A federal appeals court on December 16, 2010, ordered the insurance company Travelers Co. to pay $500 million in awards to plaintiffs who had reached settlements with defunct asbestos company Johns Manville. The deal to stop civil court trials involving the company and people harmed or killed by its products was originally reached in 2004. …
There are many things that people can do to help decrease their risk of being in a car crash. According to one study, one of those things could be as simple as drinking water. The researchers concluded found that drivers who suffer from dehydration may be more susceptible to driver error and fatigue. The Research…
A tenth-grade student was killed Tuesday morning after a log fell off another vehicle and crashed through the windshield of the pickup truck the victim was riding in. According to reports from law enforcement, the 15-year-old victim was being driven to school by his father and was sitting on the passenger’s side of the truck….
A woman who fled the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash in Hoke County, North Carolina, early in the morning of Thanksgiving Day 2017 now faces multiple felony charges. The deadly hit-and-run collision happened on Wayside Road just off U.S. 401 at around 2 am on Nov. 23, 2017. A press release from…
Underage drinking resulted in a tragic accident in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC). Now, a 21-year-old man has been charged with buying liquor for two minors with money given to him. The minors reportedly consumed the alcohol and proceeded to drive, which resulted in a car crash on Rainwater Road that killed a 17-year-old female passenger. The…