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What do the 2 have in common? This is from the Los Angeles Times on December 10 of this year. They reported that last year 38,680 people died in car crashes, which was the highest tally since 2007.

That is a common question and the very lawyer-like answer is "it depends." Personal injury lawyers look at the following elements when determining whether a case has merit and, if so, what it's worth.

You would think that with fewer people driving to and from work, there would be less traffic and consequently fewer injuries and deaths on our streets and highways. It turns out that is not the case. In today's Arizona Daily Star was a report out of Detroit from the National Safety Council. They reported that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020, an 8% increase over 2019 and the first jump in 4 years. Even worse, the fatality rate per 100 million miles driven jumped 24%, the largest annual percentage increase since they begin collecting data IN 1923!

In the September 25 ed. of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, on the front page of the sports section was an article discussing ATV deaths and injuries.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune last week published an article discussing the impact that Minnesota’s “hands free” Law appears to be having on distracted driving crashes.

Harder than most people think

Last Wednesday the Minneapolis Star Tribune published an article concerning the 2017 natural gas explosion at Minnehaha Academy which killed 2 people and injured several others.

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