Our Portland car accident lawyers want to point out to motorists in Maine that they have one more thing to put on their calendars. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month according to a recent announcement by National Safety Council. We frequently post on our Maine Injury Lawyer Blog about…
Maine is a long way from Super Bowl XLV in Texas this weekend but football fans are still going to tune into the game — whether its the commercials or one last football fix your’re after,sSuper Bowl parties have become an American tradition. However, they also increase the risk of…
As reported in the Portland Press Herald on December 15, 2010 ” . . . A Subaru Outback driven by Laura Breault, 48, of Knox, was heading east toward Brooks. Breault was taking her 15-year-old daughter, Jessica, to school, Keating said. Coming toward them from the west was a tractor-trailer…
For many years, Maine law has required anyone in a vehicle that is required to have seatbelts, to wear a setbelt. (29-A M.R. .A §2081)There are also more specific safety restraint rules for children. A study done of crashes which occured in 1996 in Maine concluded that ” . .…
Reported in the Portland Press Herald on November 26, 2010 A 27-year-old Portland native was killed early Thursday morning in a two-car crash in Massachusetts in which one of the drivers has been charged with motor vehicle homicide while drunk, according to police. Raina Jensen was a back-seat passenger in…
On November 9 and 10th, the National Transportation Safety Board hosted a forum to discuss issues relating to highway safety and our aging population. A webcast is archived on the N.T. .B website. An interview with Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the N.T. .B., was published on November 17th, 2010 in…
Reported in the Bangor Daily News on November 16, 2010 An accident on outer Essex Street claimed the lives of two men Tuesday. Police say the car they were riding in struck a tree and both victims were ejected from the vehicle. The victims were identified as Rene Secord, 25,…
A recent post to this blog was about a tragic accident which killed two teenage girls. Such news makes one consider teen and inexperienced drivers. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more teens are killed every year by car accidents than by any other cause. In Maine, the statistics…
As the weather turns colder and winter storms approach, it is a good time to refresh our memory with winter driving tips. As the saying goes “first is worst” meaning the first storm is always the most dangerous on the roads because we are out of practice driving in stormy…
In Maine, there is a potential intersection of the workers’ compensation and personal injury systems when the injury is caused by a third party. Generally, if you are injured at work, regardless of the cause, you are compensated for that injury entirely through the workers’ compensation system. However, did you…