Do I have any legal recourse after an auto accident if I was not seriously injured?
Question: Do I have any legal recourse in an auto accident if I was not injured? I am a truck driver involved in an accident in a company truck. The other driver admitted to being at fault along with two witnesses that stated it was his fault. He had minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. I had a stiff neck for a few days, but did not seek medical attention. I was laid off a week later. I had a clean driving record until this happened. Now I'm having a hard time getting driving jobs because of this accident. Do I have any legal recourse against the other driver from this accident?
Here are another 12 wrong-way interstate highway driver accidents in the news. This group includes wrong-way driving events from the following states: Connecticut (intoxicated driver); Alabama (driver being sought); Texas (
Question: Do I have a case against the car manufacturer for airbags that did not deploy? I was in a accident where my vehicle was struck in the rear, my passenger side air bag deployed and the driver’s side air bag did not. I had nothing sitting in the seat on the passenger side of the vehicle. I was going 60 MPH when I was struck by a vehicle going 95+. My vehicle then struck the dividing barrier on the driver’s side. (Referring to 2nd generation air bags)
Question: How do I recover my losses after being hit by a drunk driver? My car was hit by a drunk driver traveling down the freeway in the wrong direction without her lights on at 11:30 at night. The driver’s insurance company rated my 15 month old car as a total loss. However, the settlement they are offering is about $1500 short to pay my leasing company. In addition, the opportunity to lease the same car at the previous payment is no longer available, so my payments will be going up about $75.00/month. How can I recover the balance of the money owed and make up the difference in my least costs (at least for the 21 months remaining on my original lease)? This has certainly made my life miserable. Thankfully, no one in my car was seriously injured!
Hancock County, Iowa - I’ve been reading about these accidents and one guy has a blog dedicated to accidents where trailers become unhitched and crash into other cars, trucks or motorcycles. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen one in Iowa, right up until this week, that is. It happened on December 5, 2011 at around 5:58 a.m. on Highway 18 about 2 miles west of Garner. A 2000 Peterbuilt semitruck pulling a trailer (driver shown on police report as being from Garner, Iowa – 38 years old) was westbound on Highway 18 when as the officer describes it, “VEHICLE 1 (THE SEMI ) WAS WESTBOUND ON HWY 18 WHEN ITS TRAILER BECAME DETACHED FROM THE TRACTOR THE TRAILER THEN SLID ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK THE EASTBOUND VEHICLE 2 HEAD ON.”
To answer that question let’s look at some of the recent accidental deaths while on the job.
For today’s article we have several real life rollover accidents. The 
Today’s litigation brief looks at a recent accident involving one car pulling out and being broadsided by an oncoming truck; the truck driver appears to have the right-of-way. As a young lawyer you have to ask yourself whether the guy pulling out is completely at fault or whether there is other evidence of negligence.
Here is a trial tip: The lawyer with an intersection collision case should get a copy of the video from the intersection traffic camera. Which means we have to learn where these cameras are located. As for clients who are in an intersection collision it’s better to get a lawyer onboard sooner rather than later. This is also a reason for the lawyers to get out to visit the accident scene. You just never know where a camera may be recording the events. The camera may be on a nearby building used as a security camera.
The estate of a teen who died after walking in front of freeway traffic will be paid 
The dangers of Anhydrous work - In Pilot Mound, Iowa a Boone County farmer died a 74-year-old man, Richard Shaw died after exposure to 
My office mate and I recently litigated and successfully settled a cow-in-the-road case in southern Iowa. The facts are as simple as a black cow weighing 1,000 pounds out on a county road after dark where there are no lights doesn't show up in your headlights until it's too late to stop. In that case the driver's wife died. The driver was a family doctor and we thought that would help him in the community with farmers who admired his dedication to Iowa families. Think again. No one in the community came forward to admit ownership of the cow.
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The two tow truck drivers who were killed making a tow on I-80 demonstrates the peculiar risks of an emergency call on the interstate. All that remains to be answered is knowing whether the truck driver was distracted by some digital electronic text laptop Facebook page. To the widows I’d say get in there quickly and hire an attorney to protect your interests because the insurance company for that trucking company won’t’ be on your side. They will be friendly, but don’t ever think they are your friend.
This story is about job creationg and how to create your own job by being a MoJo. A MoJo is a mobile journalist. In this instance the MoJo is one who covers the Cedar Rapids area of Iowa. The Internet has redefined most everything so why not journalism too? A MoJo can take photos, write stories and then sell content via a web links etc. This MoJo journalist is Jeff Raasch from SourceMedia Group News. That’s a great idea Jeff – I like that, a MoJo.
The answer isn’t as simple as one may hope it would be; sometimes it's yes and sometimes no. It depends on several factors one of which is whether or not you were covered under workers’ compensation at the time of the injury and whether the accident occured within the scope of your employment. Also if not covered under workers’ compensation then do you have a short term disability policy that covers you? If neither of these apply then probably not unless the insurance company providing liability coverage sees some benefit in doing so. But don’t hold your breath waiting for insurance companies to pay because that would require some adjuster to grow a heart; an event not likely to occur before you starve to death. So cut down on your bills, get the spouse out of the house to work and plan ahead, because it's going to get a lot harder before the lawyer can settle your case. 
