Automobile Accidents

• Highway Safety - Do foggy conditions excuse breaking the laws of negligence?

  Steve Lombardi | November 20, 2008 9:35 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  There’s a three car accident at the Arebela Four Corners in Arebela, Missouri. According the Missouri State Highway Patrol they concluded that a nineteen year old driving northbound on Route A...

• Insurance Company Bag of Tricks

  Steve Lombardi | April 24, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Are trial lawyers what you are being told? Or is there some motivation for wanting you to not respect what they do? Who gains when you delay in hiring a lawyer to protect your interests after a car, truck or motorcycle accident? And what do you lose by waiting? Read Steve Lombardi's blawg to stay informed.

• Cell Phones: University of Utah Applied Cognition Lab

  Steve Lombardi | April 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  In today's post the Des Moines Injuryboard blawg provides a one stop source for a better understanding of how cell phone usage increases the risk of an auto accident. If you have a case that...

• Insurance adjusters and the recorded statement.

  Steve Lombardi | March 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Finding those two witnesses shows excellent skills on your part. Well done. After 26 years of practicing law I can think of only two reasons why insurance company adjusters want to talk with the person asking their company for money; and neither reason is good for you.Issue: I was in a MVA over two weeks ago. I turned left at the same time a truck ran a red light. The police report said...

• Is Renting a Bike in Des Moines such a good idea?

  Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 2:53 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Serious consideration and implementation is in place for setting up bikes to rent, ride and return to “B-Cycle” stations set up around Des Moines, Iowa, according to KCCI news source....

• Pedestrian Safety News Roundup Continues ... Look before you exit the car

  Steve Lombardi | June 30, 2009 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Today we continue with several more pedestrian-car-truck-bus-train collision news items. There are too many pedestrian collisions just since the first of the year. After reading too many...

• Hit-and-run strikes 9-year-old in Treynor, Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | May 18, 2009 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Jayden Anderson was walking along Highway 92 about 8:45 last Friday evening when he was struck by a red car with black stripes. The car was occupied by three or four people who’ve not been...

• Hit-And-Run accident near Treynor, Iowa puts boy in the hospital

  Steve Lombardi | May 03, 2009 11:13 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Hit-And-Run accident near Treynor, Iowa puts boy in the hospital Police seek the identity of the driver of a red sports car with a black strip in and around Pottawatamie County, Iowa. The driver...

• Pedestrian Safety: Hit-and-Run Roadside Walker's Killer Still at Large in Iowa or Wisconsin or Minnesota

  Steve Lombardi | April 13, 2009 11:48 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  I wonder if your conscience is bothering you. Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Do you continue to have a memory of the sound when your car or truck struck the man walking on the roadside in...

• Investigating the rollover accident in Johnson County, Iowa.

  Steve Lombardi | April 12, 2009 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On March 14th 2009 Lisa Marie Adams (17), Joseph Daniel Widmer (18), and Brendt Michael Fetzer were headed Westbound on 340th and lost control entering the South ditch and rolled. Lisa Marie Adams...