Big Rig Collision with School Bus Causes Rollover and Injures Special Needs Adults
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October 12, 2011 - As many of you know, we are a school bus accident attorney, which is basically the same thing as a personal injury lawyer. I like to cover these stories that involve commercial vehicles the most. According to reports special needs adults were injured when the bus they were riding on collided with a big rig. According to authorities special needs adult education students were injured when the school bus they were traveling in was involved in an accident with a big rig near Dixon at approximately 7:25 a.m. The car accident occurred on Hackman Road in the vicinity near Runge Road.
According to witnesses the school bus and the big rig were both heading eastbound on Hackman Road when the accident occurs.
Investigators stated the school bus crossed double yellow lines to pass the big rig that was traveling at approximately 20 miles per hour. The bus while passing the truck was involved in a collision when the big rig made a left hand turn, striking the bus.
The school bus crash that occurred between Sacramento and Vacaville was carrying adult special needs education students between the ages of 18 and 22 years old. The students were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The bus driver was injured in the rollover crash and was transported to the hospital and admitted. The driver of the big rig was uninjured in the collision. The obvious issues for discussion initially, are the liability of the bus operator for negligence in attempting to pass the big rig. Assuming this involved a public school bus, there will also be he issue of governmental claims. We will discuss more about the case, as the facts develop.
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Montlick & Associates Announces Its First High School Athlete of the Week for the 2011 ...
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Montlick & Associates, Attorneys at Law recognizes Joseph Rush of Tucker, Georgia as the Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Week August 26, 2011. For Tucker High School defensive end Joseph Rush, being chosen as the Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Week is the result of months of hard work both on and off the field. Rush says, "I honestly think that I've turned myself around. I've become more of a leader to the team. I've worked hard this summer and I definitely think it's paid off." Rush is being recruited by Alabama State, Western Kentucky and a few others, but he is leaning towards a local school right here in Georgia. "Georgia Southern is my number one pick right now, but I still have my options open. Education is big in my household, so I'll let it play itself out come February," says Rush.
The Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Week is featured on WSB-TV's Friday Night Sportszone program in Atlanta, Georgia. At the end of the 2011 high school football season, Montlick & Associates will honor an Athlete of the Year. As part of our ongoing commitment to support the community, Montlick & Associates will donate $5000 to the winner's school.
We invite you to visit us each week to meet the athletes and learn about their amazing accomplishments on and off the field. And come back at the end of the season to vote for the 2011 Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Year. Your vote will help determine which athlete takes home top honors and which high school receives the $5,000 donation from Montlick & Associates! Voting will begin Saturday, November 5th and end Sunday, November 13th. Be sure to tune in to WSB-TV's Sportszone November 18th to see who's been crowned the 2011 Montlick & Associates Athlete of the Year.
For more than 27 years, the Georgia Injury Attorneys at Montlick & Associates have made it their goal to be the best personal injury law firm in Georgia and throughout the Southeast. The law firm represents families and individuals who have suffered injuries in auto accident injuries, job injuries, injuries from defective or dangerous products, and all other types of serious or catastrophic injuries. Our firm is available to assist clients who have questions on how to handle auto accident claims and claims for other types of cases, including those involving wrongful death. Our caring and compassionate team of lawyers are available to assist clients throughout all of Georgia and the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Dalton, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all smaller cities and rural areas in the state. No matter where you are located, our attorneys are just a phone call away, and we will even come to you. Call us 24 hours a day/7 days a week for your Free Consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us online at montlick.com and use our Free Case Evaluation Form or 24-hour Live Online Chat.
Seattle car crash lawyer | Seattle school bus hit, 3 children hurt
If we our children with the bus to school, we tend to keep the expectation, that is their security in good hands as of course it is in the vast majority of cases. However as Seattle personal injury attorney, I know, occasionally something goes wrong. Just this morning, KOMOnews.com reported three elementary school students were Jetta beacon injured when their school bus was t bone of a Volkswagen Ave and 38th Avenue in Seattle. The bus contained only nine students, of which three of ambulance Harborview Medical Center, transported while the rest were able to go to school on different buses arrive. The driver of the VW was brought to hospital in Swedish. This accident seems to have been terribly difficult; Fortunately, there was not much worse.
On the basis of information of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an extremely safe mode of transportation are school buses. There are tens of thousands of people killed annually in the United States, and on average only about 10 of the occupant of school buses include. Although this is a very small number, any number is certainly higher than 0 (zero) to many. Injuries in traffic accidents children have sometimes lifelong consequences both physically and emotionally.
