Buffalo NY Ban on texting while driving doesn’t stop some people
Posted: December 14, 2011 | Author: Lawyer | Filed under: Buffalo Lawyers | Comments Off on Buffalo NY Ban on texting while driving doesn’t stop some peopleA recent survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that, despite increased legislation forbidding it, texting while driving Click Here is on the rise. The survey estimated that roughly 1 in every 100 drivers on the road at a given moment was texting, e-mailing, surfing the web or using some other feature of their portable handheld devices in 2010: a year that amassed nearly 3100 deaths in automobile accidents due to distracted driving.
The results of the survey are cause for alarm. At the Law Offices of James Morris, our Buffalo lawsuit have seen first-hand the devastation of distracted driving crashes in New York. Our attorneys have represented clients who were seriously injured in auto accidents due to the negligence of other drivers.
The data unveiled a drastic dissonance between driver beliefs and behavior. According to the NHTSA survey, those polled acknowledged very few circumstances where they would NOT talk or text on their cell phone while behind the wheel, despite supporting greater restrictions on both behaviors (seventy-one percent of survey participants supported bans on using handheld devices behind the wheel, while a whopping 94% supported bans on texting while driving). Seventy-five of those same drivers polled said they would answer their ringing phone while driving, without regard to driving conditions at the time of the phone call.
Breaking NewsSeth Atkinson Jr killed at a road side construction site In Savannah GA
Posted: December 14, 2011 | Author: Lawyer | Filed under: Car Accident Lawyers | Comments Off on Breaking NewsSeth Atkinson Jr killed at a road side construction site In Savannah GABy: Laura Kelly
Last Monday, a 27-year-old man, Seth Atkinson Jr., was killed at a road side construction site inside the gated subdivision at Landings Way South in Savannah. 66-year-old, Carmencita Limosnero, hit four workers and a dump truck that was in the roadway and a backhoe tractor located in the median of the road, according to the news report.
Three of the workmen were taken to Memorial University Medical Center with injuries and Atkinson died at the scene at 12:16pm. Limosnero was taken to the hospital also, but with no reported injuries. The workers were repairing the pavement at the apartment complex and they were all employed by Groundworks Unlimited.
“On-the-job accidents can be life altering and some cases such as this, fatal. My condolences go out to the families that are affected by this accident,” said personal injury lawyer, Gary Martin Hays. “If someone is injured on a construction site or due to someone else’s negligence, they may be entitled to more compensation through a third-party claim.
Legal News two workers die in Atlanta construction accident
Posted: December 3, 2011 | Author: Lawyer | Filed under: Car Accident Lawyers | Comments Off on Legal News two workers die in Atlanta construction accidentBy JIM DANKO
Two men working in a 40-foot high bucket died on Dec. 1 in Atlanta after the lift they were using fell over, according to news reports.
The victims of the construction accident were identified as Rigoberto Lopez, 29, of Marietta, and Karlos Turner, 42, of Dallas, who were working on Dallas Street when the piece of heavy machinery fell over around 1 p.m. The men were not crushed from the machine, but died from the fall, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which quoted the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. The lift was extended to a height of 40 feet, according to the news report
The newspaper reported that the men were performing maintenance on the exterior of the Amli Old 4th Ward Apartment Homes when the lift got stuck. When workers tried to move the lift, the machine fell onto a concrete walkway across the street.
