Aug
30
Possible Link Found Between Concussions And ALS
August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
You’ve probably seen the footage of New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig giving his poignant retirement speech in 1939. Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable, fatal brain disease which became known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The field of traumatic brain injury is benefiting from a substantial amount of ongoing investigation conducted by [...]
Aug
27
Alleged Drunk Driver Sends His Own Family To Hospital
August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It’s bad enough for a drunk driver to harm someone in another car, but it’s even more devastating when the driver’s own family winds up in the emergency ward perhaps because of incredibly irresponsible behavior by the head of the household.
Earlier this week, a motorist in Noble County, Indiana, failed to stop at an intersection [...]
Aug
25
Teen Driver Allegedly Falls Asleep, Crashes Into Minivan
August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A local Indiana media outlet is reporting that an 18-year-old man avoided serious injury despite being in a car-minivan accident westbound on the Indiana Toll Road. The accident occurred on Monday afternoon near the S.R. 19 overpass in Elkhart. The driver may have fallen asleep, according to the media report and perhaps as a result, [...]
Aug
25
Campus Safety Recommendations
August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In addition to kids in public school, parents in this back-to-school season also need to be mindful of the safety of their children who have left the nest to embark on the new college semester. This is especially true for incoming freshman moving in to a dormitory for the first time and who may [...]
Aug
24
Indiana Drunk Driving Attorney
August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Drunk driving is all over the news in Indiana. Police officers allegedly in a drunk driving accident while on the job, and causing a collision which ends in wrongful death. Another officer allegedly in a drunk driving accident, a hit and run, while driving a police cruiser. At Young & Young, it is our [...]
Aug
9
Teenagers and cars can be risky business, even under the best of circumstances. But it’s perhaps the worst of circumstances, i.e., when alcohol is involved, that highway safety for all concerned could be most compromised. The inexperience of teenagers with the effects of alcohol, their fearless and/or reckless attitude towards real danger, and their [...]
Jul
22
Drunk Driver Sentenced To Prison Stretch
July 22, 2010 | Comments Off
A state motorist recently became subject to the full legal consequences of his involvement in an alcohol-related fatal accident in Gary, Indiana. The motorist, a 41-year-old man from Portage, received a 14-year sentence, the maximum allowable under Indiana law, as a result of crossing the center line and crashing head-on into a car driven by [...]
Jul
8
Indiana Drunk Driving Attorney
July 8, 2010 | Comments Off
John P. Young is your experienced drunk driving accident lawyer. Are you a member of MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving? Maybe you should consider membership. You can access MADD on the web at www.madd.org. Why should you join? You should join because in 2008 11,773 people died in wrongful death accidents caused by drunk drivers. [...]
Jun
30
Indiana Drunk Driving Attorney
June 30, 2010 | Comments Off
John P. Young is your Indiana Drunk Injury Attorney. Mr. Young sues drunk drivers. Mr. Young has been suing drunk drivers for 22 years, to force these drunk drivers to pay for the harm they cause to Hoosiers using Indiana Roads. Lets talk about some statistics.
Blood Alcohol Contents, or BACs, of .10 and above were involved [...]
Jun
11
Teen Sleep Deprivation and Car Accidents
June 11, 2010 | Comments Off
We’ve discussed previously in this blog how a new driver behind the wheel can create a lethal weapon. Minors have less driving experience, and inexperience (and often lack of maturity and good judgment) means less ability to control a car in an emergency. Drinking and texting are usually key factors in a car wreck, and [...]
Jun
10
The Wedding “Crashers”
June 10, 2010 | Comments Off
There is never a good time to get into a traffic accident, whether it’s a minor fender-bender or a serious car wreck, but having it happen on your wedding day is perhaps the worst of all possible contingencies. Last Saturday afternoon, a shuttle bus carrying a wedding party in downtown Indianapolis collided with an SUV. [...]
Jun
9
Indiana Attorney General Warns Against Texting While Driving
June 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Greg Zoeller, Indiana’s Attorney General, recently met with AT&T Indiana President Geoge Fleetwood and state lawmakers to urge all drivers to avoid sending or checking text messages while behind the wheel. The attorney general’s office is apparently aligning with AT&T’s national anti-texting-while-driving awareness campaign.
Although distracted drivers come from all age groups, Zoeller noted that “Young [...]