If your children in a school have injured bus accident, you need a Seattle car accident lawyer as soon as possible contact. Of course, the first priority is your child's health and emotional well-being, but with the possibly long-lasting health concerns, rights it is important to your family as well as to protect. Jason Epstein is an experienced, dynamic bus accident insurance can make sure that your child's health, and protect your family legal interests. Contact for more information and a free adviceJason, with premier law group at (206) 285-1743.
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Big Rig Collision with School Bus Causes Rollover and Injures Special Needs Adults
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October 12, 2011 - As many of you know, we are a school bus accident attorney, which is basically the same thing as a personal injury lawyer. I like to cover these stories that involve commercial vehicles the most. According to reports special needs adults were injured when the bus they were riding on collided with a big rig. According to authorities special needs adult education students were injured when the school bus they were traveling in was involved in an accident with a big rig near Dixon at approximately 7:25 a.m. The car accident occurred on Hackman Road in the vicinity near Runge Road.
According to witnesses the school bus and the big rig were both heading eastbound on Hackman Road when the accident occurs.
Investigators stated the school bus crossed double yellow lines to pass the big rig that was traveling at approximately 20 miles per hour. The bus while passing the truck was involved in a collision when the big rig made a left hand turn, striking the bus.
The school bus crash that occurred between Sacramento and Vacaville was carrying adult special needs education students between the ages of 18 and 22 years old. The students were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The bus driver was injured in the rollover crash and was transported to the hospital and admitted. The driver of the big rig was uninjured in the collision. The obvious issues for discussion initially, are the liability of the bus operator for negligence in attempting to pass the big rig. Assuming this involved a public school bus, there will also be he issue of governmental claims. We will discuss more about the case, as the facts develop.
This was a free message from the school bus accident lawyer at Ehline Law Firm PC 201 Wilshire Blvd., Second Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401. 310-376-8488.
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Seattle Car Crash Lawyer | Seattle School Bus Hit, 3 Kids Hurt
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When we put our children on the bus to school, we tend to hold the expectation that their safety is in good hands, as of course it is in the vast majority of all cases. However, as a Seattle personal injury attorney, I know that occasionally, something goes awry. Just this morning, KOMOnews.com reported on three elementary school students were injured when their school bus was t-boned by a Volkswagon Jetta at Beacon Ave and 38th Ave in Seattle. The bus contained only nine students, of whom three were transported by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center while the rest were able to proceed to school on another bus. The driver of the VW was taken to Swedish Hospital. This accident does not appear to have been terribly severe; fortunately it was not much worse.
Based on information provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, school buses are an extremely safe mode of transportation. There are tens of thousands of traffic fatalities every year in the United States and on average only about 10 of those involve occupants of school buses. While this is an extremely low number, certainly any number higher than zero is too many. Injuries to children in vehicle accidents can sometimes have lifelong consequences both physically and emotionally.
If your children have been injured in a school bus accident, you need to contact a Seattle car accident attorney as soon as possible. Obviously, the first priority is your child’s health and emotional well-being, but with the possibly long-lasting health concerns, it is important to protect your family’s legal rights as well. Jason Epstein is an experienced, dynamic bus accident attorney who can work with insurance companies to help ensure your child’s health, and protect your family’s legal interests. For more information and a FREE CONSULTATION, contact Jason at Premier Law Group at (206)285-1743.
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Anaheim Student Struck on Way to School by Pickup
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October 6, 2011 - According to reports an Anaheim student was struck on the way to school and injured. According to Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez the accident occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m. when the Anaheim High School student was on his way to school. The accident occurred at the intersection of Citron and Water Streets.
The teen was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by a 17 year old, traveling eastbound, according to Sgt. Martinez. According to Sgt. Martinez it is possible that the dew on the window and the location of the sun caused the driver to run the stop sign at the intersection. The pedestrian teen was crossing the intersection at the time and was struck.
The student that was struck suffered injuries that are not believed to be life threatening. Prior to being transported to the hospital neighbors provided the injured teen with a pillow and blanket, until the paramedics arrived.
The Anaheim student injury attorneys at Ehline Law Firm PC have brought this public service message to promote safety awareness and to help diagnose issues of liability and damages. To learn more, contact 333 City Boulevard West, 17th Fl. Orange, CA 92868 USA +714.912.9724.
Back to School: But Are Kids Safe in School Zones
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School children throughout Atlanta are back at school. Because many children walk to school, the number of pedestrian accidents involving children are expected to spike. The Atlanta police department has announced that they will be conducting stepped up school crosswalk and speed enforcement efforts.
