While we wait for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to finalize their 2015 stats, we must refer to 2014 data for information about motorcycle accidents. In 2014, 92,000 motorcycle riders were injured and 4,586 died. These tragic circumstances can have a life-altering effect on injured riders and the families of those who passed away. […]
3 Types of Motorcycle Accidents Common Today
Bikers unfairly receive a reputation for being dangerous motorists. In fact, statistics show that the drivers of 4-wheeled vehicles and trucks are often the cause of crashes involving motorcycles. If you or you loved one was injured in a motorcycle accident, a Little Rock motorcycle accident lawyers can help you understand the complexities and navigate […]
What’s the Definition of Personal Injury?
A personal injury is an injury to your body, mind or emotions, not to your property. If you get in a car accident, a personal injury case seeks compensation for your physical, mental and emotional injuries, not the cost of repairing vehicle damage. Examples of personal injury include: Brain injury Spinal cord injury Loss of […]
Slideshare Presentation – Car Accident Statistics in Arkansas
If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you may be wondering what steps to take in order to get compensation. This presentation shows some information about car accident statistics in Arkansas and how our attorney can help you: To schedule your FREE case review, please call Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers at (888) 220-7068. […]
3 Tips for Preventing Summer Road Trip Accidents
With warm, fair weather gracing the country and with summer break upon us, many families are planning summer road trips. Road trips are a great way to create lasting memories with your loved ones. Please consider the tips below to prevent an accident on the road: 1. Before you start your car, take a moment […]
Premises Liability Lawsuits and Your Safety
When you spend money in a store or at a restaurant, you enter into an unspoken pact with the proprietors of that establishment: In exchange for your hard-earned cash, you expect to be able to shop, eat, work, or simply walk through that facility unharmed. Should you sustain a serious injury in public through no […]
For Optimal Vehicle Safety, Start from the Ground Up
Making sure your vehicle is well-maintained is one of the best things that drivers in and around Little Rock, Arkansas can do to prevent the type of car accidents that necessitate a personal injury attorney. Good tires are essential to keeping you safe. Unfortunately, many drivers fail to recognize how important healthy tires are for […]
Texting Driver Takes Two Lives in Recent Motorcycle Accident
The Little Rock motorcycle accident lawyers at the Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers can’t help put hold up a recent accident reportedly caused by a woman named Athina L. Munoz as the perfect example of how drinking and texting can be deadly to drivers, particularly those on motorcycles. According to Munoz’s arrest affidavit, not […]
How to Prepare for Your Accident Attorney Consultation
If you have scheduled a consultation with our Little Rock auto accident attorney, you may be wondering how to best prepare for the meeting. Your consultation is the opportunity to discuss your case in-depth so you can decide if you want to move forward. The length of the meeting can vary, depending on the complexity […]
Big Truck Companies Suffering High Turnover
The Arkansas truck accident attorneys at the Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers recognize that there’s no direct or scientific link between the current American truck driver shortageand the occurrence of big rig accidents. Our accident and injury attorneys see the driver shortage for what it is: One challenge to doing business in the commercial […]
Four Ways to Fix the Current Truck Driver Shortage
Our Little Rock, Arkansas personal injury and accident attorneys know the nationwide truck driver shortage is a key issue making today’s roads less safe. The good news is there are ideas and strategies afloat that may correct the truck driver shortage. Recent estimates from the industry suggest that trucking companies could add as many as 48,000 more […]
CBS News: High Speed a Major Factor in Truck Accidents
Traffic experts and accident attorneys already know that speeding and other aggressive driving behaviors are a significant factor in car and truck crash fatalities. Nonetheless, our Arkansas injury and accident attorneys applaud the national push backed by the American trucking industry to cap big rig speeds. The issue of truck accident prevention and speed limits […]
Five Winter Weather Driving Tips from America’s Truckers
The busy winter holidays have passed, but our Arkansas truck accident attorneys want to share some of the same steps for winter driving safety that truckers suggest for the heavy traffic and shipping days that precede Christmas. These driving safety tips are even more relevant because recent changes in weather patterns mean that motorists throughout […]
