Blog: Car Accident - Page 2

Pages on this subject keep repeating that a victim strikes the bag at roughly 100 miles per hour. That figure describes the bag, not the person. Airbag injuries come from a small explosive device that finishes its work in a fraction of a second. Meanwhile the injuries best documented in the medical literature are mostly …

Every reportable crash in North Carolina ends up on the same state form. Police call it the DMV-349 crash report. It looks like a jumble of boxes, codes and a small sketch. Yet insurance adjusters read it before they read anything else. When that form contains a mistake, the error can steer your whole claim. …

Most pages on this subject name the car company. They skip the defendant who is usually easier to reach. Car equipment failure cases often turn on the shop that last touched the vehicle. Georgia law shields that shop from one theory and leaves it exposed to another. Meanwhile the ten-year clock that kills most manufacturer …

Why Hire a Clayton County Auto Accident Lawyer? Auto accidents can cause traumatic physical damage even when initial symptoms seem minor. Victims with severe injuries usually contact an attorney immediately, yet minor injury cases also entitle victims to substantial financial recovery. Securing fair compensation requires proving the full scope of your medical losses. A Clayton …

After a Charlotte crash, many people assume a traffic camera caught everything. Sometimes one did. Often, though, the camera on the pole never recorded a single frame. The truth about Mecklenburg County traffic camera footage surprises most drivers. Different cameras belong to different owners, and each follows its own rules. This article explains which cameras …

Why Hire a Lithonia Personal Injury Lawyer? Multi-vehicle crashes frequently inflict severe, life-altering injuries on unsuspecting motorists. A violent multi-vehicle crash on the I-20 Eastbound Entry Ramp at Wesley Chapel in DeKalb County clearly demonstrates this reality. A Chrysler Town & Country struck a stopped vehicle from behind, causing significant trauma to passengers DD and …

Why Hire a Matthews Car Accident Lawyer? Car accidents happen every five seconds across the United States, producing over 6 million collisions each year. Crashes occur constantly on busy suburban thoroughfares, rural routes, and major interstates. Because road conditions and traffic patterns vary wildly, no two collisions unfold in the exact same manner. Drivers cannot …

A minor fender-bender can feel too small for a police call. The other driver may even suggest handling it privately. Before you agree, though, you should know North Carolina’s $1,000 property damage rule. The rule decides when state law requires you to call police. Just as important, it explains why skipping a report can hurt …

The other driver got a ticket. Most people treat that as the case being over. Georgia calls the doctrine negligence per se, and it does less than the name suggests. Two elements of a claim come free, and the rest still needs proof. Worse, the single most common way a ticket gets resolved — paying …

You got into an Uber or Lyft to get home safely. Then another car ran a light, or your driver misjudged a turn. Now you face medical bills and a stack of insurance questions. Rideshare passenger injuries raise a unique problem: several policies may apply, and each insurer wants another one to pay first. This …

Rental scooters zip through Uptown every day. Meanwhile, they share tight streets with cars, buses, delivery vans and thousands of people on foot. So when a crash happens, the question of blame turns complicated fast. An Uptown Charlotte scooter accident can involve a driver, a rider, a pedestrian and a rental company. Naturally, each one …

A Charlotte crash launches two government processes at once. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) documents what happened. Then the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) files the record and enforces insurance rules. Both systems follow their own rules and schedules. Few of them bend for injured people. This article explains the most common CMPD …