Blog: Car Accidents - Page 7

Typically in Mississippi, as in other states, police officers or other law enforcement officers such as Highway Patrol officers and sheriff’s deputies are dispatched to the scene of a traffic accident when advised. Whether they attend or not depends on the seriousness of the incident. By law, all crashes involving some sort of injury require ...

If you travel a lot in any major urban center in Mississippi, you may be a frequent or, at least, casual rideshare customer. Lyft and Uber and other newer rideshare companies like Ola and Guru are becoming more and more frequently used in urban areas, or even between cities. They are easy to dial up ...

Mississippi has the dubious distinction of having the highest traffic fatality rate in the country. In 2017, the fatality rate was 23.1 per 100,000. That might not sound very much until it is compared with other states. Nowhere else tops it. What’s worse is that despite a slight dip in the fatality rate back in ...

An auto accident in Mississippi should be reported to the local police department if it results in an injury to a person, the death of a person, or property damage exceeding $500. The statute of limitations for Mississippi car accidents dictates the time limit for filing a lawsuit in a Mississippi court. The Mississippi Code ...

Social media can be a blessing and a source of acute embarrassment at times. For many people these days, it might seem hard to even imagine the days when just about everything that happens to you is discussed endlessly on one social media platform or another. Most people have often become aware that they need ...

There are many reasons why you could end up on a stretcher after a car accident, badly injured. One reason is that you were unfortunate enough to be injured by a drunk driver. Surely the drunk driver will get arrested by the police and you will get some kind of compensation for the cost of ...