Category Archives: Children’s Claims

Bicyclist, age 11, struck by truck charged with failing to stop at stop sign suffers broken hip AND gets a ticket

Interestingly, after I got back from court after representing the “MS-8” bicyclists at the Loudoun County Courthouse, I was contacted by another cyclist ticketed for “running through a stop.” She is 11. Her mother called from New York. This young girl is in the hospital. Her pelvis is fractured. According to an eyewitness, the driver:…

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Speed bumps are traffic-calming tools and promote safe driving in neighborhoods with children and shopping centers

Speeding cars through a residential neighborhood where children play or wait for the school buys is every parent’s nightmare. When we lived in Franklin Farms, I would have liked a speed bump on the “straightaway” in our cul-de-sac community. There were dozens of children on the street in the summer after school let out. But…

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