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Isaac Middle School in West Phoenix should have a new walkers bridge in place by 2008, according to an article in The Arizona Republic. With three reports of pedestrian accidents involving schoolchildren between 1996 and 2005, and more than 30,000 vehicles passing in by the school each day, it was time for action to be taken. Hundreds of students and nearby residents cross the five-lane road...

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How often have we seen this tragic plot unfold?Two motorists, for whatever dumb reason, are drag racing each other on a public road. One of the cars strikes another innocent motorist or pedestrian, who suffers catastrophic injury. Should both drag racers be responsible for all damages that the injured victim receives? Or should the "contact" vehicle be completely responsible? Or should the...

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My clients often ask me what they can recover in a lawsuit? The answer to this quesiton like so many other legal questions is not simple. It depends on a whole host of factors. Some of our clients have tragically lost a loved one due to the wrongful conduct of somebody else. The type of recovery in a wrongful death action varies from the type of recovery for an action when somebody suffers...

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Eventually, it is likely to happen to each of us: we're involved in an automobile accident. Now what?Your health comes first. Check around you to see if you or anybody else suffered injuries. If someone suffered injury, render aid where appropriate (by contacting the police or 911 immediately). Do so as quickly as possible. Emergency medical personnel who arrive at the accident scene...

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I read an article in the Tucson Weekly recently in which Lanny Hair, executive vice president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Arizona, estimated that fewer than 20 percent of Arizona motorists are uninsured. If that statistic is accurate, then we should all save money by not purchasing uninsured motorist coverage in our automobile insurance policies, right? WRONG! ! ! Here's...

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This year I will have the difficult task of having to attend a litigation-related conference in Honolulu, Hawaii of all places. We booked our tickets and I will soon participate in convention seminars at the Winter Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. I hope the convention seminars will improve our firm's ability to represent our clients with care and passion. One of the...

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Arizona's mandatory automobile insurance law requires that all drivers have at least a minimum amount of liability insurance in case of an accident. This means that drivers must have minimum liability coverage of at least $15,000 per person and $30,000 per accident. Due to the transient nature of our state, however, what the law requires often varies from what drivers actually have. When it...

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If you have been injured in an accident and somebody else bears responsibility, one question likely to arise is whether you must file suit within a specified period of time. In Arizona, you must file suit within a specific time or you will forever lose your rights to sue. This time period can be as little as 180 days from the date you suffered harm (or should have known), as long as two...

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Too often, in our line of work, we see victims or family members who have lost loved ones in senseless preventable automobile accidents caused by impaired drivers. Combining too much alcohol and an automobile leads to tragic results. Organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD Arizona have taken it upon themselves to educate the driving public in Arizona about the dangerous...

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Legislative proposals continue to flow in response to a recent AAA Study suggesting that teenage drivers in Arizona are accident prone. The most recent legislative proposal relates to teenagers and cellphones. The East Valley tribune just reported about legislation introduced by Tucson Representative Tom Prezelski seeking to ban all cellphone use by teenage drivers under the age of eighteen. ...

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We all remember turning age sixteen and looking forward to driving because it gave us a sense of newly found freedom away from our parents. Unfortunately, a new study by AAA Arizona, suggests that teenage driving can also lead to much more tragic results. According to the study released by the Arizona Automobile Association, fatal wrecks in Arizona involving teenage drivers kill three people...

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Even more speed patrols are coming to the City of Scottsdale around Pima Road running through Scottsdale. Already I mentioned that in Frebruary, photo radar will begin on the Loop 101 Freeway running through Scottsdale. Now around Pima Road near the vicinity of the Loop 101 Freeway, Scottsdale will increase patrols in the area as part of a "special speed-enforcement" effort. Why? More and...

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The City of Scottsdale has decided to do what no other City or state has done. Beginning February 21, 2006, the City will Start a pilot photo radar project on stretch of high speed state freeway dubbed the "highway of tears." The City of Scottsdale has in the past maintained that it has no responsibility to oversee investigations on the Loop 101 Freeway running through greater Scottsdale. ...

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A Phoenix Judge reduced the bond of a man who pled guilty to three counts of manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault and four counts of endangerment after a drunk driving acident that killed three people.Rigoberto Arrazola's bond was reduced from $180,000 to $35,000 January 4th.According to paysonroundup.com:If Arrazola is allowed to plea bargain, it would be in direct contrast to a...

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