A New Madrid County jury awarded a 79-year-old woman $1.7 million in a case stemming from a 2010 auto accident with a Hayti police officer. But it also found she bore half of the blame for the crash, knocking down her judgment. The accident happened on June 16, 2010, when Opal Waller pulled into the path of Officer Bradley Jones, who was returning to the police station for lunch. The two vehicles collided and the force of the collision "was so violent that it turned the vehicle over onto its side and pushed it 35 feet down the roadway," said plaintiff's attorney J. Michael Ponder. Waller suffered injuries including head trauma, brain injury and internal injuries requiring three surgeries.
Falls woman hurt in crash wins $86,000 jury award NIAGARA FALLS -- A 25-year-old Niagara Falls woman who suffered a back injury in a 2003 auto accident was awarded $86,000 by a jury last week, her attorney said Monday.
Auto-Owners Insurance Co. settled with the surviving family of a man killed in a tractor-trailer crash for $600,000 after initially denying an underinsured motorist claim. If the decision had reached trial, it could have contributed to caselaw surrounding both the reasonable expectation test, a doctrine traditionally held in Missouri, and set-off clauses in Missouri insurance policies, according to the plaintiffs' attorney.
Prosecutors last week dropped auto manslaughter charges against a severely disabled man in a 2004 car crash in Hanover that claimed the life of one of his friends. Deputy State's Attorney William Roessler said he decided not to pursue the case against Jeffrey Porter Ford - who suffered traumatic brain injuries in the Aug. 18, 2004, wreck - after reviewing a letter from the man's doctor indicating that he was still not legally competent to stand trial for the death of Angelo Martin, 34, of Washington, D.C.
POMONA - A Covina man entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to two counts of murder and other charges stemming from a crash in La Verne that killed his two young passengers. Alan McConnell, 27, of Covina pleaded not guilty in Pomona Superior Court to two counts of murder, as well as misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run, drunken driving, driving with a blood- alcohol level above .08, driving on a suspended license and an infraction count of driving without auto insurance, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Meji Vellakkatel said.
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POMONA - A Covina man entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to two counts of murder and other charges stemming from a crash in La Verne that killed his two passengers. Alan McConnell, 27, of Covina pleaded not guilty in Pomona Superior Court to two counts of murder, as well as misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run, drunken driving, driving with a blood- alcohol level above .08, driving on a suspended license and an infraction count of driving without auto insurance, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Meji Vellakkatel said.
Lewiston man convicted of break-in, thefts at shrine LOCKPORT -- A Lewiston man was convicted Friday night of burglarizing Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in that town Jan. 3, 2010.
...Condition of driver in SUV crash improves. SHELBY -- A Middleport man whose sport u...Assistant District Attorney Susan B. Bjornholm didn't object to the sentence.... made a left turn into the path of another auto on South Transit Road in Pendleton, causing a cra...
WHITTIER - Three people arrested after a chase and crash in Pico Rivera on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a series of charges Thursday, but deputies continued to investigate whether they were involved with a triple homicide at a local pizza parlor. All three defendants pleaded not guilty in Whittier Superior Court to charges including auto theft, resisting arrest, felony evading and being a felon in possession of a gun, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week in Williamson v. Mazda will make it harder for defendants to prove implied preemption in product liability cases, and nearly impossible in auto safety cases. The Court ruled unanimously that federal motor carrier safety regulations related to seatbelts do not preempt a state tort lawsuit in which a passenger sitting in a rear inner seat equipped only with a lapbelt, instead of a shoulder-and-lap belt, was killed in a crash.
...David Lira, an attorney at Girardi & Keese in Los Angeles, who represents ...
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