New Legal News

A jury in Roanoke has awarded the parents of Justin Simmons 2,000,000. The settlement was against a lawnmower manufacturer, MTD.

The 4 year old was killed in 2004 by a riding lawnmower. The man who ran the boy over was named Orville Reedy. He accidentally reversed over the small boy. Reedy was dropped from the case when the Simmons found out that he had only 100,000 in insurance coverage. So they set their sights on the big money, the maker of a tool. MTD.

The simmons claimed its not money but accountability, stating that the manufacturer should have enabled a saftey device that is common on our riding mowers, one that turns off the blades upon reversing… fine, but if they did their homework, the lawn mower in question was 16 years old, and that wasnt an option in that time. Thus!! shouldnt the liable party be the person controling the mower?

Naturally MTD plans to appeal and I wish them luck

A wrongful death claim in the District of Columbia has netted the parents of 2 deceased children 1.2 million dollars. A man killed them via vehicle while fleeing police in 2004.

Police attempted to use undercover deceit to catch a suspected drug dealer, when they botched the sting, the dealer panicked and fled.

DC officials deny responsibility, claiming that they broke off pursuit prior to the incident.

The parents maintain that there was no reason to pursue the suspect, and even state one officer refused to give up the chase when ordered.

The real tragedy is this, those children were struck in a CROSSWALK, in arms reach of their father, the children were thrown 140 feet through the air, and died in their fathers sight! This disturbs me because as a father, my greatest fear is something liek this or, that i will lose my family to a drunken driver. The words to describe this feeling escapes me, but its a terrible and horrrendous thing to ponder.

When the police screwed up the bust and realized they werent getting him they shoudl have left it alone. Period. Be professional or go back to bed. Drugs? Hey drug dealers wouldnt exist if people didnt WANT the drugs. Go stop terrorism or soemthing!

Ford  recalled more than a half million Escape  Sport Utility Vehicles following knowledge  of fifty   engine fires.

The fires were discoverd to be caused by dmaged brake parts in the Escapes’  brakes.  The recall was for 2001 through 2004 models, and it became active  after a thourogh amount of reasearch by the Natioinal Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2006. Escape Owners will not be made to pay for the replacement of their antilock brakes parts. There was no reports of injuries related to this recall.

A Florida jury has awarded several million dollars to a man who received brain injuries in a two car collision. 6,500,000 to be precise.

According to the local newspaper, the victim did not seek medical treatment immediately for his brain injuries simply because he did not realize the depth of them at that time. The brain injury changed the mans capability to earn income and his personal behavior.Also, the man recieved a back injury that will require many operations and physical therapy for life.

Things like this break my heart, I wonder how a person with diminished capability finds a way to carry on, and some even do so in a happy and cheerful way. My hats off to them.

A man was cut from his destroyed pickup truck with the “jaws of life” after colliding with a bus. Authorities say he is in critical condition. Passengers of the bus and the driver were all taken to hospital for minor injuries in the incident.

The man was taken by helicopter to the nearby surgical center for life threatening bodily damage.

Witnesses say the man in critical condition ran the red light at an intersection and plowed into the bus. The truck he was driving is totaled and there is substantial damage to the bus. The man failed to wear a seat belt.

Its people like this that scare me, people who are reckless and drive like complete morons, if only we had a way to know where they will pop up and perhaps avoid that area…