Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Franklin Man Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 5:06 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to Vermont State Police, a Franklin man was killed on Wednesday after being involved in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Vermont 236 and Dewing Road.The man was traveling east on Dewing Road at 12:39pm on Tuesday when his truck collided with another truck by another Franklin man. He was traveling south on Vermont 236 when he unsuccessfully tried to swerve out of the way when...

• Broken Bones Not Necessary to Collect Damages for Personal Injuries

  Rob Curtiss | February 16, 2007 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Some people who have been injured in automobile accidents think that unless they have suffered broken bones their claims are not worth much. However, torn, strained or sprained ligaments or tendons, so-called soft tissue injuries, may still entitle a personal injury victim to a substantial settlement. Several years ago I tried a case for a very nice woman with soft tissue injuries. Although her...

• Former Guardsman Killed In Car Wreck

  Christina Cole | February 12, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A former Vermont National Guardsman, who recently served in Iraq, was killed in a car accident.The 29-year-old died on Wednesday in a head-on collision that involved another vehicle. The accident occurred when the driver of the other vehicle hit a guardrail, which sent him across the road and into his car.Sadly, he leaves behind three sons and a wife.

• Settlement of Personal Injury Claims

  Ed Van Dorn | February 07, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our personal injury clients want to know whether their cases will settle or will they have to go to court. Because of our extensive experience in handling hundreds of personal injury claims we are generally able to predict what will happen. While each case is different our experience and track record gives us some valuable information. Statistically over 90% of our cases settle without having...

• Personal Injury Firm's Track Record

  Ed Van Dorn | February 02, 2007 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The law firm handling your personal injury claim should have a proven track record in jury trials. When a personal injury claim cannot be settled it is resolved by a jury trial. Insurance company's will usually only pay top settlements to personal injury victims represented by attorneys with proven track records in court. When personal injury victims are represented by lawyers with only limited...

• Three People Seriously Injured in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | January 27, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three Montpelier residents were seriously injured Friday, in a two-vehicle car accident on Ind. 18.Authorities say, Chance E. McCormick was driving his Dodge Caravan eastbound on the highway at 3:30pm when he lost control of the van in the snow that had blow on to the roadway.McCormick's vehicle slid counter-clockwise into a westbound lane, according to Blackford County police Lt. Jeff Sones,...

• Woman Injured in One-Car Accident

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Stowe woman is facing DUI charges after driving her car off of Route 100 near Waterbury Fish on Monday.Allison, Ladd, sustained minor cuts and bruises but refused to submit to a breathalyzer test after officers on the scene suspected she had been drinking and driving prior to the crash. Ladd lost control of her Ford Explorer and drove off the road, 75 feet into a marsh. She was taken to...

• Woman Hurt in Crash Under Influence of Prescription Drugs

  Christina Cole | January 11, 2007 5:49 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police say a woman in her late 50s was hurt in a car crash off the County Road that sent her car into a concrete post and then off into the woods and finally into a tree.Elizabeth Dorries had to be extricated from her car at approximately 1:45am because her right foot was pinned up under the dashboard said Vermont State Police, Daniel Schneider. She sustained an incapacitating injury to her...

• Man Escapes Serious Injury after Plummeting off Interstate

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 8:05 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man escaped serious injury Tuesday when his SUV plummeted off of Interstate 89, down a 40ft embankment and came to rest on its side beneath the busy underpass.David Pelkey, 30, received shoulder and facial injuries and he was treated and released. Pelkey was trapped in his overturned Chevy Tahoe for 20 minutes before rescue crews from Colchester, Winooski and Mallettes Bay were able to free...

• Man Injured in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | December 29, 2006 4:41 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A New Hampshire man sustained neck injuries on Monday morning in a car crash on Interstate-91 in Springfield according to Vermont State Police.Police ay they were dispatched at 11:33am and found a 2001 Ford Escort driven by Larkin Burrill, 88, had apparently left the roadway on the left side and traveled into a wooded area. The car had extensive damage to the front and both sides. Police are...