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The Effect of Michigan’s Auto No-Fault – Vote NO on HB496 Law News-Injury Attorney Michigan

Oct

2011

Do you know that you will not be able to Vote on this bill? HB 4936. We? must let our House Representatives know that we require them to defeat this dangerous bill on our behalf. ? Detroit Michigan Personal Injury Attorney, Medical Malpractice & Accident Attorney At Goodman Acker, PC, we will fight hard on ...

Dangerous combination – texting and walking. Get street smart, Massachusetts! – Norton MA

Oct

2011

Pedestrian accidents happen for many reasons in Massachusetts. Sometimes, the pedestrian is distracted. A startling new study highlights the link between pedestrian accidents and texting. Often, it’s the other way around. The driver might be texting while driving. Or the driver fails to stop at a crosswalk or obey clearly marked traffic signals. You may ...

Washington, DC makes list of most dangerous pedestrian cities. Learn the facts! experienced lawyers Chicago IL

Oct

2011

Attention Chicago pedestrians! Serious injury accidents happen all the time in Illinois. In 2010, a total of 114 people were killed and 5,013 were injured in pedestrian accidents in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Most pedestrian accidents (3,114) happened on busy “city streets and roads” in major urban centers like Chicago. That ...

Texting while walking puts people in danger in Kansas and Missouri

Oct

2011

Texting is an easy way to stay in touch. Texting can also be extremely dangerous, even while simply crossing the street. A recent scientific study found that texting while crossing the street significantly increases the chances of a pedestrian texting accident. Specifically, pedestrians texting are four times more likely to be hit by a vehicle ...

Injured in an offshore oil rig accident in Gulf of Mexico? Laws may change soon

Sep

2011

Regulations governing offshore oil rig accidents “are not set in stone,” reports The New Orleans Times-Picayune. This article was written in response to proposed federal regulations governing “spill prevention, containment, response and cleanup, and safety management systems.” The proposed regulations are being developed by the Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee, which plans to present them ...

Startling statistics – older Massachusetts drivers among the safest on the road

Sep

2011

Are older drivers safer drivers in Massachusetts? There’s no easy answer. The rate of nonfatal and fatal auto accidents has fallen faster among elderly drivers than among younger drivers nationwide, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But reports of auto accidents involving older Massachusetts drivers regularly make the news. Recently, a 76-year-old driver ...

Older drivers often safer, especially with grandkids in vehicles in Connecticut

Sep

2011

The debate over whether older drivers are safe drivers has been topic of conversation for years. Nationally, the odds of getting in a fatal accident increase each year for drivers over 75 years old, according to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). And reports about auto accidents involving elderly drivers routinely make ...

Legal News Woman dies 8 injured after exposure to odor at McDonalds-029

Sep

2011

By JIM DANKO An 80-year-old woman died and several others were hospitalized after exposure to toxic fumes at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pooler, Ga., just west of Savannah, on Sept. 7, according to a report in CNN. Emergency personnel responded to a call and found two women unconscious in a McDonald’s restroom. The first responders ...

Michigan grandchildren safer with grandparents driving vehicle

Sep

2011

Michigan drivers over 65 years old have long been among the safest drivers in the state. Between 1998 and 2002 in Michigan, researchers discovered the number of crashes involving older drivers decreased by 6%, fatal and serious injury crashes decreased by 23%, and crashes in which an older driver had been drinking decreased by 27%. ...

Grandchildren in safer in vehicles with grandparents driving in NJ and PA

Sep

2011

News involving drivers over 65 years old used to focus on their high accident rate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported, “In 1997, older people (over 70 years old) made up 9 percent of the resident population but accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities and 17 percent of all pedestrian fatalities.” But ...

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