I-70 Auto Accidents – Septemeber – Kansas City
Recent I-70 Auto Accidents during September in the Kansas City area have stunned our community. The I-70 auto accident, located in Blue Springs earlier in the month, involved a family of…
Drunk Driving Down, But Proportion of DUI Fatalities Remains the Same
The Insurance Institute for Safety recently undertook a study to find the answers to one of the great mysteries of traffic safety - the high rates of drunk driving fatalities…
Increase in Drunk Driving Accident Deaths Boosts Missouri 2012 Fatality Numbers
A significant increase in the number of people killed in alcohol-related accidents is possibly linked to an increase in overall traffic accident fatality numbers in Missouri last year. According to…
Drugs, Alcohol Combination Increases Accident Risk by 23 Times
Drugged driving or driving under the influence of narcotics may not receive as much attention as driving under the influence of alcohol, but contributes to thousands of accidents every year.…
ATTORNEY LAURA DEL PERCIO NAMED TO MILLION DOLLAR ADVOCATES FORUM
The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is pleased to announce that attorney Laura Louise Del Percio of Independence, MO has been certified as a member. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is…
Junior Service League of Independence Brings Defense Class To Independence Events Center
Many people in the Kansas City are familiar with the Ali Kemp tragedy involving a 19 year old Kansas State University student who was abducted and murdered while working at…
Court Allows Jury to Consider Evidence of Truck Driver’s Cell Phone Use in Accident Case, Excludes Witness Testimony as to Whether Driver Was “Distracted”
A federal judge ruled on a pair of motions in limine seeking to exclude evidence relating to two truck drivers' alleged cell phone use prior to a 2011 accident that…
2011 Sees Drop in Traffic Fatalities, but Spike in Bicycle, Truck Accident Deaths
According to data from the federal administration, traffic accident fatalities in 2011 dropped to their lowest levels since 1949, touching an all-time low of 32,367 deaths last year. However, there…
Truck Accident Lawsuit is the First Use of State’s Fetal Death Statute
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…
Fatigued Driving Accident Lawsuit Moves Between Missouri State and Federal Courts – Phelps v. Schwab
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.…
