In a decision that the plaintiff rail employee’s attorney Charles Goetsch is calling the first of its kind, a jury in New Haven, Connecticut (CT), on March 22, 2012, awarded $1 million in punitive damages to a Metro-North commuter railroad trackman who was fired shortly after reporting a serious on-the-job toe injury. Jurors considered the…
According to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, two people had to be airlifted to hospitals with serious injuries following a two-car crash on Route 460 between Bluefield and Springville in Tazewell County, Virginia (VA). Two others were also injured when a Mitsubishi Eclipse attempted to make a left-had turn in front of a Ford Taurus. The…
Four young men, only 18-years-old, were involved in a car accident in which one of the victims lost his life near the intersection of Highway 33 and Shiloh Farm Road in Tarboro, North Carolina (NC). According to Eyewitness News 9, police believe the driver fell asleep behind the wheel and, as a result, drove the car…
One person is dead after a two-car crash on Western Boulevard Extension in Jacksonville, North Carolina (NC), on Thursday, February 23, 2012. The victim, 49- year old Rachel Dawn Pate, was a backseat passenger in a taxi that collided with another car as the cab driver was attempting to make a turn onto North Plain Road….
It is always a tragedy when an officer of the law dies, but when the officer dies due to a preventable accident the loss is even more tragic. Timothy Schock of the Chesapeake Police department survived the Marine Corps and years on the street only to be killed when two pieces of equipment on his…