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This case revolves around two semis; one a box truck and an 18-wheeler that collided in Bakersfield, California. It was just something that should never had happened, and likely wouldn’t have in most cases, but for the fact that the semi got stuck going around a corner. That stroke of bad luck put the box truck bearing down on him in a tough position.

The box truck has no place else to go and could not stop in time. It slammed into the semi. Unfortunately, the driver of the box truck died at the scene of the accident. It was foggy at the time and police think that may have been a contributing factor in the accident, as well as excessive speed. The semi truck driver was largely unhurt, but did sustain cuts, bruising and abrasions. The results of other medical tests won’t be known until later, as it is possible the given the force of the impact, he may have sustained whiplash, fractured or cracked ribs, dislocated shoulder or other spinal injuries.

Whatever the outcome of the medical evaluation of the 18-wheeler driver, the likelihood is that he will be able to file a personal injury lawsuit. On the other hand, if the big rig driver had no business being where he was and trying to negotiate a turn that was not built for semis in the first place, the question of liability may be split or apportioned.

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In what may be a case of “touched by an angel,” two people were injured when they were struck by a semi. Apparently the driver of the car that was hit lost control of a Pontiac G6, which wound up in front of a semi ( a Towne Air Freight tractor-trailer) bearing down on the car. With no time to stop, the big rig crushed the smaller car and in the process, drove over the front and back of the vehicle as it spun underneath the 18-wheeler. Despite all this happening, there were no fatalities.

The car’s occupants were taken to hospital after they were pulled out of the wreck. The driver sustained several leg injuries and the passenger a few cuts and abrasions. The trucker wasn’t hurt. The questions here for the police are what was the driver of the car doing just prior to losing control of the vehicle? Was alcohol involved? Did the driver experience a seizure? Was the driver distracted by something on the other side of the street and took their eyes off the road?

With regard to the semi; was it speeding? Was it on the wrong side of the road? Was the driver using a laptop at the time and could have avoided the accident? These are all things that will have to be answered in order to determine who is at fault in this accident. While it may look like the car driver was at fault, there are other factors that may come into play in determining who was negligent in this case.

As luck obviously had it for the car’s occupants, there were no deaths as a result of this horrific accident, and thus they will not become statistics in the nation’s death count. However, there may be a determination of split liability depending on what the results of the accident investigation show. In any event, the passenger in the car will likely be able to file a personal injury lawsuit for pain and suffering and medical expenses. Just because the passenger presented with bumps and bruises does not mean that they won’t develop whiplash or traumatic brain injury later. Only time will tell.

No matter what the resolution to this miracle of an accident, anyone who does choose to sue the driver of the car should consider checking out the possibilities of lawsuit funding. A lawsuit cash advance would allow the plaintiff the chance to pay their bills and wait for a just settlement later.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit Litigationfundingcorp.com.

This is a catastrophic accident that no one will ever forget, not when it involves the death of a 2 ½ year old toddler. The mother, 35-year Courtney Ayer was out with her jogging stroller and her son Dylan when the stroller was hit by a semi. The weather was good, it was early in the morning and the roads were apparently in good condition as well.

It appeared that when the semi went to turn a corner, it hit the stroller. Eyewitness reports differ on whether the stroller rolled out into the street or was hit while the trucker was executing a turn. Unfortunately, the stroller rolled right under the truck and was completely smashed. The mother was taken to hospital for treatment of her serious injuries.

If the trucker is determined to be at fault (negligent) in this case, the mother will be able to file a personal injury lawsuit (wrongful death) and attempt to recover damages for the catastrophic loss of her child. As yet, there are many questions to be answered in this case, such as what was the driver doing when he was going into the turn. Was he not paying attention to pedestrians? Did he not see anyone in his side mirrors? Was he going too fast, under the influence of alcohol, over tired or just plain careless?
If the stroller rolled out into the street, there is a slightly differ scenario that could be played out that would involve proportioning liability in the final damage award. This won’t be determined until the investigation is completed. However, if the mother was searching for something in her backpack for the baby and let go of the stroller, or was distracted because she was talking to a friend on a cell phone, this would involve an element of negligence on her part.

Litigation funding in cases like this helps a person facing a long court case to obtain justice deal with their day to day finances and all the extra things that crop up as a result of such a deadly accident. There will be enormous hospital bills, the cost of the funeral, rehabilitation for the mother, medications and other things like the mortgage, car payments and food. Life is able to go on with the assistance of lawsuit funding.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit Litigationfundingcorp.com.

This case is a bit of a mystery, which has not yet been solved. The 21-year old driver of a small Kia was traveling westbound on a lane parallel to a school bus full of noisy kids. The bus got to the intersection and made a left turn, promptly colliding with the Kia in the midst of the intersection. Inside that small car with its mother was an infant child.