Because of the high volume of child pedestrians in school zones, there is an increased need to be attentive. Sadly, one in six drivers that travel through a school zone are engaged in a distracted driving practice, according to a study by Safe Kids USA.
Anyone who has school age children knows that driving in the area of a school zone, particularly immediately before and after school, can be difficult and confusing. Vehicles are often bumper to bumper with drivers trying to cut over and make last minute lane changes because they are impatient. Children and adults often illegally jaywalk and seem to come out of nowhere. Exceeding the speed limit and failing to stop at crosswalks in a school zone amidst this much chaos can be a deadly combination. There is a reason that the speed limit is reduced in school zones and anyone who fails to reduce their speed creates a serious risk of a child pedestrian accident.
Many children are smaller in stature making them harder to see in the first place, so if a driver is not paying attention the results can be heartbreaking. Among the distracted driving practices identified in the Safe Kids USA study were the use of electronic devices, reading, eating, putting on makeup, grooming, drinking or reaching for something. All of these behaviors that were observed in the study require that a driver’s eyes and concentration be averted from the road even though small children may unexpectedly be present in the street.
Data shows that the most dangerous time for school children to be walking is in the afternoon after the school day is over. The study revealed that well over half of all car accidents that result in the death of a child occur between 3-7 p.m. in the afternoon. This coincides with data on distracted driving that reveals drivers are 22 percent more likely to be distracted when driving in the afternoon hours.
Many drivers that speed do not consciously do so but are simply not paying attention to their speed and surroundings because they are distracted. The impact of speeding in a school zone on the outcome and likelihood of a child pedestrian accident cannot be overstated. The faster a vehicle is traveling the less response time a driver has to react to a child who is crossing the street or to stop at a crosswalk. Speed also has a significant impact on the seriousness of injuries suffered in a child pedestrian accident. When a child is struck by a vehicle moving forty mph, the child pedestrian accident will be fatal approximately 85 percent of the time. If a driver slows down to twenty mph, a child will only suffer fatal injuries in a pedestrian accident five percent of the time.
If you are driving in a school zone, it is important to slow down, pay attention and stop at any crosswalk. Georgia law requires that drivers come to a complete stop at a crosswalk not simply slow down. These simple safety practices can help ensure that our children’s walk to and from school is uneventful. If your child has been injured in a child pedestrian accident in Atlanta by a driver who is distracted or otherwise careless, our experienced school zone accident lawyers have been representing those injured in child pedestrian accidents for over 27 years.
Our Atlanta school zone accident lawyers are available to assist clients throughout all of Georgia and the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all smaller cities and rural areas in the state. No matter where you are located our attorneys are just a phone call away, and we will even come to you. Call us 24 hours a day/7 days a week for your Free Consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us online at www.montlick.com and use our Free Case Evaluation Form or 24-hour Live Online Chat.
East Palo Alto School Student Struck and Killed by Teacher
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September 29, 2011 - According to reports by car accident lawyers at Ehline Law Firm PC, an East Palo Alto school student was struck and killed by a teacher.
According to authorities a six year old student identified as Sioreli Torres Zamora was crossing the street in a crosswalk, with her mother watching her, when she was struck by a car driven by a teacher.
The mother was with her two other children when the accident occurred and watched the accident in horror. According to her mother Guadalupe Zamora the little girl would have been seven years old on Sunday.
According to East Palo Alto Police Chief Ronald Davis said, the accident was a loss of innocence, with a mother and daughter walking to school.
The teacher that struck the six year old, just after 8:00 a.m. has been identified as Falisha Alisha Whiteparker of East Palo Alto and a music teacher at Constano Elementary School. Whiteparker was not arrested, but the accident remains under investigation, according to authorities.
According to East Palo Alto police they are investigating if the teacher driving the BMW was distracted at the time of the accident. Palo Alto Police Chief Davis said that they have heard that it could have been due to the sun in her eyes. Chief Davis said that the sun would mean that drivers should be extra cautious and slow down, the chief also brought up texting, talking on a cell phone eating and drinking in this type of collision.
Back to School Safety and Driving
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As a new school year gets under way, many parents will be rushing their children to school and then rushing to work – a perfect scenario for a traffic accident. While parents should always be conscientious about their driving, they should also take the time to review their auto insurance coverage to ensure that it offers what their family needs in the event of an accident. And if they are involved an accident that isn’t their fault, parents should call the NJ accident lawyers at Console & Hollawell.
