Idaho Law Blog
Two individuals were sent to the hospital after a motor collision on Sunday, February 9th. The crash occurred on Interstate 84 in Ada County, at approximately 9:39 p.m. The incident involved two vehicles, a BMW 325 and a Volkswagen Passat.
At the time of the accident, the driver of the BMW, a 28-year-old woman from Caldwell, was traveling eastbound on I84. As she reached milepost 3, she collided with the Volkswagen, driven by a 21-year-old man with a 20-year-old female passenger, causing it to crash into the median barrier.
The two individuals in the Volkswagen sustained substantial injuries and were taken to a local hospital. The driver of the BMW sustained minor injuries and remained at the scene.
We hope that the injured individuals will be able to make a full and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, according to Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report in 2023, multiple vehicle crashes accounted for 72% of all motor vehicle crashes in 2023, leaving a total of 19,807 multi-vehicle crashes. Of that total, 151 of those crashes resulted in fatality, and 594 caused serious injury.
LIABILTIY FOR ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO
No one who gets into or drives a vehicle wants to be involved in an accident. But unfortunately, car accidents happen. Idaho uses a fault-based system to impose liability on the party most at-fault for the accident. A legal principle called “comparative negligence,” is applied to determine the negligence of all involved parties. If the Plaintiff’s negligence is less than 50%, then she generally can recover damages from the Defendant (or the Defendant’s insurance policy).
Our personal injury attorneys can advise injured persons about their particular case and how Idaho’s legal principles of negligence, causation, and liability apply to it.
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