The impact was forceful enough to drive the entire front of the Kia underneath the bus. The police report showed that the Kia seemingly had the green light at the time of the accident, but they’re at a loss as to how the mother could have missed something the size of a school bus. What was the Kia driver doing at the time of the accident? There is a good chance she may have been fussing with her infant and wasn’t paying attention to the intersection or other traffic. She may have also been on a cell phone or distracted because she was late for an appointment.

No one really knows much more until the post accident interviews have been concluded; something that will need to be done in the hospital, as it took firefighters 30 minutes to extract the driver from the wreck using the Jaws of Life. Her injuries, and the infant’s, were listed as potentially critical, but not life threatening.

On the other side of this story are questions about what the bus driver may have been doing at the time of the crash. Did he make an illegal left turn against a red light? Was he trying to control kids and not paying attention to the road? Or was he thinking the Kia has a red light and was going to stop? The answers to these questions, and others posed by accident investigators will determine the facts filed for a personal injury lawsuit on the part of either the bus driver or the Kia driver. The issue of course is who is at fault here.

No matter what is resolved in terms of who was negligent and caused this crash, the person who was not at fault will likely have a good personal injury case. Since the devil is in the details, cases like this will be handled carefully and thoughtfully by the courts, which means it will take some time to get the matter settled.

The party not deemed at fault here may best be served by researching lawsuit funding for an answer to their financial difficulties. Life goes on after an accident and there will be medical bills, expenses for whatever medications are handed out, perhaps counseling, and the every day bills that everyone has to handle.

If that person can’t work any longer, the loss of income is devastating. Litigation funding is generally made available within 48 hours or less and it only takes one phone call to arrange it. A lawsuit cash advance would be the perfect answer to dealing with the pile of bills left in the wake of the accident.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit Litigationfundingcorp.com.

In this case, three people, were killed after a big rig slammed into them on the highway near Salt Lake City. The three people were all from one family and the dead included a 9 month old baby. Apparently, according to eyewitness reports, the family in the car was in the southbound lane and suddenly veered over the centerline into the northbound lane.

Realizing he was in the wrong lane, the driver Jacob Herrera, over corrected the trajectory of the car and promptly veered into the path of an oncoming semi. Unable to stop on time, the rig slammed into the car, T-boning it from the driver’s side and ramming it back down the road until the truck was able to stop.

Emergency response crews at the scene recovered the bodies of Herrera, 21, Kristi Westfall, 30 and 9 month old Damian Herrara. Paramedics indicated it was likely all three were killed instantly as a result of the horrendous impact at highway speeds. The highway was shut down to allow crews to clear up the area and start an investigation into the fatal accident.

This is a tough case when all the members of one family have been killed at the same time. The grief would be almost unbearable for the parents and grandparents of the deceased. They would not know what caused the accident and why the car had swerved into the path of an oncoming semi. Was the driver under the influence of something? Was he not paying attention to road conditions? Was he trying to do more than just drive the car, like read a map? Was the couple having a fight at the time?

There are so many unanswered questions that will need to await the results of a final investigation into this horrendous accident. One thing is for sure, when the family decides to file a wrongful death suit against the estate of Jacob Herrara, it will be a difficult day and likely a case that will take some time to be resolved.

When situations like this face a family who is suddenly burdened with a variety of expenses they need to deal with, it might be a strategic move to check into litigation funding. Wrongful death suits are quite complex and many do take years to conclude. In this case, where the parents and grandparents lost their whole family, perhaps due to negligence on the part of the car driver, there will be questions dealing with loss of a contributing family member, loss of companionship and other issues. The sudden and drastic change in finances for those left behind is usually resolved thanks to a successful wrongful death suit settlement, but that takes a long time.

A lawsuit cash advance would help the family deal with their immediate and ongoing bills; allowing them to wait for a just and fair settlement that comes later, rather than settling early and having to take less money.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit Litigationfundingcorp.com.

Head on collisions with a semi generally don’t come out in anyone’s favor. At least in this case, while there were serious injuries, there were no fatalities. In this instance a semi and Ford pickup tangled in Idaho.

The Ford pickup was seen to virtually slide through the median on the Interstate; crossing over into the oncoming traffic’s lane. This is when the semi-truck traveling in the opposite direction slammed into the truck. From the accident reports it appears the Ford pickup driver lost control of his truck, smacked into the median, flipped over it due to the force of hitting it, and landed in the left lane on the eastbound side of the highway. The tractor trailer smashed into the truck; pushing it accordion style back into the median.

Responding EMS crews took both of the Ford’s passengers to the hospital. The driver was in serious condition, the passenger fared well enough to be treated and released with minor injuries. The semi driver came out of the incident unscathed. The road was shut down for several hours to clean up the pieces of truck scattered across the highway and for the police to start an accident investigation.