Types of Auto Insurance for Families
The most common types of auto insurance for families are: liability, personal injury protection (PIP), collision, uninsured motorist and under-insured motorist. All vehicles registered in New Jersey are required to have liability insurance for property damage, PIP insurance and under-insured motorist insurance.
Liability
This insurance pays for damage caused by an accident when you are at fault, and it also pays for legal and court costs. There are two types of liability insurance: bodily injury liability, which pays for special damages such as medical expenses and pain and suffering, and property damage liability, which pays for property damage.
PIP
This insurance pays for reasonable and necessary expenses that result from an auto accident. In addition to covering medical expenses, PIP insurance can also cover funeral expenses, rehabilitation expenses and childcare expenses if a parent is disabled.
Collision
This insurance pays for damage that results from colliding with another vehicle, from colliding with an object or from vehicle rollover. Unlike most types of auto insurance, collision insurance requires a deductible.
Uninsured Motorist
This insurance pays for damages caused by a driver who does not have liability insurance. The damages covered by uninsured motorist insurance vary by state, but medical expenses are always covered.
Underinsured Motorist
This insurance pays for damages caused by a driver who does not have sufficient liability insurance. Again, the damages that are covered vary by state, but medical expenses are covered everywhere.
To decide on the right policies, drivers should review their finances, their driving record and the incidence of accidents on the roadways they travel the most. If another driver injures you, call the NJ accident lawyers at Console & Hollawell.
Have You Been Injured in a Car Accident?
Even when the driver who causes an accident is properly insured, the insurer can refuse to pay an injury claim, or it may offer a low settlement figure. If this is happening to you, call the New Jersey personal injury attorneys at Console & Hollawell today.
Console & Hollawell’s New Jersey personal injury attorneys have over 17 years of experience in helping accident victims recover damages. If you have been injured in an accident, don’t argue with the defendant’s insurer. Call Console & Hollawell, and let us negotiate on your behalf.
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It is almost back to school in Texas, is ready for your teen driver?
School to prepare our children for the new school year around the corner for children in Fort Worth and Dallas and for parents, means. We get them supplies and clothes ready with new school, but if you have a teen driver - can she put on by a refresher course to be like a safer driver. You see, even though drivers represent only 7% of the population licensed teen, they are involved in 20 percent of all fatal car accidents.
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among young people in America, and as a personal injury lawyer in Fort Worth, I can tell you that almost all these accidents in DFW could have been avoided. If your teen prepared for the first time this year to school, or even if she went last year, take time to go over some basics of the road and again some basic rules, which could save their lives.
Teen driver in Texas have a high rate of car crashes, as they simply not that much driving experience. Easily distracted receive, take risks of difficulties spotting and fail, select the appropriate speed. Here are some simple ways to protect of the teen driver:
• Limit or completely may take the number of friends limit: studies show that only add 1 teen passenger, the risk of fatal accident almost doubled.
• Limit their driving at night and on weekends
• Remind you in anyway, where a safety belt and put down their mobile phone: distracted driving and not wearing seat belt are just some of the leading killers of young people. As a parent, you are part of the solution! Example drama society: put your seat belt on, not your phone messing while driving. Also, add you not the problem through your teen call, while you know that they go to. They set up a plan with your teenager have to follow when they call and places - not, in fact while they are.
Car accidents are preventable, if you follow the basic standards for the safety rules for young people. Use this time remind your teen about safe driving habits and also what to do if they get in an accident. As always, you're better safe than sorry.
Growing risk of violent crime on school campus
Schools used opportunities, to a safe place for children, the education and socialization but violence rises on school campus in the country, and Atlanta is no exception.
Metal detectors and armed security guards common and a constant reminder are to as school safety has changed in recent years. One of the leading causes of children, to avoid the school is fear, the victims of the harassment and physical violence. The growth of gang activity in our schools has promoted the force majeure and weapons possession on school grounds and caused a wave of violent crime in schools, the grotesque and disturbing.
Some disturbing statistics show the extent of the problem:
old. 3 out of every 10 are 1 in 4 victims of acts of violence in the age from 12-17 years old teenager murders of juveniles are killings of other children. 73 per cent of the students think violence and crime to a big problem. 4, 173 young people of age 15-19 die every year in accidents involving firearms. 135, 000 children bring weapons to school on a given day.The violence is no longer limited to bad neighborhoods or bad parts of the city. Parents also in mid-range and wealthy area must be aware that their children can be exposed to acts of violence at school and can suffer serious injury attacks by school yard. If your child is a victim of a violent crime at school, have you use as a parent. If a child is the victim of a violent crime, he or she can follow may be an infringement lawsuit against the school when school officials not reasonable precautions to prevent a violent attack on school grounds. With the help of experienced Georgia personal injury lawyer can victims often financial compensation for their injuries, costs for medical care, pain and suffering, and/or any other damage received.
