Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• School Bus Injuries

  Paul Grieco | November 06, 2006 11:33 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recent national data, shows that school bus accidents cause more injuries than had been believed. The data establishes that 17,000 children each year are sent to emergency rooms due to school bus related accidents.While the number of children who are injured may seem small compared to the number of children who travel on school buses each year-some 23.5 million-the number causes concern and...

• Whiplash May Not Be Whiplash

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

  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...

• Car-Buggy Accident Kills Amish Man

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

  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...

• Truck Crashes Into Ohio Bridge

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

  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...

• Judge Helps Settle Multi-Million Dollar Case

  Paul Grieco | May 17, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Killed On the Side of Highway

  Rebecca Castell | April 23, 2007 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Bedford Man Killed in Car Accident

  Jack Landskroner | April 19, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Employers That Provide Blackberries to Employees Must Prohibit Texting While Driving or Face Liability

  Jack Landskroner | March 24, 2007 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Workers Comp Insider Blog raises a very interesting and concerning work related issue in its posting March 16, 2007 concerning employee use of Blackberry or cellular devises and the practice of texting while driving. As if we don't have enough distractions as we hurtle ourselves from Point A to Point B in four ton vehicles, we read that DWT - driving while texting - has become an issue of...

• Sleeping Pills May Create Hazardous Drivers

  Justin Madden | March 15, 2007 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Report Suspected DUI

  Paul Grieco | March 13, 2007 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...