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…
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 ” . .…
As reported in the Kennebec Journal on December 9, 2010 AUGUSTA — A man was killed by a garbage truck early Wednesday morning on Sewall Street. Augusta police Sgt. Mark Desjardin said Gary Astbury, 57, who lived on Sewall Street, died when he was struck by a Riverside Disposal truck.…
As reported in the Bangor Daily News on December 5, 2010, (full article text here) the coming session of Maine’s legislature is expected to take up discussion of Maine’s law against operating under the influence. Recently in Michigan what is known as a “superdrunk” law took effect. The law increases…