Trains and cars don’t mix

One of my friends works for the railroad. We don’t discuss personal injury cases as I’m sure he’s not a fan. Some of my clients have had run-ins with trains.

Today, December 29, 2010 is Crash Report Day

Today is our day to report on the ISP crash reports. The good news is there are only three fatality reports from the Iowa State Patrol crash reports. The bad news is there are three fatality reports on the ISP crash report site. So let’s take a look at the one minimal and the two full reports.

Thank the heavens it’s Friday

Thank the heavens it’s Friday, because I’m tired of writing about personal injury accidents for this week. Today we have two pi accidents. The first is a three-car collision out of Story County on November 6, 2010 on Highway 30 westbound. Let’s see this is a Saturday near the Iowa State University exit during football season… I wonder if game traffic might be backed up.

Dangers on Iowa's Interstate Highways and Roads

This week of Thanksgiving we are covering auto accidents in Iowa and we’ve done a good job of covering all the fatalities and personal injury accidents as reported by the Iowa State Patrol. Today we will have three additional personal injury accidents that lawyers see quite often; not all result in claims, but injury prevention is our reason for blogging about them.

PT Cruiser Driver Loss of Control

Today we’ll cover four personal injury accident collisions. In the first one we have two injured people from Fairfield and Burlington. The driver is the 24-year-old man and the passenger is 48. There’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said; we need only ask why he lost control of the 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser.

Plane Crash Can Be a Workers' Compensation Claim

Cases like this one could end up being a workers’ compensation case and third-party case against the company that did the maintenance on the plane or the manufacturer. The workers’ compensation case might be filed in Texas, Minnesota or Iowa. We live in a complicated world.

Multiple car accidents on I-35 north of Ankeny

As a part of our ongoing safety on the highways and roads campaign the Lombardi Law Firm brings you two stories where traffic is changing and where multiple accidents are occuring on Iowa roads. One in particular is I-35.

Iowa State Patrol Injury Reports for Interstate Travel in Iowa

Today we will take a look at the Iowa Interstate highway accidents that resulted in personal injury and as reported by the Iowa State Patrol.

Iowa State Patrol Injury Reports for Saturday, November 6, 2010.

Every Saturday this law firm posts the current Iowa State Patrol fatality and injury report list so our out-of-state clients and potential clients have access to the latest word from the Iowa State Patrol. If you have questions about what the investigating officer's report means, or how to interpret it, give Steve Lombardi a call at 515-222-1110 or send him an email at sdlombardi@aol.com. Here are the injury reports for November 8, 2010.

Iowa Personal Injury and Property Damage News of Interest for November 5, 2010

So where do we start with determining the causes by investigating and trying to answer the questions that come to mind. First the driver coming across the median we wonder about his falling asleep, or having a heart attack or being drunk. We need to determine the most likely cause of his car crossing over to the wrong side of Highway 69. The news report has him hospitalized and in critical condition so he will not be answering questions. The blood work from the hospital may be helpful but unless it was taken for evidence it may not have been preserved properly and be inadmissible in court. He is a young man at 30-years of age.

Trains and Pedestrians, A Painful Case

Join me this afternoon for a walk with James Joyce. This is to honor all of those people who die from collisions with trains at train-road-crossings in Iowa and around the nation. In some ways they are preventable but in other ways not so easily prevented.