Road trips are one of the best times to explore new places and spend some quality time with the people you love along the way. But for all the fun they offer, road trips can also be a time when…
How to De-Borify Safe Driving
Safe driving can be difficult when it feels boring. Long strips of gray concrete with white lines is the scenery for what feels like hours on end. It’s tempting to pick up your phone and scroll through Instagram or answer…
Are Safe Features Really Safe?
When car shopping, many parents of recently licensed drivers are amazed at the technologies new cars are equipped with, most of which advertise a more safe, less distracted driver experience. But these technologies, like hands-free and voice command features, can…
$4.75M Commercial Trucking Settlement for Distracted Driving
Case involved a commercial truck whose driver was distracted because he was using his cellular phone to access the internet at the same time he was operating his vehicle. Because the driver was distracted he rear-ended an elderly couple from…
JC Fodale Energy Services to Pay $43.5M in Employee Distracted Driving Case
In 2015, Jenny Hennes was driving her 2009 Cadillac STS in congested San Antonio traffic when she was rear-ended by a 2012 GMC Yukon. The Yukon was driven by an employee of JC Fodale Energy Services, Mikey Hunt. Hunt was…
Delivery Company’s $5.2M Settlement for Distracted Driving Case
In July of 2011, a mother was stopped at a traffic light with her 9 year old son and 11 year old daughter on Illinois route 15 in Belleville, Illinois. The driver of a commercial delivery van / truck was…