In Maine, there is a potential intersection of the workers’ compensation and personal injury systems when the injury is caused by a third party. Generally, if you are injured at work, regardless of the cause, you are compensated for that injury entirely through the workers’ compensation system. However, did you…
Reported in the Portland Press Herald, October 22, 2010 HARRISON — Police in Harrison, Maine, say one teenager has been killed and three other people injured in a car crash. Eighteen-year-old Thomas McLendon, of Oxford, was a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer whose driver lost control rounding a corner and…
Reported in the Sun Journal, October 16, 2010 PARIS — Two people were injured late Friday morning when a car delivering mail was struck from behind by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer on a rainy, windswept stretch of Route 26 near the West Paris town line. According to Lt. Michael Dailey of…
On September 21, 2010, the U. . Department of Transportation hosted the second National Distracted Driving Summit. The purpose of the summit was to discuss challenges and opportunities facing national anti-distracted driving regulation efforts. In recent years, a movement has been gaining momentum to address the problems that distraction behind…
Reported in the Bangor Daily News October 5, 2010 The setting sun was cited as a factor in a rear-end crash Tuesday that brought westbound traffic on Interstate 395 to a near halt during the busy evening commute. The accident happened about 6 p.m., soon after a vehicle that was…
What happens if someone else’s negligence behind the wheel causes you injury and they don’t have enough insurance?sIn Maine, every auto insurance policy is required to have several components. In a previous post, we discussed uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, or the coverage that exists when the other party is not…
Reported by the Bangor Daily News on Septemeber 22, 2010 NEW SHARON — An elderly man was killed Tuesday morning as he crossed Route 134 in front of his house, police said. Glen Fitch, 87, was killed instantly when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by 43-year-old Walter…
What happens if someone else’s negligence behind the wheel causes you injury and they don’t have insurance?sIn Maine, every auto insurance policy is required to have several components. One of those components is uninsured motorist coverage (UM). Every auto insurance policy must have a minimum of $50,000 per person and…
Reported by Bangor Daily News on September 14, 2010 and September 15, 2010 DEDHAM, Maine — A family of three from Jonesport was killed and an Orono man was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on U. . Route 1A. Killed in the accident were Carlos A. Tapia, 34, his…
Reported by Kennebec Journal on September 6, 2010 CARTHAGE — A 36-year-old Wales man died and four others were taken to the hospital Monday after two pickup trucks crashed on Route 142. Tolga Ozkur ran through a stop sign and crashed his 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck into a 1996 Chevrolet…