Motor Vehicle Accident Rates Skyrocket Over Thanksgiving Holiday Hundreds of families are getting ready to make their holiday trek across the Bluegrass for their annual Turkey Day celebrations. Across the U.S., 43,400,000 travelers will plan to venture 50 miles or more on average with a majority, 90 percent, of travelers will get to their Thanksgiving destination via... read more
Indiana School Bus Tragedy Should Serve as Reminder for Kentucky Drivers to Know When to Stop Beyond horrific emotions erupt when reviewing accident reports coming from sister state Indiana involving a driver who missed the stop arm warning and blinking lights of a school bus and caused the deaths of three school-aged children who were... read more
Recognizing the Dangers of Excavation and Trench Work Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) data shows 23 construction workers were killed in trench collapses in 2016, nearly double the year before. As we wait for the official 2017 trench worker fatality and injury statistics to be... read more
Who is Eligible for Social Security Survivor Benefits? Accidents happen every day and are often followed by catastrophic injuries or deaths that leave a loss of income and extra hardships for a spouse and children of the deceased. In most cases, families can be eligible to receive a lump-sum death payment and monthly cash Social... read more
Train Crash A Reminder of Railroad Crossing Risks A train traveling 40 minutes north of Owensboro recently collided with a 64-year-old woman on CR 600 W, near Huntingburg just beyond the Kentucky/Indiana border. The afternoon crash happened at a crossing with functioning signals at the time of the impact and the accident remains under investigation.... read more
4 Steps to Creating a Personal Injury Journal After being injured in any type of accident and you plan on making a claim, you may be confused about what to do next. One of the easiest and helpful actions you can take to create organized support for your personal injury claim is to gather and... read more
Updated Car Seat Guidelines May Save Lives, Reduce Child Accident Injuries Newly supported research by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is impacting changes in U.S. child car seat guidelines. The updated guidelines recommend rear-facing car seats for children until they reach the height or weight limit for the seat, likely beyond a toddler’s second birthday, and leaving... read more
School Year Driving Reminders for Your Teen Back to school congested roads mixed with excited yet inexperienced, distracted, lack of seat belt using operators who have riskier driving habits like speeding, school zones are naturally the home of a driving disaster waiting to happen for many of Kentucky’s teens. In fact, the number of young drivers... read more
What Drivers Should Know Before They Tow Earlier this summer, two motorcyclists died after colliding head-on into a utility trailer that came loose from a truck on U.S. 150 in Mount Vernon. The trailer went into the eastbound lane, where the motorcycles were also traveling. While towing accidents aren’t always the riskiest roadway hazard for... read more
6 Medical Care Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Car Accident Case If you’ve been seriously hurt in any type of motor vehicle accident, you will need the support of the appropriate medical team to help you gain a successful recovery from the injuries sustained. You may also need the help of a car accident attorney... read more
