After months of cold weather and icy roads, motorcycle enthusiasts in Maine are finally hitting the streets again. May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month so motorists are encouraged to share the roads wisely while keeping a watchful eye for bikers in order to avoid motorcycle accidents in Portland or elsewhere…
April showers may bring May flowers but in Maine spring means floods and often winter-like storms. The combination of bare trees, frozen ground and ice in rivers is a recipe for flooding when spring rain arrives. Our Maine personal injury lawyers caution motorists that as spring arrives so does the…
Our Maine personal injury lawyers know there is no worse tragedy for a parent than a child being seriously injured or killed in a Bangor car accident. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently released guidelines for the best method of securing your child while riding in a vehicle.Up to…
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…
A teenager from Carrabassett Valley Academy has died in a Maine skiing accident at Sugarloaf ski resort, the Boston Globe reported. As our Portland accident attorneys reported recently on our Maine Injury Lawyer Blog, the resort was the site of a chairlift malfunction that injured numerous guests late last month.In…
As reported in the Sun Journal on January 5, 2011 LISBON — A local driver was seriously injured when his car was hit head-on on Route 196 in Lisbon Center shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Lisbon police Sgt. Scott Stewart identified the drivers as John Tobin, 62, Diane…
As reported in the Portland Press Herald on December 28, 2010 CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A chair lift derailed in high winds at Maine’s tallest ski mountain Tuesday, sending screaming skiers plummeting as far as 30 feet to the slope below and injuring several of them. The Sugarloaf resort in Carrabassett…
As reported in the Bangor Daily News on December 17, 2010 THOMASTON, Maine — A man was injured in a collision between a minivan and pickup truck Friday morning on Route 1 near the Lowe’s store. At about 7:30 a.m., Kenneth Elwell Sr., 66, who was driving a Regional School…
The holidays can be a perfect storm of opportunity for motor vehicle accidents. Often, the weather creates poor road and driving conditions. People are in a rush to get from place to place. Alcoholic beverages are often part of celebrations. This week, the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration issued a…