Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Should Drag Racers share responsibility for the havoc they wreak?

  Andrew Defusco | May 10, 2006 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to a Fallen Police Officer

  Staff Writer | May 02, 2006 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Yesterday our state remembered Gilbert Police Officer Rob Targosz who died while on duty this past Saturday working on a DUI enforcement detail. A suspected impaired driver ran a red light and collided with Officer Targosz's motorcycle. The driver and passenger then fled on foot without attempting to help the injured officer. In our line of work, we see lots of tragedy. We can only hope that...

• What can you recover in a personal injury lawsuit?

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2006 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Lawyer Advertising

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2006 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Do you select your attorney on the basis of which animal mascot the lawfirm included in its advertising slogan? Are you comfortable hiring lawyers who choose a flying animal or a four legged creature as a mascot? Do you make a decision to hire a lawyer on the basis of advertising? Fees? Experience? What criteria do you use to evaluate who to hire for your legal needs? What resources do you...

• I Was in a Car Accident -- Now What?

  Andrew Defusco | March 10, 2006 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Families Sue Bar in Wrong-Way Crash Case

  Andrew Defusco | February 17, 2006 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In early February, the families of three teenagers sued a bar in a Texas court, claiming that the bar should be held responsible for causing the motor vehicle accident and the teens' deaths. The accident was caused by a drunk driver who drove the wrong way and crashed into the teens' vehicle. In Arizona, bars can be held responsible for causing injuries and deaths when they overserve alcohol...

• Why Buy Uninsured Motorist Coverage?

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

  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...

• Arizona Punitive Damages Legislation

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2006 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Each year various members of the Arizona legislature introduce bills concerning all aspects of "tort reform." This year is no different. I recently learned that Arizona State Representative Jennifer Burns introduced a bill to prevent Plaintiffs from recovering punitive damges but not to outlaw puntive damages awards in their entirety. Rather than outlawing punitive damages, Representative...

• Seminars on Injury Litigation in Hawaii

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

  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...

• Enron and Corporate America

  Staff Writer | February 08, 2006 1:01 PM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The trial of Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling began this last week in a Houston, Texas courtroom. This corporate scandal and the beginning of the trial of its former executives has reinforced my opinion about why jurors rathern than government or corporate America should have the final say about what corporations should and should not do, and when corporations should be held...