According to the accident report filed by the State police, speed and slick driving conditions were definitely factors in this accident. What other factors were there? Only time will tell, but some of the other issues that could still come to light here are the driver of the Ford using a cell phone, texting, not paying attention to the road conditions and driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

The Ford pickup passenger and the semi driver, in what may be a bit of a twist in an accident involving a big rig (the rig driver not being at fault), may have good personal injury cases to discuss with their attorneys. Both the trucker and the passenger may be looking at fairly lengthy cases when they file and face months or years of waiting for a settlement.

If they have any idea of what the settlements could possibly be, all things being considered, they may want to do some research into lawsuit funding. A lawsuit cash advance has many benefits for the people waiting for their trial decision. For instance, litigation funding will offer them money immediately to be able to deal with their important bills, pay for medical expenses and medications, lost wages and household expenses.

It seems that even other makes and models of cars may have sticky pedal problems, not unlike Toyota’s Prius. This personal injury accident case from Georgia recounts the story of 27 people being injured after being ploughed down by a Volvo.

It was an ordinary day at the car auction, or at least that was the way it started out. The auction mart was filled with people milling about and looking at various vehicles. A Volvo 960 was being taken inside to be auctioned off when all of a sudden it started to rapidly accelerate and hit 27 people. The police that responded to the call felt the accident was just that, an accident and that the driver had not intentionally set out to harm anyone.

On the surface this accident could have a variety of reasons for happening, from mechanical failure to driver error, which brings up a whole host of possibilities for those injured to file a personal injury lawsuit to recoup their medical expenses among other things. Some of the people hit by the car as it rampaged through the auction mart were air lifted to the nearest medical facility, some were treated by paramedics and one was listed in critical condition. Further investigation into this incident is expected to find out why the car suddenly seemed to go out of control.

Those harmed would certainly have the option of filing personal injury lawsuits. However, these cases are likely to be long and drawn out with litigation centering on several issues such as crashworthiness, driver negligence and a defective gas pedal (product liability). In the meantime, those injured will have to find a way to pay their medical bills, pay for any possible rehabilitative therapy and still try and handle paying their daily bills. This will be difficult if they are not able to work for a period of time.

They may wish to consider litigation funding that would arrive just about immediately and allow them to deal with their financial obligations right away. It’s the waiting for a just settlement that makes lawsuits so scary. This is why a lawsuit cash advance is a smart alternative to trying to tough things out. In addition, a lawsuit loan will let people wait for a just settlement, meaning they don’t have to settle early and perhaps get less than they would from the court.

Daren Monroe writes for Litigation Funding Corp. To learn more about lawsuit funding and litigation funding, visit Litigationfundingcorp.com.

A quest is a search for something and in this case, the quest eventually turned out to be a profitable aviation business with humanitarian interests at heart.

During the recession there are a lot of industries suffering significant hits. A turboprop manufacturer in Idaho was just getting its business underway during the same time frame when the recession hit the hardest, giving short shrift to his dreams and plans – temporarily. The business owner, Paul Schaller, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and niche marketed his turboprop planes for missionary and humanitarian outfits requiring access to dangerous and remote regions. His company name: Quest.
“While this might sound nice and like a worthwhile cause, this also happens to be a burgeoning $300 million market that hasn’t really gone very far since the early 1960s. This particular plane, a ten-seater $1.45 million Kodiak, is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Since that happened, Schaller’s deliveries have blossomed from virtually zilch to over 27, with customers standing in line,” recounted Stewart H. Lapayowker, Esq., an aviation transaction lawyer who focuses his practice on aircraft transactions in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Who would argue that using a plane for rescue work is a luxury? Not a lot of people and its usefulness has proved itself over and over. It’s not just the fact that the plane and the business of saving people are in demand, it’s also that this industry employs others. “In other words, it provides jobs in many areas of the business aviation industry. Odd that people seem to think this kind of work and using a plane to get to places is acceptable, when other companies who do the same thing – but do work related tasks – is out of line and unjustified,” Lapayowker commented.

Consider the fact that this small company is now making three Kodiaks a month and has back orders for 120 planes on the books. Quest expects to makes close to $60 million next year. “Part of that revenue will go back into the local community; part will go to the government. In other words, business aviation turboprop planes are more than pulling their own weight when it comes to contributing to the economy,” added Lapayowker.

“This is a heartwarming story with a moral attached to it and that moral happens to be that despite an aircraft industry that is having trouble during the recession, it is possible to make a comeback. Business aviation is the lifeblood of the country, no matter what form it takes – turboprop aircraft or business jets. They all have value that contributes to the economy of this country,” said Lapayowker.

