Serious questions are being asked about whether the safety devices at a North Carolina railroad crossing were working when a young mother and her 5-year-old son were killed by an Amtrak train just four days before Christmas. The crash – on tracks leased and maintained by Norfolk Southern – remains under investigation, but neighbors said…
An airplane carrying two people crashed in Suffolk, Virginia (VA). Both individuals suffered injuries and were treated at Sentara Norfolk Hospital.
There are statutes which regulate what tractor-trailers, 18 wheelers, and other large trucks can do when the weather is treacherous and featuring black ice, snow, etc. Nevertheless, the winter snow storm of 2009 featured many large trucks violating these statutes and causing serious wrecks in Virginia (VA).
The families of two men diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer after exposure to asbestos received a $17 million verdict from a Pennsylvania (PA) jury. The two men were exposed to asbestos through valves and gaskets from Crane Co. and Garlock Sealing Technologies. Internal Norfolk Southern, CSX and Conrail documents reveal that many types of asbestos gaskets were…
Highway construction projects are necessary to revamp and expand our nation’s road system, but they also present a major risk for accidents and serious injuries.