Automobile Accidents

• Why Buy Uninsured Motorist Coverage?

  Andrew Defusco | February 16, 2006 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• Seminars on Injury Litigation in Hawaii

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2006 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• Insurance Coverage for Automobile Accidents

  Staff Writer | February 04, 2006 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• How Much Time Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• Drunk Driving and Auto Accidents

  Staff Writer | January 27, 2006 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• More News About Teenage Drivers

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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. ...

• Are Teen Age Drivers Accident Prone?

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2006 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• Do Speed Patrols Save Lives?

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2006 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...

• Scottsdale Tests Photo Radar to Reduce Accidents

  Staff Writer | January 11, 2006 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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. ...

• Drunk Driver's Bond Reduced After Fatal Accident

  Staff Writer | January 06, 2006 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  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...