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Auto Accident Lawyer - August 28, 2010
Chicago Breaking News Center recently reported on an accident involving an SUV and a semitrailer in the far western suburbs of Chicago. The semi accident occurred late Thursday evening on Interstate 88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) near the town of Elburn. From what police have been able to ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 26, 2010
As a Missouri 18-wheeler collision attorney , I have seen many families devastated by horrific accidents caused by careless semi truck drivers. The vast majority of these accidents could have been prevented if truckers had not been too exhausted or distracted to drive safely, or had not made poor ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 26, 2010
A unique truck accident that struck in Oregon last night claimed the life of an SUV driver reports Fox News 12 . The crash occurred around 10pm yesterday evening. Richard Clay, an Illinois truck driver, was stopped in a trucking park area at that time after a long day on the road. He was sitting in ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 24, 2010
ABC 7 News examined the risks that car and truck drivers take every day in the Chicago area while attempting to drive in front of local Metra trains. The problem seems to be growing this year. Train operators note that total train accident deaths in just the first five months of 2010 are almost the ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 23, 2010
Marin Loses Two More Dealers The economy's deadly recession continues to hurt the motorcycle industry. The most recent example is Marin County, where Harley closed it Corte Madera shop, the BMW dealer closed, and the only dealership left is Hattar Motorsports, the Ducati Triumph dealer. For Harley ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 23, 2010
Often in fatal vehicle accidents , the cause of the crash is a blatantly obvious driving mistake that everyone knows should never be made but that occur all the time. For example, the Evansville Courier & Press reported last night on a tragic truck crash in Illinois caused by a young drivers fai
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 20, 2010
Vibrant and beautiful eleven year-old Virginia Graeme Baker (goes by Graeme) and her sisters attended a swim party at a friends house during the summer of 2002.  During the party, Graeme was found sprawled at the bottom of the hot tub.  Graemes mother tried to pull her up from the water with all of ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 20, 2010
Tragedy struck twice yesterday in two separate truck accidents on Interstate 57. As noted in The Herald-News , the first semi-truck accident occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m about 30 miles south of Chicago. A truck was traveling southbound on the highway when it slammed into another truck in front ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 19, 2010
A fiery crash involving several heavy trucks and an SUV on Interstate 64 in southern Illinois left two people injured, one critically . The crash took place near New Baden, at a scene police described as "absolute chaos." According to Illinois State Trooper Mike Link, the accident happened as ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 18, 2010
A southern Illinois semi-rig driver was killed on Monday when he lost control of his truck on Interstate 64/Highway 40, near the Taylor Avenue bridge. As explained in Fox 2 Now , the truck accident closed traffic for four hours and forced engineering crews to investigate the structural stability of ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 18, 2010
Are you a motorcycle enthusiast and living in the State of California? If yes, you must know the pleasure of riding in the state. If you ride a motorcycle in this state you will get to admire the beauty of Pacific Ocean coastline, acres of wine country vineyards and you can also be pleased with the ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 16, 2010
Another tragic freeway crash this week proves once again that slowed traffic from one accident often leads additional crashes as on-coming drivers fail to notice the stand-still. As reported by Fox 2 Now , the combined accidents in the latest crash involved several semitrailers and claimed the ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 14, 2010
The News Tribune recently wrote about a traffic accident that involved six cars, including several large semitrailers on Illinois interstate 80. Kevin Haeffner was driving a semi truck at about 2:20 in the afternoon when he lost control of the vehicle while traveling eastbound on I-80. While out of ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 13, 2010
A recent story in the Springfield News-Sun serves as a good example of the legal complexities involved in many traffic accidents . When crashes occur on our highways, often there are two types of legal proceedings involved: criminal and civil. If one driver is disobeying any traffic laws as part of ...
Auto Accident Lawyer - August 13, 2010
Two men died in a fiery tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 70 near Highland, Ill., on August 9. As a southern Illinois tractor-trailer crash attorney , I am always distressed to hear about preventable accidents like this one. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the wreckage from the crash ...