The State of Georgia Georgia crime victims compensation Board for victims of violent crime with the financial hardship associated with this aid established. Victims of violent crime can be compensated by the State of Georgia for up to $10,000 for their expenditure, that is separate from damages in a civil lawsuit. These costs may include expenditure costs for medical care, psychological care and other emergency.
The Board contains definition of a victim a person who is physically injured, dies or not because of, a victim of a violent crime is financial. Common acts of violence that may occur on a school campus and the right to compensation in a lawsuit personal injury or of the Georgia victim compensation Board, can include the following crime:
Homicide ShootingsRape sexual AssaultChild AbuseDomestic / family ViolenceDUI CrashesAssaults batteryIf your child or an other beloved was the victim of a violent crime on school grounds, Georgia can experienced violent crime victim Attorney your child in the search of balance for your child the injuries represent. Montlick and Associates, we the victims of violent crime, such as attacks on school grounds, is for more than 27 years, was. Our compassionate and dedicated team fighting the best recovery for our customers as part of our commitment to be to get as the top personal injury attorneys in Georgia.
The Atlanta personal injury law firm Montlick & Associates is available to clients in all Georgia and in the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, helping Warner Robins and all the smaller towns and rural areas in the State. No matter where you are our lawyers are only a phone call away, and we come to you. Call the week us 24 hours a day/7 days for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us at www.montlick.com and use our free case evaluation form or 24-hour live online chat.
The tragic facts about Georgia school zone accidents
There are many precautions taken, to protect our children, if they walk to the and of the school or get off the bus at school. However, reduced speed limits, warning signs, blinking bus are warning lights despite special school zone and crossing dozens of school children of vehicles in Georgia watch, hit every year - often with serious injuries and even death.
Many of these accidents are a product of the drivers who simply refuse, perceive the care and maintenance for these security measures required. One of the basic causes for all of these safeguards is that school children may be small and difficult to see and pickup truck or SUV hit extremely vulnerable to catastrophic and fatal injuries if by a car.
If your child zone accident suffered serious injury or wrongful death in a Georgia school, contact you on our experienced Georgia school zone accident lawyers, your rights to to discuss compensation. We examine carefully all possible unsafe driving practices or breach of security to protect of the school age pedestrians on establishing the liability of a driver whose Unvorsichtigkeit our clients injured child. Some of the most common violations, to Atlanta school zone result in accidents, as also accidents in all Georgia, include:
Error in the comply with crosswalk right: a driver is required, right of way a pedestrian school child, who is in a crosswalk. This not only means slow or production but come to a halt and waiting for a child to cross the intersection. A public place such as a school district, which is known that a certain intersection with school children has created the pedestrian accidents can responsible for insufficient precautionary measures. Proper bus stop can design appropriate security measures and procedures, or use the crossing guards school bus load included. A careless driver hitting a child in a crosswalk may also be held liable for violations of Kindes.Verweigerung zones reduce speed in school: all school zones have speed laws due to the high risk of pedestrian accidents involving school children reduced. A school zone covers an extremely large number of pedestrians, the particularly sensitive to their maturity, due to lack of and can experience. Children may be harder to see because they are typically small. A driver of his or her speed in a zone marked school unnecessarily slow not threatened school children.The school children in school zones routinely beaten try insurance companies, to defend the driver to shift blame to the injured child. Georgia crosswalk law obliged to give a pedestrian, not to a junction at a point where it would be impractical for the driver to achieve. This is sometimes called the "Darting child defence." case the insurance company in the position to that your child is partially on error, they may to reduce numbers they can on the claim. In some cases the insurance company can pay debt enough compensation to avoid can shift.
If your child in a school zone accident is involved, it is zone important representation of an experienced Georgia school to get accident lawyer. We are familiar with the defense strategies of insurance numbers claims in Georgia pedestrian area school zone accident claims to avoid and is diligently working to obtain the compensation that deserves your child. Our experienced pedestrian area school zone accident lawyers have represented children pedestrian accidents Atlanta and Georgia more than 27 years.
Our Georgia pedestrian school lawyers are zone customers in all Georgia and in the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all the smaller towns and rural areas in the State to provide. No matter where you are our lawyers are only a phone call away, and we come to you. Call the week us 24 hours a day/7 days for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us at www.montlick.com and use our free case evaluation form or 24-hour live online chat.
