Presumption of fault of rear driver can be rebutted 
Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: auto accident, comparative negligence, negligence, rear-end collision
The presumption that a rear driver’s negligence is the sole cause of a rear-end automobile collision can be rebutted by evidence that the front driver was negligent in the operation of his or her vehicle, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled.
Hospital can pursue Medicaid patients’ PI settlement
Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: auto accident, Medicaid, Medicaid lien
A charitable hospital could pursue payment by filing a lien against any future personal injury settlement obtained by three patients covered by Medicaid, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Ford can assert ‘modification defense’ in seatbelt case
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: auto accident, Ford, modification defense, product liability, seatbelt defect
Ford Motor could assert the “modification defense” in a seatbelt defect case, even though the individual who allegedly failed to properly secure the plaintiff’s seatbelt was not a party to the action, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Young child can recover for emotional distress
Published: April 17, 2012
Tags: auto accident, emotional distress
An 18-month-old girl did not have to suffer physical injuries in an automobile accident in order to recover damages for emotional distress, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Small firm lawyers win $29 million against state for crash
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 1, 2011
Tags: auto accident, Caltrans, head-on collision, wrongful death
Two small-firm lawyers have won a jury verdict of $29 million against the state of California’s transportation department for a head-on highway crash that killed two children, and left another child paralyzed and the driver brain-damaged.
Family of woman killed by truck to receive $1.56 million settlement
Published: April 26, 2011
Tags: auto accident, California, pedestrian, truck accident, wrongful death
A more than $1 million settlement is expected to be awarded to the husband and children of a 63-year-old woman who was fatally struck last year by a vehicle driven by a San Fransisco city employee.
Jury awards $13 million to girl injured in logging truck accident
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 8, 2011
Tags: auto accident
A Florida jury has awarded almost $13 million to Kecia Huckleby, who was left permanently disabled by a collision with a logging truck.
Kentucky enacts law penalizing auto accident solicitations
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 30, 2011
Tags: auto accident, solicitations
Lawyers face a $1,000 fine for soliciting victims of an automobile accident within 30 days under a new law in Kentucky.
Man wins $300,000 verdict for soft-tissue neck injury
By:
Michelle Lore
Published: February 10, 2011
Tags: auto accident, soft tissue injury
A Minnesota jury has awarded nearly $300,000 to a man who suffered a soft-tissue injury to his neck when his Jaguar was rear-ended as he was sitting at a stop light.
Jury sides with drunk driver in personal injury case
By:
Michelle Lore
Published: December 16, 2010
Tags: auto accident, drunk driving, negligence
When Minneapolis, Minn., personal injury attorney Peter Riley heard that a severely intoxicated driver who rear-ended another vehicle had prevailed at trial, all Riley could do was let out a long whistle.
“He hit a car,” Riley asked, “and won?”
