On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Oct 14, 2020 | Car Accidents
A motor vehicle can do substantial damage to personal property if you get into a crash, but it can also cause devastating injuries to a person if you strike a pedestrian instead of a vehicle. As a conscientious and safe driver, you probably want to do everything in...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Sep 18, 2020 | Car Accidents
Many motorists treat the speed limit as if it were a suggestion. Of those who do, most zoom down the road as if they were invincible. Yet, the small number who mosey along present a greater danger to other drivers. While speed can kill, motorists traveling below than...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Aug 28, 2020 | Car Accidents
Cities like New Haven, where college students abound, often have more pedestrians using sidewalks and walkways, especially near campus. For drivers, this means they need to stay alert to everything around them – to avoid accidentally hitting someone. Unfortunately,...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Apr 2, 2020 | Car Accidents
In the last few years, cars with high-tech safety features have become more and more popular. Drivers increasingly choose vehicles that have any of the following features: blind-spot monitoring (noting objects in a vehicle’s blind spot) forward-collision warnings lane...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Nov 13, 2018 | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents
Any day now, the temperature will dip below freezing. Then the snow will come, and icy roads and bridges. Frosted windshields. White-knuckle commutes. Spin-outs and collisions.Preparing your car for winter may keep you from being stuck in a ditch or injured in an...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Jul 3, 2018 | Car Accidents, Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents
Many drivers – adults as well as teens — find it impossible to ignore an incoming text message. Intellectually, they know it can wait. They know that texting while driving is illegal and dangerous. Yet they do it anyway.An expert on technology addictions...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Mar 23, 2018 | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents
Every car accident is unique. The outcome depends on the circumstances, the people involved, the insurance coverage and many other factors.There are things you can do – and things you should avoid – to protect your interests and set yourself up for the...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Apr 6, 2017 | Car Accidents, Truck Accidents
Report dangerous driving, especially a truck driver An alert convenience store employee probably saved lives when he called police to report a truck driver behaving strangely. Police say the man was high on crystal meth and had driven his tractor-trailer from...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Mar 20, 2017 | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents
Connecticut law differs from other states. What is the right thing to do?In a recent case in the D.C. area, a driver barged through a funeral procession, rear-ended one of the mourners, and led police on a high-speed chase.That woman turned out to be driving drunk,...
On behalf of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C. | Mar 6, 2017 | Car Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death
The cellphone generation is more likely to text and drive. It has become fashionable to blame Millenials for everything. Their spending patterns and life choices are indeed reshaping America, in both positive and negative ways.The Millenial generation’s...
