Using a phone or electronic device while driving can be just as dangerous as drinking and driving. Washington State is hoping to pass legislation lowering the impulse many drivers have each day to reach for the phone. The number of deaths has continued to consistently rise over the past years. In 2015, the death toll from […]
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Martha Jane Pierce, of Memphis, moved into Allenbrooke Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Martha suffered from dementia and had to be administered after it got increasingly difficult for her family to cope with. Martha’s husband soon joined her in the nursing home and rehabilitation center. Cameron Jehl, the family’s attorney, claimed that Martha “suffered from
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Parker Sykes, a resident of The Villages, is one of many people that drives a custom golf cart. The Villages is a large community that was created primarily for active adults over the age of 55. There is reported to be roughly 65,000 golf carts on the premises; several of the residents drive these carts
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A bus full of children crashed on Wednesday, November 21, 2016, injuring several of the 37 kids and killing six. The driver, Johnthony Walker, was thought to be speeding roughly 20 mph over the posted speed limit when he suddenly crashed. On March 2, 2017, a twelfth civil lawsuit was been filed in the Circuit
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In 2013, Amelie Le Moullac, a hard-working, 24 year old woman was riding her bike to work when she was suddenly hit by an oncoming truck. Nearly two years later, a “San Francisco jury found the driver of the big-rig truck, Gilberto Alcantar, negligent for striking and killing Amelie.” Her family was awarded $4 million
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A family in Austin, TX had a two year old girl that, unfortunately, died after a trip to the dentist. The parents were told that their daughter needed treatment for tooth decay and needed to be put under anesthesia. Betty Squier, Daisy’s Mother, was eventually told there were more problems with her daughter’s teeth than
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Carlton Evans, of Chattaroy, WA, was driving through a massive windstorm when he was suddenly impaled by a tree branch. This windstorm also toppled several trees that destroyed several homes and cars. A tree branch went shooting through his window seriously injuring Evans, when he was then forced off the road. To his dismay, he
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A lawsuit has been filed two months after a New Year’s Eve plane crash killed four Iowans flying out of Pella. The families of a brother and sister who were on board are suing the estate of the pilot. The suit, filed late Wednesday afternoon Marion County District Court, claims that the pilot, 34-year-old Curt
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When a loved one is sent to a nursing home you never expect them to be mistreated. December 2014 Sonja Fischer, 83 who suffered from Alzheimer at the time was raped at Walker Methodist. The man who violated Sonja was sentenced to 8 years in prison. CNN and prosecutors revealed that it wasn’t the first
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As Takata Corp. prepares to enter a guilty plea in federal court in Detroit a week from Monday, the family of a Dearborn woman says her death this month is the latest in a string of fatalities connected to the Japanese company’s global air bag inflator defect. Dianne Moulton, a retired middle school social studies teacher, never
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