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Driving Safety Expert Issues A December Driving Alert
December 2012 may be the most dangerous month ever for motorists, says crash lawyer and driving safety expert, Douglas R. Horn. Appearing on Fox 4 WDA...
Missouri State Highway Patrol Revises Crash Reporting System to Account for Distracted Driving
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), as part of its broad campaign to discourage distracted driving, has announced revisions to the system it has...
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 ch...
Teens at High Risk of Accidents with Same Age Passengers
Distractions are the primary reason why teenage motorists have a much higher risk of accidents while driving with other teen passengers. That fact was...
Distracted Driving Accident Results in Prison Sentence Intended by Judge as a Deterrent
A Massachusetts judge imposed the maximum allowable sentence on a teen convicted of motor vehicle homicide, calling it a deterrent to distracted drivi...
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...
Kansas City Lawyer Active in Distracted Driving Prevention
This morning I (Douglas Horn) was on the morning show on Fox 4 TV in Kansas City, Missouri. I was interviewed by Nick Vasos about my recent statement ...
Missouri Federal Court Dismisses Auto Accident Lawsuit for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Blunt v. Farmers Insurance Company
A federal judge in Missouri dismissed a lawsuit arising out of a car accident, Blunt v. Farmers Insurance Company, finding that the court lacked subje...
Missouri Crash Lawyer Hitting the Airwaves in Response to Distracted Driving Crisis
With the proliferation of the cell phone, distracted driving prevention now is the Nation’s top highway safety priority. Further, what used to b...
Missouri Plaintiffs Lawyer Starts Program to Target Distracted Driving
Douglas Horn, a Missouri plaintiffs lawyer, thinks that texting while driving has become more dangerous than drinking and driving. Laws that prohibit ...
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