Uninsured Motorist Law
 
State of Tennessee v. Dennis Sprawling

Lieutenant A.J. Kant of the Memphis Police Department testified that at approximately 2:00 a.m. on April 21, 2013, he was traveling westbound on Union Avenue in Memphis when he observed a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer being driven in an “erratic manner.” Lieutenant Kant noted that the vehicle was “weaving between all three westbound lanes” of Union Avenue. Lieutenant Kant followed the vehicle for approxi... More...   $0 (07-08-2016 - TN)

Russell E. Shreve v. State of Indiana

Around 6:30 p.m. on March 16, 2013, Officer Robert Smith of the Elkhart
County Sheriff’s Department was patrolling northbound on U.S. Route 33
when he noticed a truck being followed by a passenger car. Both vehicles were
traveling five to ten miles under the posted speed limit in the passing lane of the
busy highway. While following the vehicles at a distance for a mile or tw... More...
   $0 (07-04-2016 - IA)

Artie Thomas v. State of Indiana

Around 6:30 p.m. on March 16, 2013, Officer Robert Smith of the Elkhart
County Sheriff’s Department was patrolling northbound on U.S. Route 33
when he noticed a truck being followed by a passenger car. Both vehicles were
traveling five to ten miles under the posted speed limit in the passing lane of the
busy highway. While following the vehicles at a distance for a mile or tw... More...
   $0 (07-04-2016 - IN)

State of North Dakota v. John Immanuel Hirschkorn

Hirschkorn moved to suppress evidence obtained in a traffic stop resulting in his arrest for driving under the influence. According to testimony at the suppression hearing, a McLean County Sheriff's deputy responded to reported drug use in a Turtle Lake alley. The deputy testified the alley was paved and maintained by the City of Turtle Lake. A second deputy testified the alley was paved and grave... More...   $0 (07-01-2016 - ND)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. JOANN YAZZIE

The New Mexico Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act (MFRA), NMSA
4 1978, §§ 66-5-201 to -239 (1978, as amended through 2015), prohibits operation of
5 a motor vehicle without liability insurance or other proof of financial responsibility
6 and requires that proof of compliance be reported to the Motor Vehicle Division
7 (MVD) of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department (th... More...
   $0 (06-30-2016 - NM)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MALCOLM C. HAGANS

Defendant Malcolm C. Hagans appeals from a May 2, 2014
judgment of conviction for second-degree unlawful possession of
a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). Defendant moved to suppress the
seized firearm. When his motion was denied, defendant entered a
guilty plea pursuant to a negotiated agreement. The judge
accepted the plea and, thereafter, sentenced defendant to a
fi... More...
   $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

Melissa Saldana v. Matthew Thomas, Erie Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Town & County Insurance of Missouri

Norman, OK - Melissa Saldana sued Matthew Thomas on an auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages in a car wreck in Cleveland County, Oklahoma caused by Thomas and against Erie Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Town & County Insurance of Missouri on under insured motorist insurance theories.... More...   $0 (06-27-2016 - OK)

STATE OF IOWA vs. JOHN ARTHUR SENN JR.

In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 1, 2014, Officer Brian Cuppy was on patrol in downtown Des Moines when he saw a truck eastbound on Court Avenue stop for a red light in the middle of the intersection with Water Street with its “back tires . . . more than five feet past the cross walk.” Officer Cuppy followed the truck, activated his police cruiser’s flashing lights, and initiate... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - IA)

Birchfield v. North Dakota

To fight the serious harms inflicted by drunk drivers, all States have laws that prohibit motorists from driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding a specified level. BAC is typically determined through a direct analysis of a blood sample or by using a machine to measure the amount of alcohol in a person’s breath. To help secure drivers’ cooperation with ... More...   $0 (06-24-2016 - ND)

STATE OF IOWA vs. PATRICK DANIEL WHITE

Patrick White appeals his conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI),
claiming the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence
obtained by law enforcement. We affirm.
In the late evening hours of October 7, 2013, Jack Swails called 911 and
reported that another motorist, Patrick White, had backed into his vehicle while
they were stopped at a re... More...
   $0 (06-19-2016 - IA)

Richard Jamal Netherly v. The State of Texas

On November 26, 2011, a police officer conducted a traffic stop on a truck driven
by Netherly. The officer testified that as he approached the vehicle from the passenger
side, he recognized Netherly from the past. The officer recalled that approximately one
year earlier, in December 2010, he arrested Netherly on an unrelated traffic charge and
that he inventoried a fanny pack... More...
   $0 (06-17-2016 - TX)

Jean Dedmon v. Debbie Steelman, et al.

