While I can appreciate the feeling of freedom biking without a helmet, the statistics suggest that fatal bike crashes can be reduced if all bikers wore helmets or universal motorcycle helmet laws were in place. A national law that if you are riding a motorcycle you must wear a helmet could potentially save hundreds of…
Continue readingRemoving humans from the sophisticated analysis of car crash injury cases does more than “dehumanize” the system. It shows a lack of good faith on the part of the large automobile insurance comapnies. Yesterday we discussed how lawsuit abuse and delay helps the insurance companies’ bottom line. Some insurance companies squeeze additional profits out of…
Continue readingWhen filing “boilerplate allegations” or claiming ignorance of facts already known (and easily capable of being verified), insurance defense lawyers are abusing our civil justice system no less than the frivolous lawsuits they are always complaining about. Having witnessed firsthand the stalling tactics of the major insurance companies, it is surprising that Americans do not…
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Yesterday’s post discussed the high rate of trucks failing safety inspections in Fairfax County Virginia. The Supervisor of the Fairfax County Police Motor Carrier Safety Unit told the Fairfax County Times newspaper that “Part of what we check for is to see if a commercial vehicle is overweight. Even if the vehicle’s brakes are in…
Continue readingFairfax County Police take nearly half the commercial trucks they inspect off the road due to unsafe conditions, equipment and actions. The Fairfax County Police Motor Carrier Safety Unit has been randomly inspecting trucks throughout the County. According to news reports, besides random stops, the unit has monthly location inspections at which it pulls dozens…
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