One member of a highway paving crew died when a pickup truck entered a closed lane of I-40 through Morganton, North Carolina (NC), and struck him. Three other construction workers sustained serious injuries in the wreck near the exit for Highway 18/Enola Road that occurred shortly after 4 am on September 19, 2014. …
Few people who saw the July 6, 2013 train wreck in Lac-Megantic in Quebec will ever forget it. That day, 72 cars of crude oil derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and devastating the small town. Since then, there have been many new regulations both in Canada and the US that are designed to boost…
When a commercial truck hits a vehicle, it’s natural to think the company whose name is on the truck is responsible for compensating the accident victim for the personal injuries its truck caused. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. While some companies hire drivers as employees, giving them the protection of the company’s liability insurance,…
Corporations from all industries and their insurance representatives are crying foul. They are upset because the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the right of a man who developed a permanent muscle-control disorder from taking generic versions of the prescription severe heartburn and nausea medication Reglan to sue the maker of the brand name product, Specifically, critics of…
A police officer, a fighter and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after being stuck by two other vehicles while at the scene of an earlier accident at the intersection of Magruder Boulevard and Hampton Roads Center Parkway in Hampton, Virginia (VA). The accident occurred at the end of the evening rush hour on…