Automobile Accidents

• The Adjuster Says We Can Work It Out - Part 3

  Pete Mackey | August 08, 2009 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In the last entry of this series, let's discuss you acting as your own lawyer. Rule number one -- don't think about it. Rule number two -- don't think about it. If rules number one and two go...

• The Adjuster Says We Can Work It Out - Part 2

  Pete Mackey | August 02, 2009 9:19 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  In the second part of this series, I want to discuss health insurance and how it plays into the settlement of your injury claim in a car collision. The overwhelming majority of Americans who have...

• The Adjuster Says We Can Work It Out - Part 1

  Pete Mackey | June 28, 2009 5:14 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  The other driver ran the red light. There were three witnesses to the collision. You broke both arms (the ones you use to handle the machine at work) and will be out of work for six weeks. The other...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 3: Damages

  Pete Mackey | February 10, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In previous posts in this series, I have described Uninsured/underinsured (um/uim) insurance and discussed stacking of coverages. Today, let's talk about damages. Um/uim coverage provides bodily...

• Automobile Collisions: Should Evidence Of Seatbelt Use Be Allowed At Trial?

  Pete Mackey | February 09, 2009 9:24 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  According to the Daily Report, the Georgia Senate is considering a bill that would allow jurors to hear evidence at trial of whether or not a claimant was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the...

• Bicyclist Suffers Life Threatening Injuries After Crashing with Car

  Chrissie Cole | January 08, 2008 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A bicyclist suffered life threatening injuries in a car accident, Tuesday night, when his bike was struck by a car.The man, 52, of Letohatchee, was said to be unconscious and unresponsive when officials arrived on the scene. He was transported by Air Evac to Baptist Hospital South for medical treatment. He is now listed in stable condition. The man was hit by the car, on U.S. Highway 31, near...

• Christmas Day Car Accidents Claim Two Lives in Alabama

  Chrissie Cole | December 27, 2007 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two Alabama residents were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents in Escambia and Mobile counties on Christmas Day.A man, 40, of Mobile county died in a one vehicle accident that troopers believe may have been alcohol related, while a woman, 60, of Repton died in a two-car crash on Interstate 65, according to troopers.In the first accident the man was traveling west on Russell Road when his...

• Drunk 11-year-old girl crashes vehicle

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In an unbelievable story, the Associated Press reports of an 11-year-old girl driving under the influence at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, crashing the vehicle and suffering minor injuries.It happened in Orange Beach, Alabama, where police began chasing a speeder at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl driving the car sped up, collided with another car, and eventually flipped the vehicle,...

• Deadly head-on collision claims woman's life

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2007 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported a deadly head-on collision that killed a Baldwin County woman on Thursday morning just south of Silverhill.The woman was driving on Baldwin County 55 at about 5:45 a.m., when her car crashed into another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was injured in the accident. Both drivers were reportedly wearing seatbelts, and the cause of the accident is under...

• Fatal hit-and-run accident

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Saturday afternoon was a dangerous time to be on the road in north Mobile County, according to a report from the Mobile Press-Register detailing a series of car accidents presumably caused by one man.The Theodore man who is believed to be responsible for one death and three other motor vehicle accidents has been arrested and charged. He was reportedly driving a Dodge pickup truck when he hit a...