Comments on: Multiple Wrecks Close Highway 113

By: NObama

NObama — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:56:03 +0000

Dear TOM

I did know the firefighter that was injured in the wreck. For further clarification, He was parked behind the fire truck when his pickup was struck from behind. The back of his truck was smashed to the rear axle the first time it was hit. Troopers estimated the speed at 60 mph, just a tad bit over idle speed. His truck was then hit a second time by an 18 wheeler. I am a firefighter and spend a lot of time on the side of the road, clear and foggy and drivers just fly by. Dumb carless drivers are the issue.

It sounds as though you are well versed on the law and appear to be seeking a client.

By: do what

do what — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:49:46 +0000

this is par for the course the forest dept has done this before something so simple as checking the weather conditions REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Panhandlepix

Panhandlepix — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:45:50 +0000

My job is driving for a rental car company relocating vehicles and I se many drivers that drive the same speed in any type of weather. Generally they are exceeding the speed limit by 10 to 15 mph. When they are in one of these types of crashes they want to blame everybody and anything but themselves for the crash

By: Char

Char — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:26:23 +0000

I think it is the stupidest thing I ever heard for anyone to ever burn when
it is foggy, going to be foggy, or CLOUDY.

Where I live they burn all the time when it is cloudy at night.
Then everyone with asthma goes crazy for days. When you infect someone
with asthma with smoke, it is totally toxic. You can’t breathe air into your
lungs, and then you can’t walk four feet. If you have a critical attack sometimes
your rescue inhaler doesn’t help, or your steroid and you can die just trying
to get to the phone for help. You don’t get over it the next morning either,
you wake up worse and it takes sometimes days to get over, kind of like
the flu.

One woman in my subdivision sometimes has to LEAVE. I feel for the
Children as to many parents don’t even know their children are asthmatics.

By: Friction against the machine

Friction against the machine — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:41:15 +0000

The lawyers would just be doing their job….everyone complains about lawyers being sharks…until THEY need one…then they want to hire a shark.

By: kent hanby

kent hanby — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:33:42 +0000

Study of similar accidents have determined that the cause of the accidents was “driver error”, exceeding a reasonable speed for the road conditions. Quite often such accidents are blamed on smoke by plaintiff attorneys when in fact smoke may have played a very minor role.

By: RB

RB — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:34:23 +0000

@Warf Rat,,….I know (DUMB)….

By: Wharf Rat

Wharf Rat — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:00:31 +0000

@ RB: Actually, it is the jurors who decide who is (dumd?) and stupid. The lawyers are there to represent their client, and hopefully sway the jury. Their gamble is to win a healthy payday. It is sort of like a talent show. But the bottom line goes to the jury, if the case goes to court.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:25:00 +0000

I would just like to say ….AMEN TOM!

By: JM

JM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:28:59 +0000

No..the lawyers will determine who have the deepest pockets. Hard to run a business otherwise. For all we know (unless someone in the group was actually on site taking atm readings), the smoke was present only in a quantity to be smelled and may not have contributed to the production of super fog. But since it could be smelled it must have been the prescribed burner’s negligence.

The way I see it, so long as the prescribed burner follows the law, then any smoke related claims should fall under natural disaster and covered by their own auto or homeowner’s insurance. Arguing gross negligence on the part of the law abiding landowner is at that point merely litigious diatribe and soft shoe. If the burner does not follow the law (at which point they are called arsonists) then the gloves can come off. Otherwise, lawyers involvement is nothing more then ambulance chasing.