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• Randy Jones Motorcycle Wreck

  Ward Merdes | July 14, 2007 8:35 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Colleen Jones suffered a terrible loss when her husband Randy was killed in a motorcycle wreck. Their insurance companies should be working hard to take care of them. Any bets on whether they will? Hold your breath.Fairbanks lost a good man on July 12. Randy Jones died in a motorcycle wreck. Riding side-by-side with his wife, the newspaper reports that their motorcycles touched, Randy lost...

• Recalled Pet Food Contaminated With Rat Poison

  Shannon Weidemann | March 27, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Researchers believe they know why the recalled pet food is causing kidney failure in cats and dogs. Samples of it have tested positive for rat poison. The investigation has focused so far on the wheat gluten used to make the food and the supplier. The deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95 brand names....

• Why You Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | February 07, 2009 7:37 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  After twenty years representing people who are injured and killed in motor vehicle wrecks, I've learned a thing-or-two. The most important one - for you - is to buy the right automobile insurance....

• Three-Car Accident on Sterling Highway Sends Three to the Hospital

  James Cool | December 21, 2008 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Soldotna, Alaska—The Peninsula Clarion reports that that a three-car accident on December 15, 2008 sent three people to the hospital and closed down the Sterling Highway for 40 minutes. ...

• Two-Car Accident in Fairbanks Takes Out Traffic Light: What Those Involved Need to Know

  James Cool | November 30, 2008 11:40 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Fairbanks, Alaska—The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that a two-car accident on November 25, 2008 took out a major traffic signal at the intersection of Ballaine and Farmer’s Loop...

• Turn Tightly - Then Change Lanes

  Ward Merdes | April 18, 2008 1:39 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Here's a driving irritant that has been killing me... When did it become OK to "turn wide" (pardon the grammar)? The driving law in Alaska, and (I've got to believe) every other state makes it...

• Alaska's Glenn Highway Kills Three, Injures Two More...

  Ward Merdes | January 19, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Alaska State Troopers report that three people died Saturday and two others were hurt in a crash on the Glenn Highway. The accident occurred a mile north of the Palmer-Wasilla interchange. A late model Chevy pickup, driven by 26-year-old Joshua Swigart of Anchorage was apparently heading south when it crossed the center line and sideswiped a Subaru. The three dead, who were riding in a 2002...

• Semi-Truck Collision Kills Marvin Harris. What His Family Should Do...

  Ward Merdes | December 02, 2007 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Anchorage Daily News reports that Marvin Harris, 52, was killed on 11/29/07 while driving a semi southbound at mile 53 of the Dalton Highway. The oncoming trailer was being pulled by Jason Knight, 34 of Fairbanks. Knight was driving a 2006 Freightliner. It appears that Knight's trailer drifted into the Southbound (oncoming) lane occupied by Harris, killing Harris on impact. Harris was...

• What Horace Field's Family Needs To Do, Now.

  Ward Merdes | November 19, 2007 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  KTUU of Anchorage reports that Horace Field, 45 of Noorvik may have been drinking when he was struck, dragged and killed by a semi-truck last week. While this sounds bad for any related claims, Mr. Field's family needs to immediately...1. Find an Accident Reconstruction (AR) expert. That expert will view the scene, the statement, the police report and surveillance footage from the nearby FBI...

• Mitchell Expressway Wreck Kills One

  Ward Merdes | October 11, 2007 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Alaska State Troopers report that a three-car wreck on the Mitchell Expressway Wednesday evening killed a Fairbanks motorist. The wreck involved a Honda Pilot, a MV Investments truck and black pickup of unknown make and model. Icy roads apparently contributed. Either the Pilot or the black pickup truck crossed into the southbound lane. We will report again as facts become public and families...