Iowa has had it's third wrong-way interstate driver in the past two or three years. This one may be from inexperience or it could be from alcohol or a cell phone distraction; the report isn't clear in that respect and may never be. I've been covering wrong-way accidents on a nationwide basis for a couple of years now. Maybe it's more of a matter of self-preservation and the safety of my family that has me covering 'ghost-drivers', but I do. Here are the conclusions I've drawn from reviewing literally hundreds if not more than 1,000 news reports about the causes and effects.
This is one of three blogs I write for and this past weekend was very busy. One attorney I coordinate blogging with is from Texas. The more blogging you do the more you find yourself talking to people from different states. I like people so I tend to take most of those telephone calls. More and more I work for clients to place them with attorneys from different states. Brooks, the Texas lawyer, and I have jawed about doing this for several years now and so this past month we started this process of helping clients all along Interstate 35 from Texas to Minnesota. If you have an auto-truck-semi-truck-motorcycle-suv or any other type of crash on i35 contact us and we’ll do the best we can to help you either directly or indirectly through a referral. Today let's talk about the weather in Iowa.
In the January 11, 2011 Des Moines Register there’s an article discussing the risk of colliding with deer in Iowa and where we rank in terms of the risk of such a collision in other states. We rank pretty high; 2nd by what’s said in the article. I’ve been reading accident reports now pretty steady for several years, 30 to be exact, and over the past 5 years I’ve noticed a higher percentage of deer-car-truck-motorcycle collisions. The timing of the article is interesting, because just last night I called my wife to the window in our home office where I write this blog to see the herd of deer in our backyard. I like seeing the deer because it’s a signal that we haven’t completely screwed up the environment. Todd Miler, the lawyer I share office space with hit a deer several weeks ago. His Dodge truck first hit the deer and then he ran it over. He described the truck being raised off the ground as if he were going over a large mound of dirt. Because his truck is raised up the collision did little damage to the front.
A few years ago I heard about this kind of an accident, but have no knowledge of such it occurring in Iowa; till now. In the December 31, 2010 Des Moines Register tells a story of it ice falling from the top of a semi-trailer on Interstate 80 and a female passenger being injured. This one occurred in Colfax, Iowa on Interstate 80, Jasper County. The people in the car are from Pekin, Illinois. Apparently a thick sheet of ice came off the truck’s trailer, slid down into the windshield of the oncoming car and struck Linda Mickley seated in the front passenger seat. She was taken to the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. There is no indication as to the exact details.
Today we are covering several more wrong-way collisions, drivers, events and incidents on our nation's interstate highways. I've been following these for several years hoping to make people more aware of how they occur and more importantly how to avoid being a wrong-way driver. If you get clobbered by one it's likely you will be seriously injured or even killed. So knowing how to avoid them is equally important. I post more of these than I really would like to be writing about, but it is what it is so here are more news stories telling us all about wrong-way drivers across the United States. At the end in the footer I’ll list my suggestions on how to avoid wrong-way drivers and how to avoid being a wrong-way driver. Enough said; if you’re injured by one give me a call and we can talk about your legal rights. Onward we march...
Cedar Rapids Iowa has found a different way to cash in on law breakers; 
Hickory County, Missouri – I ran across this little noticed news story about an accident in Missouri where one Iowa resident was killed and another person injured. The person that died was only 45-years-old, the driver 49. According to the 
To put this case in perspective I need ask only one question. Can road conditions, including snow and ice, really cause a car accident?
Normally I stay away from what can be considered boastful statements, but in this instance I'll break that rule. I’ve read more wrong-way accident news reports than anybody in the United States, maybe the world. I’ve studied them for over three years. Over the next week I'll post a compendium of wrong-way accidents for an extended period of time. In Germany these accidents are referred to as Ghost riders. Let's define what we mean by wrong-way drivers. A wrong-way driver is one driving the wrong way on the interstate or any divided highway and it includes the on and off ramps. An example would be a northbound driver in the southbound lanes of travel. As you can well imagine the consequences of a head-on crash between two vehicles running at 70 mph is deadly. I'm going to dig up my old posts and repost them this week so you can have the benefit of proof. Here are my findings. 
Today is one of those very busy days in the practice of law and nothing is really catching my attention to write about. It looks like a good day for a compilation of personal injury news. Let us see the various ways people are becoming injured or killed from accidents and other mishaps around the State of Iowa. Every so often on The Iowa Edict we will provide a mini compendium of current Iowa personal injury and property damage news of recent events. The idea is to provide a shorter version of available stories to personal injury lawyers, adjusters, those engaged in a law suit involving personal injury or workers’ compensation or those folks just plain interested in PI News. Or in some instances stuff we find curiously interesting. This is one of those days. 
Illinois Road Construction Worker Backed Over and Killed on U.S. 24 in Schuyler County. I've seen this enough times in the past 5 years that anymore it's not even a surprise. I half expect it.
Today in the email bag was a question and although it’s a bit before 7:00 a.m. as I’m trying to understand what the person is asking me I have to wonder if I’m 30-years younger and going through the experience of once again being a 1-L. A 1-L is how we refer to first year law students. 
Texting while driving is like driving while drunk and sooner or later we will have to pass a law requiring people to just think. 