Four Men Die in Christmas Day Car Crash
Posted December 30th, 2011 by Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys.
Police suspect speeding during suboptimal conditions to be the cause of crash
Deadly Maine Accident Leaves Four Dead
A tragic Christmas Day car crash in Palermo, Maine, left four men dead – two brothers in one vehicle, and a man and his father-in-law in another. The Bangor Daily News reports the two brothers were traveling on Route 3 in an SUV that apparently lost control and skidded sideways into the path of the other car, which struck the SUV broadside. All four men died at the scene. Police are continuing to investigate, but believe the SUV was traveling too fast for conditions after a light snow dusted the roadway. The brothers were aged 18 and 21-years-old. The two men were 64 and 83-years-old.
Two Teens Die in Florida Accident
Two teenagers, both 18-years-old, died in a Sunday evening car crash in Bradenton, […]
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Florida Utility Companies to Pay Florida Man Injured by Fallen Utility Pole
Posted December 28th, 2011 by Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys.
A Daytona Beach, FL jury has awarded a Florida man $960,000 in damages after he suffered a severe back injury when a utility pole fell on his SUV in 2005. The utility pole owned by Florida Power & Light (FPL) was found to be rotten after it snapped under the strain of the tug on a low-hanging cable wire by the top of a truck.
The lawsuit alleged the pole that fell on the man’s car was over 50 years old; however, FPL claims the poles are inspected every six years. Cable communications provider Bright House Networks also uses the poles, and a Bright House cable was what snared the truck.
The lawsuit claimed FPL did not inform Bright House of “changes to the hardware — including a heavy conductor that was added — when a new replacement pole was lashed to it.” The jury found FPL 45 percent at fault for the accident, […]
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Segway to Pay $10 Million to Connecticut Man
Posted December 26th, 2011 by Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys.
A Connecticut man was awarded $10 million in a lawsuit against Segway Inc. after the man fell from a Segway he was riding in Sept. 2009 and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Lawyers for the man claimed Segway staff should have supplied the man with a helmet.
The then 23-year-old man was riding in “the Segway Challenge” during a fundraising event at Southern Connecticut State University for the Special Olympics. The man rode the obstacle course, that was set up by Segway employees, with a blindfold on. He fell backwards off the Segway, hitting his head on the floor.
Segway employees are asked to wear helmets, however, the employees did not have any helmets available for those participating in the event. The man’s lawyer claimed that as a result of his brain injury, the accident victim had to drop out of college and has not been able to pursue his dream of becoming a police officer. […]
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Car Accident Round-Up – PA Teen Dies After Being Struck by Car on Way to Bus
Posted December 23rd, 2011 by Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys.
13-year-old killed, 17-year-old injured in car accident while trying to catch the school bus
PA Girl Dies After Being Struck by Car
The Erie Times-News reports a 13-year-old girl died and a 17-year-old was injured Tuesday morning after being struck by a car as they crossed Perry Highway to catch a school bus. The 19-year-old driver of a Chevrolet Cavalier traveling north on Perry Highway failed to stop for the school bus that was stopped in the southbound lane with its lights flashing and hit the two students. The 13-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The condition of the other teen was not released. The police are continuing to investigate the accident.
Four Injured in Florida Accident
Four people were seriously injured in a two-car crash in St. Augustine, FL Monday night. The accident, on Florida 16 at Whisper Ridge Drive in St. […]
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California Family Settles Civil Suit in Vehicular Manslaughter Case
Posted December 21st, 2011 by Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys.
Family receives undisclosed amount of money in vehicular manslaughter case settlement
The Modesto Bee reports the family of a California man who died when he was maliciously struck by a car has been awarded an undisclosed amount of money in a civil lawsuit. The man’s family sought compensation for wrongful death, loss of financial support, and payment for his funeral expenses.
The lawsuit was brought after the criminal case concluded June 14, 2010, with a jury conviction for felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the 2008 attack. The deceased was found near his north Modesto house after he was hit by a car “with enough force to throw him onto the hood of his car, then off the roof,” according to testimony in the criminal case. Apparently, the attack was over loud music.
The defense attorney argued that the man acted in self-defense from a drunk and angry man who approached the other man’s vehicle and began climbing up the hood. […]
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