Automobile Accidents

• Are Insurance Companies failing to recognize that pain and suffering should be compensated?

  Troy Schwant | September 16, 2009 11:30 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  It is becoming more and more evident that Insurance companies are taking the position that your medical bills are the only matter they are going to take into consideration when evaluating your...

• American Academy of Pediatrics, recommends rear facing car seats for kids up to Two years old...

  Troy Schwant | August 09, 2009 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Recently, one of the partners at my law firm, Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, blogged with the recommendation of having your child secured in a rear facing car seat versus being in a front face car...

• One Teen killed, One Critically Injured in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 17, 2008 12:53 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Marbury High School student, 18, was killed in a car accident when his vehicle went into an intersection in front of an oncoming log truck, said the Alabama Department of Public Safety. The passenger, a sophomore, 15, is in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery at Baptist Medical Center."It went through my mind that this can't be happening again," said Marbury High School...

• Deadly head-on collision prompts arrest

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Driving under the influence of alcohol was reportedly the cause of a fatal motor vehicle accident Wednesday in Chambers County, Alabama.A man from Marietta, Georgia, was killed in a head-on crash caused when a Nissan truck crossed over the median on I-85 near exit 77. The man driving the Nissan truck was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, say local police.If you or someone...

• Horrible accident in West Mobile...

  Troy Schwant | September 09, 2009 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A 9 year old girl, who's name has not been released was struck by a vehicle while trying to board a school bus. The extent of the young girl's injuries are unknown at this time, yet the article...

• Teens injured in pick-up truck accident

  Staff Writer | May 28, 2007 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A report from WVAU-TV says a teenager who was riding in the bed of a pick-up truck is in critical condition after being thrown from the vehicle in an accident Friday night.There were two other teens thrown from the pick-up truck's bed when it was struck by another vehicle after the driver of the pick-up ran a red light. This sad occurrence is yet another example of the high incidence of injury...

• Two men die in weekend car accidents

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two Mobile County men died in separate one-car accidents over the weekend. A report from The Press-Register Monday details both tragic motor vehicle crashes.The first accident, on Saturday, involved a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck that ran off Tanner Williams Road, rolled over and struck a tree. A passenger who was not wearing his seatbelt was thrown from the vehicle and died. Two other passengers...

• Super Bowl Sunday, not just a game....

  Troy Schwant | January 22, 2009 6:01 PM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  With Super Bowl Sunday just a little over a week away millions across the country are making preparations to travel to their Super Bowl Party of choice. Some may go to the local sports bar, some may...

• Another deadly Highway 40 accident

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Daily Sentinel of Jackson published a story on March 16 about a fatal motor vehicle accident on Alabama Highway 40 two miles up Sand Hill Mountain from the Bob Jones Bridge. Apparently a 19-year-old girl died in the accident and two other people were injured when a man driving a Lincoln Continental up the mountain struck the victim's Pontiac driving down the mountain. Wet, rainy conditions...

• Fatal accident on U.S. Hwy. 84

  Staff Writer | October 31, 2006 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Yet another fatal auto accident was reported today in The Andalusua Star-News. The tragic story describes the deaths of two men, who were not wearing seat belts, thrown from the 1997 Pontiac Trans-Am when it veered off the road and struck a bridge abutment. The Alabama Department of Public Safety is still investigating the accident.