Recent Posts in Bicycle Accidents Category

This week, 60 year old Albert Arnott was killed while pedaling his recumbent machine north on U.S. Highway 601.  Arnott was a Plymouth native who couldn't walk, but managed to power a bike all the way across the country.

20 year ago, while working as a landscaper, Arnott had fallen from a tree and had suffered a traumatic brain injury.  Three years ago, he moved to Arizona and began riding a high-tech, low slung bike.  In many ways, it was like Arnott was in a lounge chair as he pedaled the recumbent bicycle.

In May and June of this year, Arnott was in the Wilkes-Barre area for a few weeks and told The Time Leader that he had biked from Los Angeles to New York via Washington, D.C.  Friends say that once Arnott was on his bike, he pedaled slowly and with ease.

According to the Highway Patrol, Nornott was biking north when he was struck by a pickup truck driver who was also heading north.  At this time, the investigation is still ongoing and charges may be filed against the driver.

If you were involved in a bike accident in North Carolina, now is the time to contact the Lanier Law Group and get help from a North Carolina personal injury lawyer.

A wrongful death lawsuit is underway in Collier County, Florida against a driver accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian riding his bicycle.

Margaret Caskey claims Lawrence A. Daniels was texting while driving when he hit and killed her husband, James L. Caskey, Jr. She is also suing Astellas Pharma US Inc., Daniels’ employer and owner of the car he was driving.

In her lawsuit, Caskey claims that Daniels, who was working at the time of the accident, “engaged in intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or both, by texting on his cell phone when the crash occurred.” Her lawsuit goes on to say that Daniels knew or should have known that his actions were wrong and dangerous, but that he continued to text while driving anyway.

The lawsuit is garnering a lot of attention in Florida, as it is the first texting while driving wrongful death lawsuit ever filed in Collier County Court. Currently Florida does not ban texting while driving, but legislators are considering enacting such a ban.

The wife, son, and daughter of a Baltimore man who was killed when he was hit by a semi truck while riding his bicycle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver and the driver’s employer.

John R. Yates, 67, was riding his bicycle behind the truck when he became caught in the vehicle’s rear wheels and was run over as the truck turned right onto another street. Yates died at the scene.

The lawsuit filed by Yates’ family says that both truck driver, Michael Dale Chandler, and his employer, Potts & Callahan, Inc. (a demolition, excavation, and equipment rental company), were negligent and thus liable for the death of their loved one. They are seeking $5 million in compensatory damages.

After reviewing video surveillance footage that shows Chandler making a right turn without signaling, the attorney for the Yates family, Steven D. Silverman, argued that Chandler and Potts & Callahan were negligent . Silverman also alleges that Chandler failed to look right to ensure traffic was clear of cyclists or pedestrians.

But a police investigation determined that Yates was at fault for the accident for riding his bicycle in parking lanes and trying to pass the truck on the right, two actions considered illegal in the state of Maryland. A spokesman with the city police said their investigation concluded that Yates drove into the truck.

The attorney representing Potts & Callahan also maintains that neither Chandler nor Potts & Callahan caused the collision.