WMTW Television Channel 8 Reported:

AUBURN, Maine — A Manchester man was listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Tuesday, a day after he was involved in a three-vehicle collision on Route 4 in North Turner.   Brian Cox, 55, was driving a 2000 GMC pickup truck north on Route 4 when witnesses said that the truck made a turn into the southbound lane and struck a 2007 International delivery truck driven by Burleigh Dudley, 48, of North Waterboro, a release from the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said. After the collision, the pickup spun around and went back into the northbound lane and struck a 1998 Chrysler Sebring driven by Jennifer Mains, 25, of Auburn.   Mains tried to avoid a collision, the release said.

 A United Ambulance came upon the crash moments after it happened and was one of a number of emergency responders who assisted in the call.  An ambulance took Mains to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after the collisions, which were reported around 6 p.m. Monday. She was treated and released from the hospital, the Sheriff’s Department said.   Cox was extricated from his truck and taken to CMMC and then transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland. The release said that Dudley had no injuries.   The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case. Members of the state police’s accident reconstruction division and the commercial vehicle division assisted at the scene.

 Route 4 was closed from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and traffic was rerouted following the crash.

At Berman & Simmons, we are experts in assisting clients in car accidents cases like this one.  We gather all of the evidence and use the best accident reconstruction experts to recreate the conditions of the accident.  We explore all angles of recovery for the victims and their families, including liability claims, underinsured or uninsured motorist claims and product defect claims arising out of dangerous and defective cars.  We have recovered millions of dollars in cases where other lawyers were unable to find a legal remedy.  If you or someone you know have suffered an accident-related injury or death, please give us a call or send an email.  We do not charge anything for a consultation.  For more information, visit our website at www.bermansimmons.com.

Citizen.com of Laconia, New Hampshire reported today:

A local woman is dead and her companion seriously injured after a one-car accident late Saturday night on Route 3.

Police said Nicholas Downing, age 26, of Campton was driving north Route 3 in a 2009 VW Jetta when he lost control while attempting to round a curve in the roadway. He traveled across the roadway and slammed into a large tree before the car stopped in the southbound lane.

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Although this was a single car accident, recovery for the injured victim and family of the decedent may be possible.  The product liability team at Berman & Simmons has successfully recovered against major auto manufacturers in one-car accidents where a defective or dangerous condition of the car caused or contributed to the accident.  Recovery for the passenger may also be possible through the driver’s liability insurance policy, particularly if the driver was speeding or otherwise negligent, or the passenger’s own underinsured or uninsured motorist policy.   For more information, contact Berman & Simmons at 1-800-244-3576 or read more on our website on our car accident practice page.  

The Lewiston Sun Journal publishd an article by Benjamin R. Gideon on Sunday, December 20, 2009 entitled: Victims need sexual abuse remedy now. 

Just last week, an independent audit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland revealed 11 new complaints of priest abuse against children — which occurred between 30 and 70 years ago — by four priests. Six of the complaints have been substantiated.

A couple of weeks ago, the Irish government reported that its investigation into the Irish Roman Catholic Church revealed widespread child abuse — rape, molestation and mental cruelty — and a deliberate cover-up on the part of church leadership.

Victims of the abuse are fighting back.

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The Lewiston Sun Journal published an article on January 5, 2010, detailing the grounds for a lawsuit filed against Lewiston employer ACS. Benjamin R. Gideon (http://www.bermansimmons.com/bio-prog.php?id=22) is fighting to hold ACS accountable for the robbery, rape, and murder of a pregnant woman by her fellow ACS employee, a lifelong violent criminal who was on federal parole for bank robbery when ACS hired him to take credit card applications over the telephone. For the full story, see: http://www7.sunjournal.com/article/computer-firm-sued-over-workers-murder