THREE ADULTS AND ONE TEENAGER LOSE THEIR LIVES ON “DEAD MAN’S CURVE” – MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA On Sunday afternoon, October 11, 2015, 50 year old driver, Michael W. Weatherspoon, 38 year old Crystal Dawn Cassity, 31 year old Melvin Louis Sowell and 14 year old Teresa Sowell were killed in the van in which they were riding on Chunchula Georgetown Road when they approached a bend in the road … [Read more...]
AN ELEMENT OF DAMAGE IN A PERSONAL INJURY CASE-PAIN & SUFFERING
PERSONAL INJURY – PAIN AND SUFFERING Pain and Suffering - noun. The physical and mental distress suffered from an injury, including actual broken bones and internal ruptures, but also the aches, pain, temporary and permanent limitations on activity, potential shortening of life, depression, and embarrassment from scarring, all of which are part of the "general damages" recoverable by someone … [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...]
ACCIDENT CAUSED BY DEER
Good Question! Do I need an accidental injury lawyer? In Tennessee there are between 950,000 and 1,000,000 deer. Around 168,000 are harvested by deer hunters, and there were “6,135 deer-related crashes, accidents in 2013”. Accidents caused by deer and deer related crashes have increased by 15.3% since 2009 (see Tennessee Highway Patrol Statistics). Deer related accidents increase each fall. … [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...]
Whiplash A Potentially Debilitating Injury
You're stopped at a light or stop sign. Out of nowhere you are struck in the rear by another car. It happens everyday. Whiplash refers to the sudden transfer of energy that causes the structures of your neck to abruptly straighten and bend beyond their normal range of motion, potentially resulting in an injury. This type of injury can result in chronic, even debilitating, pain. Yet whiplash is a … [Read more...]