Utah Law Talk

Even if you don’t want to ever hire an attorney after your Bountiful, Ogden or Layton car accident, you’ll want to get your hands on a copy of “The Utah Accident Book.” This book will cost you absolutely nothing and it comes without obligation to those who order it. In the book, attorney Ron Kramer explains the process you’ll go through in dealing with the auto insurance companies. He also discusses the thirteen mistakes you must avoid in your case if you want to prevail on your claim. Ron Kramer also includes a chapter on representing yourself with the insurance company, just in case you decide you want to do it on your own.

If you are uncertain about hiring a Bountiful personal injury and accident attorney, you’ll want to look at the chapter in the Utah Accident Book dealing with what to look at in hiring a personal injury and accident lawyer. Hint: the guy on TV or on the billboard may not be the best attorney for your case.

For those who totaled their cars in the accident, Kramer includes a chapter in the Utah Accident Book on the steps to getting top dollar from the insurance company and discusses why you may be entitled to get a rental car when the other guy totaled yours. In short, this book offers something for everyone! To get your own copy of the Utah Accident Book, call (801) 553-8838, or click http://MyAccidentBook.com

Ron Kramer is a Bountiful personal injury attorney and author with six children. He has offices in Bountiful, Draper and Provo, Utah. His Bountiful office is located at 503 West 2600 South, Suite 200, Bountiful, Utah 84010.

A winter storm caused many Utah auto accidents during the morning commute on Monday, January, 18, 2010. The rain, snow and icy conditions caused serious problems forcing Utah Highway Patrol troopers to respond to 97 accidents from Davis country to Utah county. Accidents were reported as early as 5 a.m. and continued steadily through the morning commute. Fortunately, none of the accidents were life threatening.

Reported by KSL news, I-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah was a major trouble spot. Drivers reported that they were not able to go a half mile without passing a Utah auto accident. Teresa Henderson was riding in an SUV that spun out on I-15. “It’s a mess. It’s just ice,” she said. “It’s like ice skating.”

Driver Matthew Skaggs’ car was involved in one of the more severe accidents of the morning. He was trying to pass a bus when he realized a car had spun out and was stopped in his lane. He didn’t have anywhere to go.”It was either left into a car next to me or right into a bus. So I decided to do neither and put my brakes on. I slid into the bus and bounced off of it right into the median.

Skaggs says he was driving less than 55 miles per hour when he got in his accident but troopers say that is not slow enough.

Ron Kramer is a Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury attorney who helps his clients receive compensation for medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering.

Carlybeth Ramirez, 21, from Orem, Utah, was killed in a car accident while passenger Tihare Salazar of Provo, Utah was seriously injured. The accident happened on Monday, January 18, 2010 on Interstate 15 in Idaho. This auto accident happened around 4:30 p.m. south of Pocatello, Idaho. According to KSL news, the car was going north when it drifted off the road. Idaho State Police say that Carlybeth Ramirez overcorrected causing her car to roll several times through the median, eventually stopping in southbound lanes.

Ramirez died at the scene. The passenger in the car, 21-year-old Tihare Salazar of Provo, Utah was transported in serious condition to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho.

I offer my sincere condolences to the family of Carlybeth Ramirez. What a tragic loss for this family. I hope for the very best for young Tihare Salazer as she recovers from her injuries.

The investigation shows that Ms. Ramirez may have drifted slightly and then overcorrected causing the car to spin out of control. Typically, the initial investigation will only show that the vehicle spun out of control but will not show that factors that caused the accident. Could a mechanical malfunction have lead to the car to spin out of control?

As a passenger in the vehicle, Ms. Salazar should hire a skilled Utah personal injury attorney who will help her receive compensation for her medical bills and pain and suffering.

The commute on the I-15 northbound was slow Wednesday morning due to a Utah auto accident involving four cars. The accident occurred a t around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 in Tooele, Utah, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

According to the story, a minivan was following too closely and swerved to avoid the car in front of it and hit a Toyota pickup truck. The Toyota then rear-ended a larger Dodge pickup. The Dodge then hit a Honda CR-V. The minivan caught on fire shortly after the initial collision.

There were no serious injuries reported but details continue to come in on this story. The crash closed the two left-hand lanes for a short time.

In my experience, most rear-end collisions happen because the following motorist is “following too close.” Drivers need to remember the “two second” rule that they learned in driver’s ed so that they are never too close to the car in front of them. We may never know why the car in front of us is stopping or slowing, but we are required under Utah’s traffic rules to be ready to avoid that collision. It is never a good defense that the person in front of us stopped too quickly. If we had been following the rules of the road, we would be prepared for such a contingency.

Ron Kramer is a Utah personal injury lawyer with years of experience representing the injured in the state of Utah.