Posts tagged trucking accident

• Personal Injury Statute of Limitations - Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | March 06, 2008 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just recieved one of those calls that every attorney fears. A potential client calls telling me how his daughter was hurt seriously in an accident and that he has been unsuccessfully trying to deal with the insurance company for a long time. He stated his daughter had numerous medical bills and needed an attorney. He told me she had back surgery and permanent injuries. For those of us in...

• Fisher Invokes Fifth Amendment over 40 Times

  Jeremy Thurman | January 29, 2008 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Daily Oklahoman January 29, 2008 By Don Mecoy Business Writer Imprisoned former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 40 times during a civil trial Monday in federal court to avoid answering questions about his relationship with American Fidelity Assurance Co. "I respectfully decline to answer that question, sir," Fisher said repeatedly, claiming...

• Moore Truck Driver Dies in Tulsa Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | August 13, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  People often assume trucking lawyers are automatically against truck drivers and assume the worse. We discuss horror stories such as the devastating wreck that killed ten people on the Will Rogers...

• 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...

• Chickasha man dies in Blaine County crash

  Jeremy Thurman | March 14, 2008 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  According to newsok.com a Chickasha man died in a two-vehicle accident in Blaine County. Per the authorities, the now deceased Leon Smith was driving a tractor-trailer loaded with hay bales south on State Highway 8, about four miles south of Hitchcok, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Smith tried to negotiate a curve at a high rate of speed when the tractor-trailer rolled on its side,...

• Two Teenagers Die In Weekend Traffic Accidents

  Jeremy Thurman | March 10, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Oklahoman, Two teenagers died inatraffic accident early Saturday, , according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The two teens from Sasakwa were killed when the car they were riding in crashed about 2:30 a.m. on State Highway 56 in Seminole County, troopers said. The driver, an 18-year old, also of Sasakwa, refused treatment for his injuries at the scene of the...

• A Lawyers Utopia - My Rant Against Tort Reform

  Jeremy Thurman | March 08, 2008 1:21 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I was discussing tort reform with a friend today and I heard my favorite term, Jackpot Justice. Of course I convinced my friend of the error of his ways and the utter fallacy of the tort reform movement. However, I got to thinking, what is Jackpot Justice. I better add a disclaimer, after reading this, this is truly a late night rant against the rhetoric of politicians.Now understand one...

• What is the Value of This Trucking Accident?

  Jeremy Thurman | January 16, 2008 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I thought I would have some fun for those reading this. I'm going to present a hypothetical accident involving three different people. In doing so, your job is to tell me whose case is worth the most under normal tort law and whose case is worth the most under the draconian tort reform (ie corporate immunity) laws being passed by states with hard caps on non-economic damages. Lets assume for...

• 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...

• Distracted Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | March 13, 2008 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I've become more and more fascinated with people who drive distracted. Whether text messaging, talking on a cell phone, doing makeup, shaving with an electric razor, styling hair, watching a movie, writing a grocery list, or putting in contact lenses: These activities have become common place on the America Road. Simply, with technology and are busy lives coming into one, more and more...