Birmingham Injury Law Blog

Category: Car Accident

How Much Is My Car Accident Settlement Worth?

After suffering an injury in a car crash, you probably want to know "How much is my car accident settlement worth?" It depends on many issues that are unique to your case. The Wininger Law Firm, LLC does our best to ensure that each case is worth as much as possible. Our clients deserve all the compensation they can get. Many factors go into determining what your car accident case is worth. The bottom line is it’s worth what you and the insurance company agree to. There are several paths a...

Time is Critical After Auto Accidents

If you, a loved one or friend are injured in a wreck, please remember that the most important time to begin a thorough investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the wreck is, well, immediately. Let me explain why time is of the essence in wreck investigation. The big insurance companies have teams of investigators and lawyers whose entire lives are spent doing whatever they can to save their companies money. While you are being transported by Ambulance for emergency treatm...

Who’s Texting and Driving? It’s Not Who You Think

You may assume it’s only those crazy teens who can’t keep their hands off their phones while behind the wheel, but according to research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety it is adults ages 25-39 who were most likely to report that they text while driving. Those over 60 were least likely to text and drive. It’s a risky behavior. If you spend five seconds with your eyes off the road while you are traveling at 55 mph, you will travel the length of the football field. There are some s...

Wininger Law Firm client receives $450,000 settlement in auto/truck collision

We are extremely pleased to announce the settlement of a fiercely litigated automobile wreck lawsuit where our client, a college freshman, suffered serious injuries when a large work truck fully loaded with heavy equipment turned into our client’s vehicle as she was traveling home after class at UAB. Although the defendant and the steel company’s insurance lawyers claimed he turned left with a “green arrow,” we were able to prove through expert testimony that in fact, the worker’s green ar...

Stapleton Traffic Accident Kills Father, Injures Son

On Wednesday morning, a tragic traffic accident that occurred near Stapleton took the life of one and injured another. According to an Alabama Department of Public Safety release, Earl Norman Boyington, Jr., of Bay Minette, was driving north on Alabama 59.  Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryon Piggott said the 37-year-old Boyington was attempting a left turn onto U.S. 31 when he pulled into the path of a tractor-trailer driven by Thomas Christian of Mobile.  Christian was driving...

UA Bus Collision Leaves Student with Life-Threatening Injuries

A chartered bus carrying University of Alabama cheerleaders returning from the BCS game in Miami was involved in a three car collision in Montgomery on Tuesday night, leaving one student in critical condition at the Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery for injuries she received in the crash.  According to the University of Alabama’s spokeswoman Cathy Andreen, the three-vehicle accident involved the chartered bus carrying the university’s cheerleaders, four students  riding i...

Driving While Surfing the Internet

Driving while texting or talking on the phone is a very common practice of the majority of  drivers today.  Even though drivers know this practice is dangerous, most participate anyway. Another dangerous practice that is on the rise on roadways across America, is that of surfing the internet while driving.  This practice is known as “webbing.”  Just how big a problem is webbing? State Farm Insurance conducted a survey to answer this question.  According to the study...

Family of Three Killed in Birmingham Crash

A controversial subject in the news today is that of police pursuits.  Yes, society does want criminal apprehended, but, no, society does not want innocent bystanders or law enforcement officers hurt in the process.  Unfortunately, this at times, is difficult to accomplish, and a recent tragic collision in Jefferson County this week highlighted just how dangerous a police pursuit can be. A Hanceville family of three was killed instantly in a horrific crash when two suspects fleeing...

Alabama Pediatricians Enlisted to Fight Teen Driver Fatalities

Allstate Insurance in a 2008 study, ranked Alabama as the second most dangerous state in the country for teen drivers.  According to the study, of the nation’s fifty largest metropolitan areas, the Birmingham-Hoover area was the fifth deadliest for teen drivers, as well.  Allstate has given a safe driving grant to the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to help combat the problem of teen driving fatalities in the state.  The director of the injury prevention...

Man Drives Into Ravine While Texting

Many states are becoming involved in banning the use of cell phones while driving.  Perhaps the most dangerous use of a cell phone while driving is that of texting.   There are currently 35 states with bans on texting and driving, with Alabama’s ban taking effect last week.   Even when a texting driver knows he is participating in a dangerous activity, he keeps on texting.  One texting driver in Texas, now wishes he would have listened to his own advice to stop t...

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