Automobile Accidents

• Does Allstate Insurance Plot to Cheat Car Accident Victims

  Jamie Sheller | November 03, 2006 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  A Kentucky woman, Geneva Hager, sought to represent a class of car accident victims in a suit against Allstate Insurance Co. The plaintiff claims that Allstate "illegally employ[s] various schemes and delay tactics to bully car accident victims into accepting lowball offers for their pain and suffering." The judge denied the woman's request to represent a class of victims because the facts of...

• You Need Important Car Accident Protection

  Jamie Sheller | November 02, 2006 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Car accidents can take your health and your money. However, drivers can protect themselves by making sure that they have full tort insurance coverage and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Full tort coverage allows you to sue for pain and suffering caused by the accident. Without full tort coverage, you may be limited in the compensation that you can seek following a car accident. ...

• In Pennsylvania Driver Has No Right to Consult Counsel Before Blood Alcohol Content Test

  Jamie Sheller | March 03, 2006 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  In Commonwealth v. Ciccola, a three judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court has held that a person does not have the right to consult counsel before submitting to a blood alcohol content test after an arrest for driving under the influence. The Court found that the test is similar to a search and seizure after a police officer finds probable cause. According to the Court, though...

• Don't Lose Your Right To Sue After a Car Accident

  Staff Writer | October 27, 2005 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  A careless driver hit their car. Their son will take months to fully recover. Yet they can't collect for pain and suffering.Why? They didn't have full tort insurance.Do you? If you don't, you're at risk.You and your family need full insurance protection. What an insurance company may call "full protection" is not always full protection.Insist on full tort: It gives you the unlimited right to...

• Cell Phones Increase Accident Risk

  Staff Writer | October 19, 2005 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a Virginia nonprofit organization, studied the cell phone records of 500 drivers involved in accidents in Perth, Australia from 2002-2004 and discovered that drivers using cell phones are four times more likely to have a serious accident.Cell-phone records in the United States are not public record, so the IIHS sent investigators to Perth, where...