Automobile Accidents

• Donn Johnson Dies In Alaskan Car Crash. Here's What His Family Should Know...

  Ward Merdes | May 27, 2008 2:46 AM | 5 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Donn Johnson's family needs to know their rights under Alaskan law.

• What's "Negligence"? [Hint: It's Just Being Stupid]

  Ward Merdes | April 05, 2009 1:59 AM | 4 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  For the last 20+ years, I've been a personal injury attorney in Alaska. My phone rings every day with people who have had bad things happen to them. Nobody wants to call me. They only call me when...

• 19 year old U.S. Army Soldier dies in Alaska Car Wreck

  James Cool | January 07, 2009 4:01 PM | 3 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Anchorage, Alaska—The Alaska Daily News reports that 19 year old soldier Travis Foster died in a car crash on the Tok Cutoff near Anchorage on December 23, 2008. According to reports, Mr....

• The Insurance Company Fixed My Car, But Who Pays for My Lost Re-Sale Value?

  James Cool | June 01, 2009 11:06 PM | 2 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  So you’re involved in an auto-accident. Your vehicle is wrecked. You are injured. Perhaps you never contacted an attorney and just handled things through your and the other guy’s...

• Alaska Rollover Kills 3, injures 2. Alcohol Involved. Here's the Tort Law...

  Ward Merdes | July 08, 2008 2:18 PM | 2 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Alaskan Roll-Over Auto Crash Kills 3 and injures 2. Here is the Alaskan law the occupants need to know...

• I was hurt in a car wreck. What's my claim worth?

  Ward Merdes | June 29, 2009 2:26 AM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  I'm a personal injury attorney. We're asked this question every day. The phone rings. We hear about a wreck, a tragedy that changed the caller's life. We're then asked the dreaded question: What do...

• 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....

• Alaska Car Crash. One Fatality, Hoogland and Popovich Injured. Here’s the Law…

  Ward Merdes | July 22, 2008 1:10 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Hoogland, Popovich and their passengers need to know their legal rights.

• "I Got Run Over In Alaska ... Twice"

  Ward Merdes | April 25, 2008 9:24 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Alaska has the highest incident of industrial accidents in the nation. A good portion of those arise from motor vehicle wrecks. An increasing portion of those are SECOND wrecks. More and more of my...

• $65 Million Dry Cleaning Claim? What Crap...

  Ward Merdes | May 05, 2007 6:05 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Any judge who sues for $65 million due to damage to his pants is an idiot, pandering to insurance company rhetoric that will make legitimate cases more difficult to win. He is hurting you - when you get injured and juries are "sick and tired of stupid claims ... like yours." See the problem? Everybody else's claim is frivolous. Your claim is legitimate. Trouble is that jury thinks the same...