The old saw “There are no bad dogs, just bad owners” may never get a better real-life illustration than an animal attack in Virginia Beach, on March 10, 2012. According to police reports, a sheepdog — identified as a good pet because of its almost complete lack of aggression — bit two teenaged girls on…
A candidate vying for a the North Carolina 11th District seat in the U.S. House of Republicans and his wife were among several injured in multi-vehicles accident on I-26 on March 16, 2012. According to the Times-News, Chris and Erin Riddle Petrella spent the night in a hospital after being involved in a crash with five or…
A wrong-way crash in Huntington, West Virginia (WV) left a 7-year-old boy in critical condition, even days after the accident occurred. A pickup truck driving the wrong way entered Interstate 64 (I-64) going the wrong direction and wound up crashing into a family’s vehicle. According to Herald Dispatch, the family of five, from Huntersville, North…
In a decision that the plaintiff rail employee’s attorney Charles Goetsch is calling the first of its kind, a jury in New Haven, Connecticut (CT), on March 22, 2012, awarded $1 million in punitive damages to a Metro-North commuter railroad trackman who was fired shortly after reporting a serious on-the-job toe injury. Jurors considered the…
A pickup truck driver from Cameron, North Caroina (NC), died from injuries sustained in a chain-reaction crash outside of Pinewild Country Club near the town of Taylortown. Construction on NC 211 had caused vehicles in front the man to slow and stop. A woman driving a Toyota sustained minor injuries when her vehicle was rear-ended by…