Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
May 19, 2021 • Car Accidents,Motor Vehicle Crashes
Auto Accident Fatalities Highest in Almost a Century Despite COVID
An estimated forty-two thousand sixty people died in fatal auto accidents in 2020. Covid-19 dramatically impacted road travel in 2020, but despite far fewer miles driven, there was a dramatic increase in fatal motor vehicle crashes. In fact, deaths from auto accidents spiked 24%, representing the most significant increase since 1926! Why did U.S. roads…
read moreMarch 31, 2021 • automobile safety,Car Accidents,Safety Tips
Tesla’s Autopilot Technology Under Scrutiny After Recent Crashes
Federal regulators are investigating 23 recent car accidents involving Teslas and their automatic steering and braking system. Although Tesla is facing heavier scrutiny for its autopilot technology, Tesla maintains that its autopilot features still make its cars safer than other vehicles. Critics have expressed concern about Tesla’s safety claims given the number of recent auto…
read moreJuly 10, 2020 • Auto Accidents,Car Accidents
Crash Reconstruction Finds Fairmont, WV Cop Drove Twice the Speed Limit in Fatal Crash
Eight months — that’s how long it took for Steven Gene Santini’s family to find out that maybe his driving wasn’t the cause of his horrific death. The crash that killed Mr. Santini occurred in July of 2019 in Fairmont, West Virginia. Santini was only a block away from his home when a Fairmont Police…
read moreJanuary 17, 2020 • Auto Accidents,Car Accidents,Compensation for Injuries
Kanawha County School Bus Driver Arrested for DUI after Fiery Crash on I-77: a Lawyer’s Perspective
CHARLESTON, WV — Charleston Police arrested and charged a Kanawha County school bus driver with DUI following a four-vehicle crash Thursday, which included the bus she was driving with six children on board. Two of the children were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to emergency responders. The bus was traveling from…
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