A New York construction worker left severely disabled after a van struck him was awarded $40 million in a New York Supreme Court verdict this summer. A van traveling 50 miles an hour hit 53 year old Matthew Falcone near his home four years ago. As he languished in a coma, doctors did not even…
A net designed to catch thrill seekers dropping from a cage raised high on a ride called Terminal Velocity at Extreme World in the Wisconsin Dells failed to slow the descent of a 12-year-old girl. The unbroken 40-foot fall appears to have left the girl with severe head, brain and internal injuries. This is how…
Recently, a 19-year-old Raleigh, North Carolina man was hit and injured by a van while crossing Capital Blvd to catch a city bus. The pedestrian victim, Rayshawn Lee Cooper, has been listed in critical condition at WakeMed with no prognosis of recovery as of this writing. According to Raleigh police, Cooper stepped onto a southbound…
Inadequate licensing oversight of nurses may be putting patients in North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA) and throughout the United States at risk for serious medication errors and other lapses in health care. An investigation by USA Today and ProPublica found several instances of drug addicted nurses moving easily from or to hospitals in North Carolina….
Nothing can seem more frustrating than to find out that your normal route to work has been or will be changed due to a road closure, as drivers in Suffolk, Virginia (VA) will be facing today. Click here to read the article concerning this road closure. Even if you are given advance notice, trying to…