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The JAMA article I cited yesterday gives some valuable warning signs for sleepy drivers. I wanted to cite these warning signs for those of you taking chances with your life every time you get on the...

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According to a JAMA article, sleepy drivers contribute to about 100,000 motor vehicle crashes reported to police each year. Whats amazing is according to the article, its about 4% of all fatal...

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Fellow Iowa injuryboard.com blogger Steve Lombardi has a great post regarding National Trends in Drunk Driving. He cites an annual report card by MADD or Mother's Against Drunk Driving rankings and...

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Newsok.com is reporting this morning that according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, accidents have forced closures to two Oklahoma highways this morning. Sadly, we are learning that State...

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Why do you hire a lawyer on a car wreck case? I thought I might give one example today and provide others in the future. So here is you’re hypothetical and think about it before you respond. ...

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According to a newsok.com article, about one of every four vehicles on Oklahoma roads is uninsured, and there's not much that can be done to improve that, state officials are saying. The Insurance...

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In a sad story, Newsok.com is reporting that two Chouteau women died Friday when a teenager ran a stop sign and slammed into the car in which they were riding, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Betty Day Ashley, 61, and Joana K. Hanna, 54, died at the scene of the wreck, which occurred about 3:25 p.m. about two miles southwest of Bartlesville on a Washington County road.Troopers said...

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I know as attorneys I tend to sometimes get numb to different accidents and the horrific injuries and sometimes death I see. That said, I am always a father, husband and family man first and attorney second. I don't know how a person could survive any other way. Considering the above, I hate to report that two children were hurt in car wreck in Durant Oklahoma. The car accident involved...

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Here is an interesting legal secret that I have done for clients. In Oklahoma, you can make your uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier pay first in a car wreck or trucking wreck. This is often faster than dealing with the negligent parties insurance and can at times pay more since your UM carrier has a good faith duty to you, its insured.36 Okla. Stat. § 3636 specifically states that "for...

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I'm about to make a confession. I am a huge baseball fan. Even worse, I'm a Texas Ranger baseball fan. So while looking over what this season is going to be like, I noticed that one of my favorte players was involved in a car wreck. Dallasnews.com is reporting that third baseman Hank Blalock's car was rear ended March 3 as he came home from lunch (at Chuck E. Cheese) with his wife and one of...

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Newsok.com is reporting that two Norman firefighters are recovering after their engine rolled over north of Little Axe early this morning (Tuesday) while responding to another rollover accident. The engine was responding to an accident at 156th Avenue NE and Nelson Road just after 5:30 a.m. when it slid onto the soft shoulder of the road near 156th Avenue NE and American Legion Road. The engine...

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I just saw this blog by fellow injuryboad blogger Jamie G. Goldstein for Chicago where State Farm's practice of hiring supposed independent medical examiners is being exposed in New York . I wanted to alert any reader to the post and lawsuit against State Farm as it is an example of what we face in Oklahoma all the times with these supposed 'independent medical examiners." In her blog, she...

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I just read a press release by Democrat Oklahoma State Senator Debbie Leftwitch on her bill to create stiffer penalties for unlicensed drivers causing injury/fatality accidents. The bill was approved by the full Senate. I want to give her kudos for doing the right thing. I wanted to add that in most circumstances these drivers do not carry insurance either, thus harming the injured and/or...

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Before I get to the headline of this blog, I would like to give an explanation of how I found it. See, I'm a sports nut. I play fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, fantasy football, fantasy golf and probably every NCAA tournament braacket you could imagine. I've always played sports from the youngest age through college and into my adult life I have started playing softball (yes I can...

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I know this is not hard hitting news, but after growing watching Gilligan's Island, I had to post this from Yahoo News. Dawn Wells who played Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts -- driving under the influence,...

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