Last year marked a 10-year low for accidents involving motor boats, Jet Skis, canoes and kayaks on the Chesapeake Bay and other Virginia waterways. That did not start a trend toward safer boating in Hampton Roads or elsewhere in the state, unfortunately. My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon noted that most boating accidents are avoidable or…
What Baltimore father Anthony Greene wants more than anything is for someone to take responsibility for the electrical wiring mistake that took the life of his teenage daughter, Deanna, at a Baltimore, Maryland (MD), city park in 2006. According to a report in the Sept. 10 Baltimore Sun, Deanna was 14 years old when she…
It can be a short walk from “misleading and unsupported claim” to “dangerous” when it comes to dietary supplements. At best, a falsely advertised product will do nothing. At worst, users can get seriously injured or die. Federal regulators sometimes work proactively to protect patients from unproven and potentially harmful dietary supplements by identifying and…
How liable are rail operators for the life-threatening illnesses their employees develop? This question is always difficult to answer because each case requires individual consideration. In what looks to be the latest opportunity to explore this issue, 25-year Union Pacific brakeman and conductor Brad Thompson has sued his former employer in Illinois (IL), claiming that…
A carrier with the Fayetteville Observer newspaper was impaled on a wrought-iron fence for more than two hours last Monday. According to Fayetteville Police the victim was a man named Kevin Williams, 51. He was treated at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and was released to recover at home. The newspaper carrier mistakenly threw a…