Jul 11, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions
All it takes to buckle up is 3 seconds yet a confounding 11.5% of Americans put themselves at risk by not doing so. The result is higher insurance rates and compromised car designs that affect us all. People who don’t wear seatbelts give multiple reasons for not...
May 25, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions
Fatigue is impairment just as real and just as dangerous as intoxication according to a recent ABC news report. Drowsy driving accounts for 100,000 accidents each year. Driver fatigue in the trucking industry is a well-known and highly-publicized issue. In a study...
May 5, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions
A man from Georgia claims the car accident that left him with permanent brain damage was caused by a teen too busy taking selfies to pay attention to the road. The teen was using Snapchat’s speed filter at the time of the crash last September. The Snapchat app has a...
Feb 4, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions, Personal Injury
The Ohio legislature has introduced House Bill 279 that is pending in the House Insurance Committee and is sponsored by Representative Henne. The bill proposes to enact Section 4509.105 of the Ohio Revised Code to prohibit individuals who do not maintain statutory...
Feb 2, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions, Ohio Supreme Court Decisions, Police Immunity
The Supreme Court of Ohio, http://www.sconet.state.oh.us, will hear oral arguments in February 2016 in the case of Argabrite v. Neer. A woman was seriously injured when a suspected burglar crashed his car into her while fleeing from the Montgomery County...
Feb 1, 2016 | Auto Accidents/Distractions
This case arises out of a fatal auto crash at night on I-71 near Cleveland. A tow dolly connected to a pick up truck became disconnected and the driver stopped the vehicle in the travel lanes to reconnect the tow dolly. The driver and the passengers alighted and...
