Horn Law

In 2007, rural areas accounted for approximately 56 % of fatal auto accidents, and 57% of fatalities.  This is significant when you consider that only about 23% of the US population lived in the rural parts of the country.  In fact, rural areas lead not just in the total number of fatalities, but also in the number of fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.

The two victims were killed in a multivehicle accident involving a semi cab, a pickup truck and two school buses of the St. James School District.  One of the teenagers killed in the accident was a 16-year-old girl who was part of a high school band on its way to the Six Flags amusement park in Eureka. The other was the driver of the pickup truck. 

David Poenicke was 19 years old, when he was struck and killed by a drunk driver.  Since his death, Gail has lobbied to have legislation enact would allow families of DUI accident victims to install highway signs memorializing their loved ones.

Based on 2009 preliminary data, motorcycle deaths in the State of Missouri have significantly decreased. This data, reported by the Governors Highway Safety Organization, is consistent with a national trend of reduced motorcycle fatalities across the United States. Although the data is incomplete because it only covered the first 8 months of 2009, the decline comes after 11 years of steady increases in motorcycle accident deaths

As a Kansas City truck accident attorney , we are noticing a higher incident of semi-truck accidents associated with distracted truck drivers. In fact, the trucking industry has moved more and more towards the installation of computers in trucking cabs. The drivers can log onto these computers to browse the Internet, check e-mail and keep communication going between themselves and the head office. Truckers receive new dispatch orders, and delivery route instructions.

Every year, more than 1.5 million people fall ill because of medication errors. Most medication errors occur in pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities. At the Horn Law Firm, approximately 85% of the pharmacy error cases we take on involve mistakes made by one of the large retail pharmacy chains, like Walgreens, Wal-Mart and CVS.

It's not surprising that we continue to share our roads with more numbers of senior motorists. Not only do Americans live longer lives than in the past couple of decades, but senior citizens these days live active, busy and independent lives.

The Governor’s Highway Safety Association has just released a new report on how many states are trying to prevent auto accidents related to distracted driving.

In 2007, trucker Jason Rivenburg was killed in an abandoned gas station in South Carolina, where he had parked his truck for the night. Jason had been early to make a delivery, and not finding a place to rest, pulled in at a gas station. He was attacked by a robber, who then proceeded to shoot him to death.

About 10:30 am I came upon what looked like a very serious accident in the northbound lanes of Metcalf Blvd. just below the I-435 overpass. Seconds before the Overland Park, Kansas Police arrived at the scene, I observed a brown SUV that had come to rest on its roof. From my line of sight I could tell that there was significant roof crush, especially on the driver’s side of the SUV. I have said my prayers for the occupants of the SUV as it looked like the crash involved a tragic loss of life.