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• Two fatal train crashes in two days on same route

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:11 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  In a tragic story out of Florida, two train-vehicle collisions resulted in injury and death on the same Amtrack route just two days apart.Forbes.com reported the details of both accidents involving Amtrack trains en route from Miami to New York. On Monday four people died in a car that reportedly drove around another car and barriers into the path of a train full of passengers in Lakeland,...

• Auto accidents leading cause of death for teens

  Staff Writer | January 22, 2007 10:02 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  The Insurance Information Institute reports that motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teens ages 15 to 20. An article posted on TheTimes.com details the alarming statistics about teen traffic deaths. The national numbers for 2005 include 3,467 fatalities for drivers ages 15 to 20, and 281,000 injuries for kids in this age group due to motor vehicle crashes. In Alabama...

• Disturbing trucking accident statistics

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 12:33 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Tractor-trailers, otherwise known as semis or large trucks, are involved in nearly 500,000 traffic accidents each year. Of these, nearly 5,000 result in death, and many others in severe injuries. Another disturbing statistic is that one out of every eight motor vehicle accident fatalities involves a tractor-trailer collision. In most of these accidents, the truck drivers are unharmed, but...

• Pet Doors are a Danger to Small Children

  Billy Cunningham | November 27, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  This past week in Mobile a 2 year old girl crawled out through a pet door and nearly drowned in the family swimming pool. Her mother had left her in front of the family TV long enough to go check on...

• Disaster Preparation - From An Attorney's Perspective

  Pete Mackey | November 08, 2009 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Everyone on the Gulf coast today is watching the news or accessing their favorite weather site. Fortunately, this storm will be passing over cool water before it hits land and thus will lose a good...

• Caps on Damages Make No Sense

  Billy Cunningham | November 07, 2009 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Republican proposal on health care reform has provisions to limit compensation for non-economic injuries to persons injured or killed as the result of medical malpractice including residents of...

• Why Can't I Recover Everything I Lost?

  Pete Mackey | November 03, 2009 7:09 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  I settled a case recently right before jury selection. It was a legal malpractice case. My client had lost a good bit of money because the lawyer representing him in a real estate transaction did...

• Get Off the Phone

  Gaines Drago | November 03, 2009 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Every year, well really every month for that matter, our cell phones appear to be able to perform more and more functions. They truly have become computers in the palm of our hand connecting us to...

• The Consumer's Role in the Nursing Home/Healthcare Reform Battle

  Billy Cunningham | October 24, 2009 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Health care reform is the big issue today- as it should be. But how will it affect our elderly in nursing homes? Nursing home owners say they are looking at $16 billion dollars in cuts from Medicare...

• Safe Sidewalks

  Gaines Drago | October 21, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  8 Schools in the Mobile, Alabama, area are finally getting safe sidewalks around their campuses. The cost of this federally funded project was just over one million dollars. While the percentage of...