Category Archives: Auto Accidents

Mississippi Car Accident Attorney Discusses the Dangers of Rollover Accidents

Rollover accidents occur when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), truck, van, pickup truck, or car, flips over on its roof or side.  Rollover accidents are the primary cause of death in SUV crashes and the second cause, after only head-on collisions, of vehicle related accident deaths overall.  Each year, nearly 10,000 vehicles are involved in […]

T-Bone Accidents on Mississippi Roadways

Numerous types of accidents occur on Mississippi roadways each day.  One of the most common and dangerous types of accidents are T-bone collisions.  T-bone accidents happen in intersections throughout Mississippi’s many roadways.  These side impact crashes generally occur at intersections where vehicles are changing directions or there are different traffic signals that control the movement […]

Mississippi Car Accident Attorney Discusses the Dangers of Rollover Accidents

Rollover accidents occur when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), truck, van, pickup truck, or car, flips over on its roof or side.  Rollover accidents are the primary cause of death in SUV crashes and the second cause, after only head-on collisions, of vehicle related accident deaths overall.  Each year, nearly 10,000 vehicles are involved in […]

Mississippi Automobile Accident Lawyers Examine Hit and Run Accidents in Mississippi

            Under Mississippi law, when you have been involved in an accident, you must stop at the scene of the accident and exchange information with the driver of the other vehicle or the owner of the property that was damaged.  It is a criminal offense to flee the scene of […]

Mississippi Car Accident Attorneys Discuss Why Text Messaging Is Still a Common Cause of Collisions

Despite the enormous efforts to raise public awareness regarding the dangers of texting and driving, drivers distracted by their cell phone while reading or sending a text continue to be a significant cause of catastrophic injury and wrongful death.  At any given time, approximately 660,000 drivers are distracted by electronic devices or cell phones according […]

Mississippi Ignition Switch GM Chevrolet Cobalt Recall, Pontiac G5, Solstice, Saturn Ion, Sky Recall

News sources are reporting that an investigation has been started by the United States Legislature into if something should have been done sooner about General Motors (GM) vehicles with bad ignition switches which have resulted in several deaths. GM has issues a recall pulling back those vehicles that have been implicated in these fatal crashes. […]

New Technologies that Could Change the Face of Personal Injury Law

Currently, car accidents are the number one cause of accident deaths and injuries nationwide. While increased automobile safety has led to a decline in the rate of accidents each year, numbers remain high. There are an estimated 5,500,000 car crashes annually and over 40,000 deaths. Several new technologies in the field of automobiles hold the […]

One Dead, Two Injured in Saucier, Mississippi Crash

Jennifer Stapel, an 18-year-old college student at Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Community College, was driving herself and her friend, Brianna Medina, 19, back to the school’s Perkinston campus after a night spent watching a movie in Gulfport.  After this, Stapel remembers nothing.  Stapel woke up at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, suffering from a broken ankle and […]

Wintry Weather Causing Hazardous Conditions on Mississippi Roadways

This past winter, the questions has often been posed: will this winter weather ever end?  Mississippi has seen an unprecedented amount of ice, snow, and wintery mix thus far this winter, and it seems the end is not yet in sight.  This inclement weather has caused numerous accidents, some fatal, and many closures of roads […]

The Reasons for the Increase in Pedestrian Accidents in Mississippi

A rash of recent pedestrian accidents across Mississippi serves to highlight the national increase in incidents involving pedestrians and motor vehicles.  Recently, Tony Harrison, a 42-year-old man from D’Iberville, was walking on the side of the Lamey Bridge Road at around 1:00 a.m.  Harrison was struck by a vehicle.  The driver of the offending car […]