Automobile Accidents

• Civil Law Issues Related To the Garner Homicide Trial

  Ward Merdes | October 04, 2007 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Kevin Garner is on trial for his involvement in Catherine Ahsoak's death. It is alleged that Garner was intoxicated when he ran over Ahsoak on a Fairbanks street. At the same time, Ahsoak had blood levels of Alcohol and Benadryl. She was also deaf. Ahsoak was allegedly dragged for blocks under Garner's vehicle. This is what Ahsoak's family needs to know about related insurance claims:First,...

• Back To School Auto Insurance - Buy This...

  Ward Merdes | September 01, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Buy more automobile insurance. You and your family need it.With kids going back to school, parents in Alaska need to worry about personal injuries, automobile wrecks and even wrongful death claims. To protect your kids - and you - be sure to discuss the following insurance with your insurance agent. It costs very little more than the minimums that most insurers try to sell you - and it gives you...

• Brian Gorrell Dies & Steven Wengree Critical in 07/26/07 Alaskan Car Crash ... Alcohol?

  Ward Merdes | July 28, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  When people are killed in Alaskan motor vehicle accidents, families have to take action - even when overcome by emotion. It is difficult to keep a clear head, but you must do it. Follow this advice and be sure to minimize the financial devastation of accidents like this.The Alaska State Troopers announced that Brian Gorrell was killed in a motor vehicle crash early Thursday morning, just south...

• I'm a Lawyer. I Love What I Do...

  Ward Merdes | December 19, 2006 5:34 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Lawyer jokes. Every time I hear a lawyer joke, I feel like asking a very simple question: "Why?" What entitles you to talk smack about a whole group of people - simply because they chose to spend three grueling years in law school? Why are you free to carry on against a whole group of people who exist to serve. How can you demonstrate such flaming ignorance and bigotry? If you answer: "Because a...

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

  Ward Merdes | May 31, 2008 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, 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...

• Myong Thayer's Death An Accident... What To Do Now?

  Ward Merdes | November 11, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Accidents provide foundation to almost all civil actions.Channel 2 of Anchorage reports that investigation of Myong Thayer's death in Ketchikan Alaska reveals that it was an "accident." Thayer apparently stepped out in front of a bus owned by Alaska Amphibious Tours. Also, there was no presence of alcohol or drugs in the bus driver's system. Does this mean that the Thayer family has no claim? ...

• Correction: Two Injured - Not Killed On Kenai Spur

  Ward Merdes | October 29, 2007 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  A quick correction - the Peninsula Clarion reported that Baier, 20, and Norman Copeland, 30 were injured, not killed on the Kenai Spur Highway. My apologies for the mistake.

• Condry and Palmer Injured by Fox's Negligence. Here Are Their Claims...

  Ward Merdes | October 27, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Palmer and Condry Need An Attorney - Now...The News-Miner reports that Jason L. Fox fell asleep at the wheel while driving a government vehicle on the Richardson, drove through a concrete barrier, and smashed into a vehicle driven by Thomas C. Palmer. Here is what Condry (Fox's passenger) and Palmer need to do about it:Come on, folks. This one is easy. When a person falls asleep at the wheel and...

• Richardson Highway Accident. At Least One Dead

  Ward Merdes | October 19, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Victim of Brand accident on Richardson Hwy. needs to call a lawyer, now.The Fairbanks Police Report that 16 year old Riley August Brand of Fairbanks died in the Sunday night car crash on the Richardson Highway. It is believed that his (yet identified) passenger was also badly injured. Though Mr. Brand appears to be at fault, here is what his passenger (or his family) need to know about Alaska's...

• Goldstream Valley Alaska Car Accident Leaves One Dead. Here's the Civil Law Her Family Needs To Know...

  Ward Merdes | October 08, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Georgina Eckhert killed in Goldstream Valley Alaska Roll Over Accident. The Alaska State Troopers report that Georgina Eckhert, 39, was killed in Goldstream Alaska when the car she occupied slid through a Stop sign, rolled down an embankment, and came to rest upside-down in a pond. The driver and two other passengers, all under 18 years old, were not injured. Here is some of the Alaska Civil...