An action was filed seeking declaratory judgment. The plaintiffs, who are the insured and one of their insurers, seek an adjudication that another insurer, is obliged to defend a certain action for personal injuries based upon the alleged negligence of one of the plaintiffs. The personal injury action was filed…
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Semi backs up over man killing him
This was a horrific truck accident that devastated the lives of many, said the report. The family of the dead man in this case filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucker that backed up over their dad in a parking lot. The semi driver was attempting to move his…
Four killed in taxi versus semi collision
Four men on their way to a wedding were killed in a truck accident when the cab they were riding in ran into the back of a big rig parked in the middle of the road, said the observer. What was the big rig doing in the middle of the…
Speeding Big Rig Kills Mother and Daughter
Although the police tracked down the suspected rig driver in this fatal hit and run truck accident, he was choosing not to talk to them. Since he was not saying anything one way or another, the police had not moved to charge him, indicated the report. The police will make…
Red Light Runner Slams into Truck
Some days, it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. This particular day was not a good one for this woman and her two children. The woman, who was driving a PT Cruiser was headed east on a street when she careened into a commercial truck that was heading south.…
Truck Wreck Nets Family $3.5 million Award
In this case, a truck accident victim and his wife were awarded a total of $3.5 million for their future pain and suffering. It was one of the largest awards handed out in recent history in Michigan. The man and his wife were heading west on a road in 2008…
Injured and Declining to sue, an Accident Survivor is Financially Strapped
In some cases, the truth is stranger than fiction and this case has all of those elements; a bit of hard, cold truth and an old world element of what may be considered to be fiction, but, is also truth. A 60-year old Amish woman who survived a very ugly…
Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Lives
Firefighters worked to remove the driver of an SUV after it crossed the median on an Oregon highway and hit a semi-truck. Another car flipped onto its roof during the incident. “The driver of the black SUV was sent to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries,” a witness said. One…
Logging Truck hit by car Kills Two and Injures Three
The weather took a turn for the worse in this case and when it did, the consequences were not pretty. Freezing mist was falling on the highway and those traveling it were hard-pressed to get any traction. They even had a hard time going the designated speed limit, as the…
Sometimes There Really are Guardian Angels on the Highways
This was a case that warmed the hearts of many and shed a different light on truckers. While most people consider 18-wheelers to be dangerous and deadly, it appears that there are truckers out there who will go to the max to help someone in distress. Such is the case…