When trains hit cars, the cars lose and drivers and passengers often die. Keeping passenger vehicles off the tracks when trains are approaching needs to be a priority for companies that operate freight trains, my colleague Randy Appleton notes in his most recent post to the Norfolk Injuryboard. Randy points specifically to two incidents when…
Julie Lehman never returned home from a July 21 trip to her local Wal-Mart in Chadron, Nebraska (NE). Visiting the store with her 17-year-old son Steffan, Lehman slipped on a wet patch of floor near the restrooms, suffered a serious brain injury when hitting her head after falling and died a short time later from…
The unease and fear in Dan Dorsch’s voice is palpable. His last words were “I’m in, in a descent,” then nothing. Mr. Dorsch was the pilot of the Pilatus PC-12 which crashed in Raphine, Virginia (VA). Four people died, including Mr. Dorsch. The Federal Aviation Authority investigation revealed a portion of the plane panel broke…
A monthlong civil trial in Philadelphia in which the mother of 3-year-old Lyam Kilker argued that taking GlaxoSmithKline antidepressant Paxil while pregnant led to her son’s heart defect ended earlier this week with a jury awarding Lyam’s family $2.5 million for past and future medical expenses. The jury determined that GSK had failed to provide…
Most people know that if you get into a car accident, never say, “It was my fault” at the scene of the accident. Why? Because you don’t want to admit liability when you may actually not be liable. The proper procedure is to take exchange insurance information and wait until a thorough investigation is conducted….