Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Two Chouteau Woman Dead in Car Wreck

  Jeremy Thurman | March 28, 2008 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Children Injured in Calera Oklahoma Crash

  Jeremy Thurman | March 22, 2008 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Semi Flies Off the Road near Purcell Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | March 20, 2008 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Purcell Register is reporting that a Texas man remained in critical condition Tuesday after the semi he was driving left the interstate and landed on state Highway 74 (Grant Street) in Purcell. This is a horrible accident that shows the devastation a semi can cause in an accident. Our prayers go out to the families of those effecting by this trucking accident. I've posted the story...

• Making Uninsured Motorist Coverage Pay First Dollar

  Jeremy Thurman | March 20, 2008 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Baseball Player Hurt in Car Wreck

  Jeremy Thurman | March 19, 2008 11:46 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Norman Firefights Involved in Rollover Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | March 18, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Car Crash Insurance Doctors Exposed

  Jeremy Thurman | March 16, 2008 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• State Senate Approves Harsher Penalties for Unlicensed Drivers

  Jeremy Thurman | March 16, 2008 12:03 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• OCU Wrestler's Dramatic Comeback from Car Wreck

  Jeremy Thurman | March 15, 2008 8:46 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• 'Gilligan's' Mary Ann Pleads Guilty To Reckless Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | March 14, 2008 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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,...