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Motor Vehicle Collision
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Auto, Tractor Trailer, School Bus, Railroad Crossing, Pedestrian, Police Chase Claims, which according to the unique facts of each case have involved:
- Violations of common law
- Violation of Statutory Rules of the Road
- Violations of Federal Motor Carrier Regulations pertaining to equipment standards, driver condition and/or weight limits
- Violations of The Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Negligent design of highway
- Negligent control of traffic during construction of highway improvements
- Negligent timing of traffic signals
- Negligent placement of traffic signals
- Low shoulders and construction hazards unguarded during construction
- Violation of design standards with respect to curb radius, super¬elevation and guard rails
- Negligent placement of opposing left turn lanes to the right of opposing left turn lanes on high speed 4-lane highway
- Negligent design of lagging left turn signals (versus leading left turn signals)
- Violations of Railroad Safety Act
- Unguarded railroad crossings
- Violation of speed and blow post requirements
- Blocking vision at grade crossings by parking freight cars on sidings adjacent to crossing involving double "main line" crossing (CSX/Norfolk Southern/Western (Car Loading)
- Sight distance obstruction with vegetation
NOTE: Mr. Coppedge represented the Western & Atlantic Railroad (Louisville & Nashville/CSX) for a number of years. He now confines this practice to plaintiff claims.
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