Did you recently get into a collision with a truck? If so, it’s important to understand what to do and what not to do in the upcoming events. The lawyers for the trucking company begin working immediately, and often are very aggressive in their defense. There are many issues involving being able to prove the […]
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We will be doing some travelling today for the daily post. Almost 30 people have died in Senegal and Gambia after two boat accidents. For reference, the image to the left displays the locations of Senegal and Gambia, two western Africa countries positioned along the coastline. Twenty-one passengers died on Monday night after the “traditional
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A lawsuit filed after the death of a University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) student was ruled to proceed last week by Judge Thomas Anderle. On May 4, 2015, Sierra Markee-Winkler “fell to her death from the cliffs of Sea Lookout Park in Isla Vista,” one year later, a lawsuit was filed by Siobhan Markee
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Earlier this month, at a construction site near Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA, a crane cable snapped dropping debris throughout the construction zone and onto a passerby’s bicycle. Amazingly, no one was hurt during the process, however, it was reported by a local union that the construction area had unsafe worker conditions. The “construction
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On January 5, 2014, in Aspen, Colorado, a jet aircraft crashed while attempting to land killing one and injuring two. The pilots had difficulty landing the plane because they were attempting to land at a high altitude with heavy tail winds. Recently, it was discovered that the two pilots “had little experience in the type
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A lawsuit was filed last Friday by the family of an employee who was killed in a Volga soybean plant explosion. The suit alleges “that the company’s negligence and carelessness caused his death.” The lawsuit claims that Randy Lee Satter, the 39 year old man, was given a “hot work permit” which allowed him to
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On July 15, 2010, Stewart Dolin died after stepping in front of a train. Stewart had been diagnosed with anxiety and depression and was prescribed paroxetine; GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Paxil – a brand name version of paroxetine – did not warn their “doctor of the drug’s increased risk of suicidal behavior, leading to his
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In March 2017, a pickup truck hit a church van head-on killing 13 of the van passengers. The van was carrying elderly people coming from a church retreat; all but one passenger on the van died after the pickup veered into their lane. People called 911 three times prior to the crash reporting erratic driving
A San Francisco Bay ferry collided with a speedboat in February 2013 killing the operator, an Oregon resident. The ferry had roughly 500 passengers aboard when it crashed into the speedboat. A second passenger on the motorboat, the owner of the vessel, was sent to the hospital with injuries. “In the jury trial, claimants’ closing
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Bobby Glenn Tweed, a 78-year-old diagnosed with dementia, was put in a nursing home in January of 2013. Only ten months later, Tweed died because he was given psychotropic drugs without his family’s consent by the facilities. Several nursing homes have been found to administer psychotropic drugs to residents and patients “whom they see as
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