Roy T. Tabor Law Blog

A new study released by Consumer Reports reveals how
dangerous blind spots in our vehicles can be. In the article, Consumer Reports
states that at least 50 children are backed over every week in the United
States. Forty-Eight of those fifty are treated in hospital emergency rooms, and
two of the fifty struck die each week as a result of being backed over.

Consumer Report’s study measured the size of... Read More

Roy Tabor of Tabor Law Firm has been asked to chair this
year’s 2012 ICLEFF Trucking Seminar on trucking litigation. This year, there
will be two seminars to accommodate lawyers in various areas of the state. The
first seminar will be held in Merrillville on October 24th at Avalon Manor, which we
found to be located at 3550 E. U.S. Route 30, Merrillville, Indiana. The
second seminar will be located at the ICLEFF office,... Read More

Prime Spring cycling weather is here, and Indianapolis is on
the watch to see how many bicyclists are hitting the roads.

City leaders, driven by Mayor Greg Ballard, an avid
bicyclist himself, have plans to add 75 more miles of bicycle lanes and trails
by 2015, in addition to the numerous lanes added over the last year.

Indiana currently ranks 40th out of the 51
... Read More

The Indiana Department of Transportation will be reviewing a dangerous intersection in Knox County following a tragic collision on Wednesday night that killed five individuals.   Emma Lockard, a 21-year-old mother and her two toddlers died Wednesday night in a fiery crash when her car struck the trailer part of a semi truck while trying to cross U.S. 41.  The crash also killed Lockhard’s teenage cousin, Laura Hall and Hall’s friend Ronnie Mend... Read More

Tabor Law Firm would like to express our sincerest condolences to Donasty Smith and Thomas Spencer’s families. Donasty and Thomas’s lives were tragically taken on Monday morning when a Lighthouse Charter School bus crashed into a railroad bridge pillar on Emerson Avenue, killing both Thomas and Donasty.... Read More

In late December, a rule was issued stating truck drivers
are to drive no more than 11 hours a day, reducing the old rule of 12 hours by
one.  However, many safety organizations
are still unhappy with this ruling. 

At one time it was discussed lowering the hours to 10
instead of 11, but the final ruling stated that there was not enough available
crash data to “yield a statistically significant... Read More

This past Tuesday,... Read More

Recent findings from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
have been leading to new types of cases across the country. Three specific
types of cases brought to Tabor Law’s attention include Transvaginal Mesh &
Bladder slings, Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Parts, and Actos, a medication
used to treat diabetes.

The FDA is also now warning doctors and patients about the
placement of surgical mesh... Read More

Many people will be surprised to learn that even if they never touch a cell phone while in the car, they engage in distracted driving behaviors that can be a danger to themselves and to others. Here are a few helpful tips on distracted driving so you can avoid some of the most common causes of distracted driving accidents.

What is distracted driving?

Distracted driving is any activity that a driver engages in other than driving while operating... Read More

I recently settled a difficult wrongful death case for the family of a man killed by the driver of a commercial truck who was distracted by his cell phone at the time of the accident.  Sadly, such tragic deaths are becoming more and more common.  Cell phone use by commercial truck drivers is a leading cause of serious highway accidents.  Research by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has found use of a hand-held cell phone while driving a commercial truck makes it... Read More