Jean and Fred Dedmon (collectively, ―Plaintiffs‖) filed this lawsuit against John T. Cook, seeking to recover for injuries arising out of a car accident. Plaintiffs alleged that Mrs. Dedmon incurred medical expenses totaling $52,482.87, and they attached her medical bills to the complaint. Defendant Cook filed an answer specifically denying that the medical bills attached to the comp... More...   $0 (06-06-2016 - TN)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. NELSON D. VILLANUEVA

On October 15, 2007, a Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted
defendant on three counts of first-degree aggravated
manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1) (counts one, two and
three); three counts of second-degree vehicular homicide,
N.J.S.A. 2C:11-5(a) (counts four, five and six); one count of
second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1) (count
seven); one coun... More...
   $0 (06-02-2016 - NJ)

Marvin Clay v. The State of Wyoming

In the late evening of December 19, 2014, a Cheyenne police officer stopped Appellant’s car after it exited the parking lot of the Eagle’s Nest Bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming. From that point on, the facts are disputed in certain respects, and we will first recount the State’s version of the events. The officer testified that he made the stop because the car did not have any license plates displayed. ... More...   $0 (05-29-2016 - )

STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MAXWELL AMPOFO

We derive the following facts from the record. On August
1, 2013, at approximately 10:17 p.m., New Jersey State Trooper
Brian Gambone was patrolling the New Jersey Turnpike when he
observed a vehicle traveling at an excessive speed. He reported
to dispatch that he was stopping a Caucasian female with long
hair, who was driving a dark-colored, four-door Acura, for
sp... More...
   $0 (05-28-2016 - NJ)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RICKY LABEGA a/k/a RICKEY LABEGA, RICKY O. LABEGA, and RICKY LEBEGA

After the denial of his motion to suppress evidence,
defendant Ricky Labega entered a guilty plea to second-degree
possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent
to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and (2). Pursuant to the
negotiated plea agreement, on February 20, 2015, he was
sentenced as a third-degree offender to a term of four years
imprisonmen... More...
   $0 (05-28-2016 - NJ)

State of Louisiana v. Lorenzo Carthal Hampton

The charges against Hampton arose from a high-speed automobile
chase on the streets of West Monroe, Louisiana, on the evening of January
22, 2014. Responding to a “BOLO” issued by the Ouachita Parish 1
Sheriff’s Office minutes earlier for a white, Ford Escape, Sergeant Todd
Cummings testified that the vehicle was a Honda Town and Country; however, the photographs in evidence of th... More...
   $0 (05-21-2016 - LA)

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SANDY KEITH BASKINS

Greensboro Police Department Detective M.R. McPhatter (“Detective
McPhatter”) was working in a drug interdiction capacity on the morning of Monday,
6 October 2014 when he positioned himself near a Shell gas station with a
convenience store (“the store”) drop-off point for the China Bus Line. This line ran
between Greensboro and New York City and, in the past, Greensboro poli... More...
   $0 (05-18-2016 - NC)

State of Oklahoma v. Henry Lee Harris

Tulsa, OK - Shooter Who Killed Motorist In Car Jacking Gets 25 Years

The State of Oklahoma charged Henry Lee Harris, age 24, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM12, FELONY MURDER - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.8 (2)
Date of Offense: 08/19/2014

Count # 2. Count as Filed: LA5, ATTEMPTED LARCENY OF AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1720
Date of Of... More...
   $0 (05-17-2016 - OK)

The State of Texas v. Connie Torrez

One night in July 2014, Jeremy West, a sergeant with the Lake Worth
Police Department, was in his patrol car and was stopped at an intersection
when he saw a car approaching from his right side. Appellee was the driver of
that car, and she was approximately one hundred yards away from Sergeant
West when he first saw her car. As Sergeant West looked right, he saw that one
... More...
   $0 (05-15-2016 - TX)

STATE OF IOWA vs. CHARLES WALTER ALLEN TORSKY

“The driver doth weave too much, methinks,” or something to that effect,
said the officer when asked why he initiated a traffic stop of the defendant,
Charles Torsky, shortly after bar-closing time. Based on the officer’s testimony
and video of the traffic stop, the district court denied Torsky’s motion to suppress
evidence obtained as a result of the traffic stop. Following ... More...
   $0 (05-13-2016 - IA)

THALIA RENFRO V. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RR, ET AL.

On November 4, 2001, a tragic vehicle/train accident took place at the Eddy Street railroad crossing in Vinton, Louisiana. A train was headed eastbound, and seventeen-year-old Mallory Young (“Mallory”) was driving her mother’s 2000 Mercury Mountaineer southbound on Eddy Street. The train collided with Mallory’s vehicle as she attempted to cross over the railroad tracks, and Mallory did not survive... More...   $0 (05-12-2016 - LA)

Thomas Kurzyna and Mary Kurzyna v. Johnny D. Gartman and Progressive Direct Insurance Company

Tulsa, OK - Thomas Kurzyna and Mary Kurzyna sued Johnny D. Gartman and Progressive Direct Insurance Company on auto negligence and under insured motorist theories respectively seeking compensation for injuries and damages they claimed to have sustained as a result of a car wreck in Tulsa County caused by Gartman ran a red light and hit the Plaintiffs' vehicle.

The defendants did not plea... More...
   $1 (05-10-2016 - OK)

Kelvin Morris Jones Jr. v. The State of Texas

A Montgomery County grand jury issued true bills of indictment, accusing
appellant, Kelvin Morris Jones, Jr., of the offenses of possession of a controlled
substance, namely methamphetamine,2 and two “counts” of possession of child
pornography.3 After the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence,
appellant, with an agreed punishment recommendation from the State, ple... More...
   $0 (05-09-2016 - TX)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LEE FUNDERBURG (a/k/a LEE E. FUNDERBURG

This appeal presents the question of whether, in the
context of a jury trial for first-degree attempted murder, a
trial court erred by failing to charge the jury sua sponte on
the lesser-included offense of attempted passion/provocation
manslaughter.
The facts in this appeal were established at trial.
Defendant Lee Funderburg and Terra Andrews had previously been More...
   $0 (05-08-2016 - NJ)

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