Stewart H. Lapayowker, P.A. is an aviation transaction lawyer focusing on airplane and jet transactions. To learn more, visit Businessaviationcounsel.com.

Think booming business that provides jobs to Americans, even during a recession. Think smart business means smart business aviation use.

In a world that loves to pounce on excesses, it isn’t hard to find hundreds of people tsk-tsking over the use of corporate jets for private purposes. It happens. However, just because there are some companies or executives that do abuse an asset, does not mean that all companies and executives do it. In fact, the exact opposite is usually the case. It’s just that it makes good grist for the publicity mills to be able to point out instances where corporate big shots pulled a big blunder and used company jets to do their “thing,” while taxpayers footed the bill.

“Fortunately, as bad as a story like that might seem, there is a nugget of reality and truth in it, and that is using business aviation to run a company is not only smart, it means the organization is well managed. For those having trouble with that concept, consider the thousands of miles some companies need to put on to make and maintain a profit. While the profit does go to the company, it also goes to the coffers of the nation, keeping trade open across the nation. In other words, business aviation means the country’s economy is thriving thanks to the mobility and flexibility of using planes to do business,” explained Stewart H. Lapayowker, Esq., an aviation transaction lawyer who handles airplane jet transactions in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Business flights are a reality in the world today, and if they weren’t, America would not be what it is capable of becoming now and in the future, thanks to the capacity of planes to make vital connections viable. “Whether it’s getting to a distant office on the other side of the country to handle a production problem, sending sales teams for training on a new avionics model, or getting a critically ill person to the nearest high tech medical facility, business aviation is crucial to America’s well-being,” added Lapayowker.

If a business executive had to make four stops in one day, each involving a meeting and resolution of shipping glitches that were holding up the uninterrupted flow of goods to the four destinations, would that executive take a commercial airline to those locations? If one location was New Mexico, one in Washington, one in Maine and one in Montana, and they were all within a two day time frame, that executive could not efficiently take commercial airline flights to all of those places. Logistically, it would be a nightmare.

Using a corporate jet would deal with the geographic issues and make those meetings doable. In the process there would be a business resolution that would allow the company to continue to flourish. One trip, working on the aircraft, holding meetings and doing deals, makes financial sense. “Travel time involved is kept to a minimum using business aviation. Put another way, the return on investment that a business airplane provides for a company goes directly to its bottom line, which can only be a good thing in business,” said Lapayowker.

Stewart H. Lapayowker, P.A. is an aviation transaction lawyer focusing on airplane and jet transactions. To learn more, visit Businessaviationcounsel.com.

Hoofing it to that far away destination may be an alternative, but not a viable one. Flying, on the other hand, now that makes far more sense.

Typically, most Americans figure they get things done faster because they have a car to get from point A to point B. Many of them also forget that they spend about half the day on the road getting to all the places they need to go. Don’t forget that it isn’t just going from home to work either; it’s taking the dry cleaning in, drop the kids at school, go for a hair appointment, hit the post office, the grocery store, pick up your cat at the vet and so on. That’s a small snapshot of a day in the life of an average American needing to travel a whole lot in one day to get things done.

The average American is much like the average (to not so average) business that has to travel a whole lot in one day to get things done. The major exception here, of course, is the fact that the point A to point B journey typically involves thousands of miles and may mean having to get to different countries as well. Obviously driving is out of the question. Enter the necessity of flying to do business.

Here is the problem though. Most Americans think that corporate jets are just for joyriding. Really, who could blame them for that impression given some of the stories they’ve read in the news lately, and now the rest of the business aviation industry is suffering because of it.

Not everyone or every business that uses jets to get around is doing it because they have the money to do so. This isn’t about wealth. This is about doing business in a country so vast that it is impossible to accomplish much unless one has the ability to respond quickly to various business developments.
It’s almost a no-brainer to look at the thousands of miles some companies need to navigate to understand why they need business aviation at their disposal. They fly because they need to in order to stay in operation. If they didn’t fly, they wouldn’t have a company and would not be contributing to the economy.

Think that company executives should be taking commercial airline flights? You’re right, they should when it makes sense. However, there is no sense in trying to book a commercial flight to a place where no commercial airlines fly and there is no airport. In other words, if you can’t get to where you are going commercially, then you should utilize corporate aviation.

That makes sense to those in business. It doesn’t make sense to the general public, because they have not been there and done that. So really, it’s a matter of education about the business aviation industry and why it is vital to America. Company operated aircraft are about flexibility and productivity, about making money that goes into the nation’s coffers, and about providing jobs to Americans. What more could you ask for?

Stewart H. Lapayowker, P.A. is an aviation attorney and aviation transaction lawyer, focusing on airplane and jet transactions. To learn more, visit Businessaviationcounsel.com.