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Teens and Speeding
For young people, few things are as rewarding as learning to drive and earning a driver’s license. That’s a major reason that our Little Rock, Arkansas accident and injury attorneys are sponsoring the 2016 Safe Arkansas Scholarship. But here’s a hard truth about teens and driving: Experience has shown our car accident lawyers that learning […]
Resolve to Stop Your Aggressive Driving
We’re all busy, and sometimes we all rush when we shouldn’t. But aggressive driving is an emerging trend in the United States that’s especially disturbing to the Little Rock, Arkansas car accident attorneys at the Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers. Here’s how the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration defines aggressive driving: “A combination of […]
Two Reasons to Avoid Driving on New Year’s Eve
The Little Rock-area car accident attorneys at the Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers want to discourage you from getting behind the wheel tonight ─ unless you plan on being a designated driver. Here are two reasons to avoid driving on New Year’s Eve: No. 1: There’s a very good chance you’ll get pulled over. […]
Observing National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
The Arkansas car accident attorneys at Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers commend the federal government for calling on Americans this month to recommit themselves to preventing drunk drivingand distracted driving, and promoting sensible, responsible motor vehicle use. “No person should suffer the tragedy of losing someone as a result of drunk, drugged, or distracted […]
Four Ways to Avoid Black Friday Auto Accidents
Here’s a tip from our Little Rock, Arkansas auto accident attorneys: The sheer volume of people who plan to tackle their holiday shopping almost as soon as they wrap up Thanksgiving turkey dinner means that drivers should take extra care on the roads this weekend. And it’s not just driving on Black Friday that can […]
Thanksgiving Week Road Travel Expected to Surge
Our Little Rock auto accident attorneys want Arkansas drivers to be aware of the fact that the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend ─ or Wed., Nov. 25th through Sun., Nov. 29th ─ is expected to be one of the most crowded road travel weekends of the year, according to research from AAA Travel. The organization says that 46.9 million […]
Construction Site Electrocution Injury Attorneys
The Arkansas state prison inmate-electrician who died earlier this month was involved in what is one of the four most common types of dangerous construction site accidents. In fact, electrocutions are included in the list of what the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration refer to as “Construction’s Fatal Four.” That government agency determined that […]
Take Extra Care When Driving Through The South
Our Arkansas car accident lawyers were intrigued by a recent piece of investigative journalism that used national car accident fatality statistics from 2013 to determine which stretches of American highway are consider “the deadliest.” Although none of the roads are in or around Little Rock, Arkansas drivers should still be weary when traveling nearby Southern […]
Tips for Safe Halloween Driving
Halloween in Arkansas is a fun time of year for children and adults alike, but with shorter days and night time trick-or-treating come more opportunities for car accidents. The Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers encourage all drivers this Halloween to be extra cautious in order to avoid a catastrophic auto accident. Following just a […]
Spooky Spider Accident and the Danger of Distractions
Here’s a car accident case that proves to our Arkansas attorneys the truth behind the old adage: Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. In a “bizarre” case that local authorities said “could have been more tragic,” and which made national news headlines, a car collided with a school bus in small town Indiana last month […]
Attorneys Applaud New Arkansas Workforce Initiative
Chief among the reasons that longtime Arkansas lawyer and judicial leader Alan LeVar went into personal industry law and founded his Little Rock-area injury and accident law firm, is that this type of law has the power to improve the lives of hard-working people and enable them to move past a serious trauma. That’s why, […]
Attorneys Note Growing Public Outrage Against VW
The Arkansas car accident attorneys at the Levar Law Injury & Accident Lawyers, which serves the communities in and around Little Rock, are watching the interest as Volkswagen attempts to the stem the growing public outrage in response to the revelation that the company has been cheating on its vehicles’ diesel engine emissions tests. “We […]