman that was lucky to escape with her life after her car was pancaked in a truck accident in West Virginia. Her car was crushed by an overturned and jackknifed tractor-trailer and she was lucky to walk away without serious injury.Most drivers involved in accidents with trucks are not so lucky. Every week in America, more than 100...

• 2 People Killed in Car Accident In Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Jack Landskroner | September 13, 2006 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Two people were killed in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday September 12 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio when an out of control pickup truck hit a van transporting 5 senior citizens from their apartment building to the local shopping center to buy groceries. Authorities said two bus passengers Dolores Johnson, 70, and Tsilya Shvartsman, 73 died at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Three...

• Do You Have Enough Insurance

  Paul Grieco | September 01, 2006 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Whenever someone is injured in a motor vehicle accident, one of the first issues that arises is, will there be enough insurance to compensate the injured person. When you are at fault for a motor vehicle accident, you want to make sure that your insurance policy provides enough coverage to protect you personally from an injured persons claim. That is you want to make sure your insurance policy...

• When Injured in a Motor Vehicle Accident an Insurance Claim is Warranted

  Jack Landskroner | August 30, 2006 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Fellow Injuryboard Blogger Richard R. Schlueter blogs about statistics recently released by the Department of Transportation:The Department of Transportation's statistics show that there are about 6.5 million auto accidents a year and of those, over 3 million suffer minor to very serous injuries. Of these 3 million injuries 2 million are said to cause permanent injuries and over 40,000 of them...

• Airbags Save Lives But Be Careful

  Paul Grieco | August 29, 2006 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Every year airbags prevent serious injuries to motor vehicle occupants and save over 1500 lives. These remarkable devices, are designned to explode out of the dashboard and side panels of a car in order to protect the driver and front seat passenger from impacting the dashboard and windshield. However when a young child is a passenger in a car, extra caution should be used so that the child is...

• Whiplash May Not Be Whiplash

  Justin Madden | August 28, 2006 9:18 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH

  Too many injured motorists give their auto accident cases away.Motorists who are injured in a minor or mild car accident tend to think that the neck or back pain they exprience after the crash is "just a little whiplash". Based upon that incorrect but hopeful self-diagnosis, they settle their injury claim for next to nothing with the eager-to-help insurance adjuster.Ever wonder why the...

• Represented Consumers Average Much Higher Insurance Settlements

  Jack Landskroner | August 21, 2006 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  While there are some cases in which I advise my clients to attempt resolution to a claim without my assistance and offer advice on how best to achieve the results they desire, these cases are few and far between. Our firm's philosophy is to turn away any case in which we believe our representation will not leave the client in a better position than had we not agreed to take the case. I agree...

• What to do when in an Auto Accident

  Paul Grieco | August 19, 2006 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Each year there are over 6 million car accidents in the United States. Every day we get into our cars we face the risk of being involved in an accident. Everyone knows someone who has been involved in an accident, whether it be through the fault of someone else, or one's own negligence. There is no question that being involved in an auto accident can be a major inconvenience, an aggravation, and...

• Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit Results in $18 Million Verdict

  Jack Landskroner | August 07, 2006 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Ted Frank over at Overlawyered brings my attention to an $18 million verdict in a recent South Carolina sudden acceleration lawsuit. Ted argues that the plaintiffs should have turned off the cruise control or slammed on the brakes to prevent an accident that killed one girl and paralyzed another, but I say you can never tell how people are going to react when they panic in such a situation, and...

• Insurance Companies Regretting Low Ball Offers

  Justin Madden | August 07, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Auto insurance companies have been playing hardball against injured motorists in recent years. They may be regreting their tactics now. Notoriously stingy auto insurance companies have been getting hit with larger jury verdicts in cases where the facts and injuries are so bad that the lawyers and judges are perplexed at how the insurance company thought they could win.Recent verdicts in cases...