Wrongful Death

• Gravel Road Dust Makes Crash with Vehicle to the Rear Foreseeable

  Steve Lombardi | November 06, 2007 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  There was a crash in Mitchell County near the town of Osage that occurred on November 2, 2007. This to-the-rear-end near-collision is one that illustrates how the driver in the front can be considered negligent. Iowa being a comparative fault state there is probably fault to be attributed to both drivers but let's examine how this can be so to the front vehicle. Normally we would blame fault on...

• Crawford County Settles RAGBRAI Cyclist Death Claim

  Steve Lombardi | November 05, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Crawford County Supervisors are settling the claim resulting from the death of a cyclist (Kirk Ullrich of Davenport). The rider was thrown from his bike when a bicycle tire stuck in a lock joint in the middle of county road E-16 west of Schleswig. The claim was for a failure to inspect the roadway and to warn riders of the defect in the road.These are very difficult claims to win. A failure to...

• Sioux City Journal Praises Crawford County Cold Coffee Poured Over RAGBRAI Widow

  Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  That settlement cost each citizen less than half of a tank of gas. It cost each citizen of Crawford County less than $20.66 each. If the Crawford County Supervisors were more concerned with properly managing their government they and the businessmen and women of Crawford County who were making money would have purchased insurance to cover the potential liability. Seems to me they are blaming the...

• I-35 Crash Investigation Points to Alcohol and Speed

  Steve Lombardi | October 02, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  It was reported by the Iowa State Patrol that both alcohol and speed were two factors that caused the Thomas car to crash into the motor home in the emergency lane on September 15, 2007. The speed was estimated to be 87 miles per hour and blood alcohol, although below the legal limit, was apparently at a level that it was believed to have also contributed as a reason for the crash. Since the...

• Tama County - Iowa - Chelsea Collision and Fatality Preventable

  Steve Lombardi | October 01, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The Iowa State Patrol investigated an intersection collision at county Roads E66 and V18 near CHELSEA, Iowa on September 30, 2007 at 12:15. One driver was injured and the other killed. The one vehicle was westbound on E66 and the other northbound on V18. The northbound car failed to yield the right of way to the westbound one and they collided. Iowa law provides that when two vehicles enter an...

• Increase in Minimum Wage May Lead to More Increases

  Steve Lombardi | August 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The federal minimum wage increased by 70 cents on July 24, the first increase in ten years. The minimum wage is now $5.85 an hour, as opposed to $5.15 an hour. The government says that this increase is just the beginning of more increases that will eventually raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour by the year 2009.This small victory is the result of the now Democratic-controlled Congress. ...

• Heart Risks May Be Influenced By Traffic Pollution

  Steve Lombardi | August 11, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The risk for heart attacks is significantly raised by the hardening of the arteries, which is caused by numerous factors. It has been recently reported that pollution from heavy traffic may be one of these factors. Breathing in the fumes from heavy traffic does not only happen on the highways, but can also be caused in inner-cities where there is heavy street traffic.The recent report that...

• Poweshiek County - Death of Both Drivers - Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  July 27, 2007--Two people are dead after an accident in Poweshiek County this morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 7:20 a.m., just a mile south of I-80 on Highway 63.Forty-nine-year-old Daniel Jones of Oskaloosa was driving north on Highway 63, when the southbound vehicle of 34-year-old Cynthia Zapp of Montezuma crossed the center line and struck him head-on.Jones was...

• Boone Man Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

  Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  August 9, 2007 -- Boone County officials are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist Wednesday night.The sheriff's office says around 9:00 p.m. they responded to the hit-and-run on county road R-18 a few miles northwest of Woodward.The sheriff's office says the victim is a 53-year-old Boone County man who was riding his bicycle north on the road. Witnesses say he was hit by a...

• Death of Norwalk, Iowa Teen - Red Light Ignored

  Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  July 30, 2007--The names of two people who died in a crash in central Iowa Sunday night have been released. The driver, 17-year-old Almir Trnjanin of Johnston and his passenger, 18-year-old Kacy Wagner of Norwalk were killed in the two vehicle accident. It happened Sunday night around 7:30 in Norwalk, at the intersection of Highway 28 and Beardsley. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup truck was...