Automobile Accidents

• Cell Phone Distraction Causes Thousands Of Car Crashes and Injuries Every Year

  Nick DiCello | May 01, 2008 10:00 PM | 3 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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...

• Three Ohio Women Killed in Head-On Collision in Oklahoma

  Nick DiCello | October 12, 2009 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Today, October 12, 2009, we are reminded how dangerous, and deadly, a driver's inattention or inability to stay awake and alert behind the wheel can be. Tragically, the lives of four motorists,...

• Spangenberg Attorneys Obtain $2,000,000.00 Verdict for Motor Vehicle Collision

  Nick DiCello | October 13, 2009 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  On August 27, 2009, a Toledo jury returned a verdict in federal court in favor of the family of Thomas and Therese Lee in the amount of $2,000,000.00 plus funeral expenses. Tom and Tess Lee were...

• Truck Crashes Into Ohio Bridge

  Jenny Albano | December 19, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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...

• $4.1 Million verdict for woman hit by driver using BlackBerry

  Rebecca Castell | December 14, 2006 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A 71-year-old Illinois woman was recently awarded $4.1 Million for injuries suffered after a van driver ran a red light and crashed into her car. The driver of the van was on his way to a job for his employer and trying to navigate using his BlackBerry handheld device. When questioned later, the man could not even recall whether the light was red or green, but witnesses testified that the...

• Reckless Driver Pleads to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide

  Jack Landskroner | October 25, 2006 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A Barberton, Ohio woman plead guilty yesterday, in Summit County Common Pleas Court, to aggravated vehicular homicide after striking a car and killing an Akron, Ohio woman.Jennifer Long, 25, was driving east on the interstate in Norton when she lost control at 12:15 a.m. June 30, 2005.She struck a car driven by Justin Curtis, 22, of Akron. His fiancee, Karey Scott, 21, of Akron, was killed....

• School Field Trips - Free From Mishaps?

  Justin Madden | October 17, 2006 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  When signing a school permission slip for your child to go on a school field trip, be sure not to assume that it relieves the school for everything that might go wrong. Sometimes the bus carrying the school kids may be involved in a motor vehicle accident and the school would still have responsibility for any injuries that might occur.No one ever wants to think that an incident would occur...

• Broken Traffic Signals Can Cause Accidents

  Paul Grieco | November 15, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Drivers have enough to think about when driving down the road in terms of watching out for other drivers. All drivers have a duty and responsibility to maintain a proper look out and act as any reasonable driver would. If they don't and they injure someone they can be held liable and responsible for compensating the person(s) they injure. But what if someone is injured because of a broken...

• Car-Buggy Accident Kills Amish Man

  Jack Landskroner | June 29, 2006 12:03 PM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH

  An Amish man who apparently fell asleep while driving his buggy died Saturday when the buggy failed to stop at a stop sign and was hit by an oncoming car. The accident occurred approximately 40 miles southwest of Cleveland in Huntington Township.Joe Keim died of internal chest injuries within minutes of the accident, Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus said.Family members said the victim apparently...

• U-Haul Failure to Warn Leads to Verdict

  Paul Grieco | February 13, 2007 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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 ...