by The Horn Law Firm | Dec 2, 2012 | Auto Accidents
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), as part of its broad campaign to discourage distracted driving, has announced revisions to the system it has used for the past ten years to track auto accident circumstances. In addition to noting factors like the age of the...
by The Horn Law Firm | Nov 25, 2012 | Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
A lawsuit arising from a fatal automobile accident in Nebraska is believed to be the first time a civil lawsuit has cited that state’s unborn child wrongful death statute. The lawsuit, Baumann v. Slezak, et al, also alleges violations of federal truck driving...
by The Horn Law Firm | Nov 20, 2012 | Auto Accidents
Distractions are the primary reason why teenage motorists have a much higher risk of accidents while driving with other teen passengers. That fact was confirmed recently by an AAA study, which found that when 16 and 17-year-old teenagers drive their car with other...
by The Horn Law Firm | Nov 20, 2012 | Auto Accidents
A Massachusetts judge imposed the maximum allowable sentence on a teen convicted of motor vehicle homicide, calling it a deterrent to distracted driving. “Distracted driving” refers to driving while also using a mobile device, such as a cell phone, in a...
by The Horn Law Firm | Nov 16, 2012 | Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
A lawsuit arising from an accident between a pickup truck and a tractor trailer, Phelps v. Schwab, has bounced around between state and federal courts in Missouri for several years. A federal judge remanded the case back to state court earlier this year, finding that...
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