Automobile Accidents

• Road rage can be fatal.

  Ward Merdes | March 21, 2006 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  An Anchorage driver, whose road rage may have contributed to the death of Gail Fejes, mother of three, was sentenced to three months jail time for his part in the crash. Twenty-three year old Mark Elkins plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.The district attorney's office charged Elkins with manslaughter, first-degree assault and leaving the scene of an accident without rendering...

• We All Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | March 18, 2006 12:09 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Buy a TON of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance to protect you and your family.More and more folks are calling our office because they were hit - and badly hurt - by a drunk driver. It goes without saying that most drunk drivers just aren't that responsible ... and most don't have insurance to cover the injuries and damage they cause. That's why you need to review your automobile...

• Car Accident Claims Teen's Life

  Ward Merdes | March 17, 2006 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  A Ketchikan girl lost control of her car Tuesday morning on the North Tongass Highway, careening into oncoming traffic and being hit by a pickup truck carrying five people ages 15 to 23. All five of the pickup's passengers were injured in the wreck and taken to Ketchikan General Hospital.According to the Anchorage Daily News:Troopers said driving too fast for the road conditions and...

• Ward Merdes, P.C.

  Staff Writer | March 17, 2005 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Ward Merdes is a Board Certified Specialist. We focus our practice on injury/death claims arising from car accidents, airplane crashes and industrial accidents and have extensive experience with brain injury claims. The bottom line is that we help injured people. We fight insurance companies. We're honest, hard-working, fully computerized and Insured and have extensive trial experience across...