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While 37-year-old Kin Yiu Cheung, the driver in last month’s fatal Virginia bus accident, has been charged with four counts of felony involuntary manslaughter, many safety advocates are wondering who is more to blame, the bus driver or the discount bus industry in which Cheung worked. According to many experts in the industry, the way…

For almost 80 years, Goodyear blimps have adorned the skies as very visible corporate symbols of the tire and rubber company that began operations in 1898. As a Virginia personal injury lawyer as well as a dad I remember pointing the blimp out to my kids at a baseball game. Now, a tragic airship accident…

Niki Bell and Bethany Wallenberg were out enjoying a ride on a luxury boat when their lives were changed forever. A design flaw in the Mastercraft X45 24-foot boat caused the vessel to take on water and, consequently, an accident occurred. The two young women suffered serious injuries ranging from deep cuts to brain damage,…

The bus crash that killed four women and injured 43 passengers in Virginia has highlighted a frightening problem in the industry — the lack of sleep bus drivers are getting. “The consequence is an entire industry populated by people not getting enough sleep,” Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents drivers at…