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Please remind your teenagers that trying to do donuts in a parking lot isn’t a good idea, especially if there isn’t any ice in the parking lot. In Springville, Utah this morning, 4 youth were attempting to spin their car in a school parking lot after football practice and they forgot one of the [...]
We have launched a new mini website for addressing people who need a Utah cycling attorney.
There have been a number of unfortunate accidents involving cyclists lately including a car crash where one vehicle slammed into several bicyclists killing one of them. Then the TRAX incident where a biker was probably listening to headphones and didn’t [...]
A car crash this morning in Draper, Utah, sent one vehicle into a group of female cyclists causing one to be airlifted to the hospital. Our prayers go out to this cyclist and her family. You never know when an accident can happen. KSL news reports on the crash in this video.
Video Courtesy of KSL.com
We get emails like this one all the time from people wondering if they are getting a fair shake from an insurance company adjuster. In this case, the answer is clearly, no.
“Last May 2009, my wife and I were involved in an accident. We were turning right off of a highway between Deer Park and [...]
A police officer in Orem, Utah was behind a van making a left-hand turn and when the van turned followed it into the intersection where the vehicle collided with a motorcycle. Unfortunately, the motorcyclist is in serious condition.
These types of accidents can happen to anyone. The law requires that we yield to oncoming traffic [...]
One lucky 16 year-old that had his license just 21 days, rolled his truck in West Spokane today. Authorities believe speed was a factor in the accident as the vehicle rolled 270 feet after the driver lost control on a soft shoulder of the road. This young man is definitely lucky to be alive. Hopefully [...]
Ogden Personal Injury Attorney
Another distressing accident involving teens has occurred in Ogden. Details about the accident haven’t all been made known but two vehicles got racing along state road 39 and one driver lost control and slammed into a tree killing the 16 year-old passenger (Myra Serrano) in that vehicle.
KSL reports the young man driving [...]
Last month a jury in Bryan, Texas awarded a $22 million verdict against a Texas A&M student (Vestal) who killed a Baylor University senior, while inattentively driving and sending text messages at the same time. Vestal declared bankruptcy before the trial and the plaintiff’s attorney represented to the jury that this wasn’t about money, it [...]
Are you aware that under several sets of circumstances you may be liable for another person’s driving? This brief article shares several ways in which a person can be equally responsible for someone else’s driving. Yet another reason to make sure you are properly insured, though under some circumstances insurance will not cover your [...]
Sometimes it can be difficult to establish who driver is that is legally responsible for an accident. At other times it’s nearly always clear. This article discusses several scenarios that should help make it clear such as when there’s a rear-end accident or left-turn accident, and what help a police report can be.
http://www.gregoryswapp.com/practice-areas/auto-accident-attorney/car-accidents-proving-fault/
