Automobile Accidents

• Car Accident Creates More Questions Than Answers

  Steve Lombardi | October 16, 2009 10:35 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  On October 4th 2009 James Loren Vest III was heading north of Larch Avenue when he lost control of his vehicle and rolled over in the west ditch striking a power pole. Just before he crashed he was...

• Hit-N-Run in Des Moines ends in peaceful arrest

  Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2009 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Wednesday afternoon on Park Ave. around 5:30, a motorcyclist was killed in a hit and run by a SUV, according to channel 13 news source. After filling up the Ford Explorer SUV at the Casey’s...

• Interstate Highways and Wrong-way Drivers just seem to go hand in hand.

  Steve Lombardi | August 31, 2009 9:45 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  We are continuing with our evaluation and discussion involving the Interstate highway system along with several other IB attorneys from around the globe. Devon Glass, from Michigan pointed out...

• Negligence, a failure to yield and paying the highest price

  Steve Lombardi | August 08, 2009 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Many times we think of the other guy and what happens to him when he doesn’t stop for the stop sign or just fail to yield the right of way while turning. For young drivers it’s important...

• Rural Iowa driveway ditch crossings can be very dangerous

  Steve Lombardi | June 12, 2009 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In this crash a 23-year-old young man was killed in a one-car crash. He was driving a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville northbound on L48 in O’Brien County. The speed limit is 55 mph in this area,...

• Driving Safety: How just one drunk driver can alter the lives of hundreds

  Megan Roth | February 13, 2009 12:25 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  I told you yesterday – drinking and driving often results in accidents, and those are never a fun situation. We gave you a brief breakdown of Wisconsin’s drunk driving statistics and...

• $2 Million Dollar Cell Phone Call, Tort Reform Would Say "Sorry Wrong Number"

  Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2009 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Chicago Woman Pedestrian Struck by Distracted Driver Here is the report: The following is alleged - 24-7 Press Release article released October 7, 2009, the settlement for a personal injury case...

• Muscatine County, Iowa distracted driver heads to the hosptial

  Steve Lombardi | October 08, 2009 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  According to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, on September 17, 2009 in Muscatine County, Rhonda Levsen driving Northbound on Zachary Ave failed to stop at the 171st St. intersection....

• Another train-car collision kills New London woman

  Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On Monday, September 22, about 5:45pm, Catherine Lea Stinson, age 45, was hit by an Amtrak train at 145th Street and U.S. 34, according to John Mangalonzo reporter from The Hawkeye online news...

• Cause of Early Morning Crash in Des Moines Still a Mystery

  Steve Lombardi | September 21, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Early Monday morning a small white car crashed into a stone wall on Birdland Drive heading towards Saylor Road, near Birdland Marina, according to WHO-TV news. The Police said, Joy Chumos, age 32,...