Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Roanoke

An article published at Insure.com by Joe Fray has raised serious questions regarding the insurance industries' practices in valuing cars that are total losses under automobile collision coverage. Instead of using widely and publicly available data such as the Kelly Blue Book and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Guide, insurance companies have largely gone to private...

Last week, a 15 year-old child was struck by a car while crossing Route 11, south of Buchanan, Virginia. The child had been let off of an activity bus from his high school which was stopped there with its lights flashing while the child crossed Route 11, which at that location was a four-lane, 55mph highway. The problem was that it was 6:30 p.m. and it was dark and the high visibility that our...

According to an article published in the July 2005 issue of "The New Mexico Trial Lawyer" Allstate insurance company has devised a plan to increase it profits at the expense of its policyholders and those injured by Allstate insureds. The article entitled "False Promises -- Allstate, McKinsey and the Zero Sum Game" by David J. Berardinelli describes how Allstate has discovered that it can...

A Rhode Island jury has awarded 10.5 million dollars in damages to a Coast Guard veteran who was paralyzed as a result of being hit by a car driven by a drunk driver. The verdict was against the driver and the restaurant that he had left minutes before the accident where he had been served alcoholic beverages. The jury found the driver, Timothy Beauregard, 75% responsible for the accident and...

A deer in the road recently caused a car accident on I-81 in Roanoke County. According to WDBJ, two women in a northbound car hit the deer and stopped on the side of the road to inspect the car for damages. While stopped, a Chevy Suburban driven by a Raleigh, NC man crashed into the women's car. Both ladies were injured and taken to the hospital.Animals in roads cause many accidents every...