Sixty-six-year-old former Olympic gold medalist and television personality Caitlyn Jenner has settled a lawsuit filed against her by Jessica Steindorf, a woman who was involved in the February 2015 four-vehicle collision along the Pacific Coastal Highway in Malibu, California, for an undisclosed amount of money. According to Steindorff, the accident caused her to suffer loss […]
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Police officials dealt with a number of car accidents across the state of Kentucky over the weekend. A two-vehicle accident occurred on Friday, November 20 in Morehead, Kentucky and resulted in the death of one person. The victim was identified as 32-year-old Vanceburg resident Darrell Gilbert. Kentucky State Police Officer Joe Veeneman said that Gilbert had […]
According to court documents filed in November by German automobile manufacturer Porsche AG, the death of 40-year-old American actor Paul Walker during a collision involving a Porsche Carrera GT was caused by the driver’s excessive rate of speed and nothing else. This statement comes in response to a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of […]
Kentucky State Police have reported that an individual lost his life in a three-vehicle accident that occurred along Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 1st. According to preliminary investigations, a commercial vehicle was headed south near mile marker 46 along I-75 when it was stuck from the rear […]
One thing that almost no one knows about regarding personal injury claims is that certain states follow rules that place the injured party at a serious disadvantage when he or she decides to pursue compensation for his or her injuries. If you have been injured in an accident, the amount of your financial restitution will depend […]
A $6 million dollar settlement has been paid out by the city’s government to the remaining victims of a 2009 Louisville Zoo train accident. The train derailed and flipped on its side after turning a corner too fast, injuring 22 of the 29 on board. Part of the $6 million lawsuit will be paid to […]
Fifty-four-year-old Princeton, Kentucky resident Ronald Merrick and 51-year-old James Vandiver sustained injuries and were hospitalized after their vehicles collided head-on at Kentucky Route 91 in Caldwell County on Friday, September 25. According to the Kentucky State Police, Merrick had been driving a tractor-trailer that was heading north on Kentucky Route 91 when it ran off […]
Two individuals lost their lives in two separate vehicular accidents that happened on Sunday, August 30 in Kentucky. Chief deputy coroner Jo-Ann Farmer identified the first fatality as 54-year-old James Kirchner, who was traversing the northbound lanes along Interstate 65 in his Jeep Liberty when for some reason his vehicle swerved into a concrete pillar […]
Dixie Highway in Louisville, Kentucky was temporarily closed to public traffic for several hours after a head-on collision between a blue Honda Accord and a silver Dodge Dart. Sadly, the incident resulted in one individual dying at the scene of the accident and three other people being transported to the University of Louisville Hospital for […]
A hit-and-run accident in Louisville, Kentucky left a driver trapped underneath his overturned Chevy Tahoe. The accident occurred at the 7900 block of Crittenden Drive at around 12 pm on a Tuesday late last month, according to a report from the Emergency Management Agency (MetroSafe). Authorities suspect that a Chrysler 200 hit the truck so […]