GOOD SAMARITAN ACT Dangers of being a good Samaratin-Suppose you are driving down a lonely highway – you appear to be the only vehicle in sight for miles. You top a slight hill and there it is – a head on collision involving a tractor-trailer and a mini-van full of children. Apparently this has just happened as the smoke is still emitting from the engines. You pull over on the side of the … [Read more...]
WHEN IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT
WHEN IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT When in an auto accident-DO NOT: • Leave the scene of the accident. • Try to move any injured person. • Lose your temper. • Take the blame for the accident. Simply be truthful and explain to the officer your version of how the accident occurred, keeping in mind that any statement made by you is an admission by you and admissible in court and will likely be written … [Read more...]
CONFEDERATE FLAG
Confederate Flag, should it stay or should it go?Unless you have been staying on a desert island this week with no communication to the world, everyone knows that the Confederate Flag is coming down from flagpoles all over the country. This allegedly racist flag has been a major conversation piece - especially for the State of Alabama even though the issue began because of a racist shooting in … [Read more...]
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
Since 1791, there have been 22,137 known line of duty deaths in America. In order to honor fallen police officers around the United States, in 1962 President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day. The week that May 15th falls has been designated as National Police Week. The main events are held in Washington D.C. and tens of thousands of people … [Read more...]
Holiday Driving
Holiday Driving. As 2012 winds down in holiday cheer, drivers across the mid-South will be ramping up their activity on the road. We here at Ron Kim Law would like to remind our family, friends, and fellow mid-Southerners to exercise extreme caution when holiday driving. Far too often, we are saddened to take on cases involving death on hazardous wintry roads; we beseech you to take the … [Read more...]
Police Officer Killed in Motorcycle Accident
A Germantown police officer was pronounced dead on the scene of a horrific motorcycle accident occurring May 18, 2011. Officer Dustin Lee Martin, decorated Marine veteran and police officer, lost his life after a colliding with a vehicle attempting to turn on Germantown Parkway near Woodchase Drive. The driver, an unidentified 26-year-old man, was taken to the MED in non-critical condition. The … [Read more...]
KIDS IN HOT CARS
As the summer heat shows no sign of falter, more and more children have been put at risk while left in hot cars by negligent parents. Reportedly 18 children have died this year of hyperthermia in this country alone, with eight of the aforementioned deaths occurring after June 13th. That is, quite disturbingly, the largest number of fatalities of this cause since the data has been tracked by Jan … [Read more...]