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Man is charged after truck hit students at Maple Valley bus stop in April

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A 19-year-old Maple Valley man accused of plowing his pickup into a group of middle-school students in April as they waited for their school bus has been charged with three counts of vehicular assault and one count of reckless endangerment, according to King County prosecutors. Tanner Sypole, who was diagnosed with epilepsy as a child and suffers […]

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U.S. Just Made It a Lot Less Difficult to Sue Nursing Homes

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GLP Attorneys is pleased to report that the Department of Health and Human Services has taken steps to restore the right to legal action to 1.5 million nursing home residents. Corporations have tried to take away the right to a jury by placing in contracts unfair and non-negotiable arbitration clauses. The New York Times did

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Train in Hoboken crash lacked automatic brakes

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The New Jersey Transit train crash Thursday that injured more than 100 people could rekindle debate over the urgency of installing automatic braking on trains to prevent speeding and stop trains at terminals. The train slammed into the Hoboken terminal with the engineer slumped at the controls, according to witnesses, injuring scores. The speed limit

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Lawsuit against driver in fatal N.J. Wendy’s crash settled for $1.2M

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A lawsuit filed against the 79-year-old driver in last year’s fatal crash at a Wendy’s restaurant has been settled for $1.2 million, an attorney in the case confirmed today. On Feb. 19, 2015, Elizabeth M. Garcia, then 78, drove her BMW through a window at the eatery on Lefante Way and struck 89-year-old John Ruiu, who died

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$7 million wrongful death lawsuit filed in fatal motorcycle crash

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CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) – The widow of the man who was killed in a May motorcycle crash has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the driver, his passenger, and a local bar. Lisa Benedict is suing for a total amount of $7 million after the crash that killed her husband, Bob Benedict, who was riding his

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NFL makes $100m pledge to increase research into concussion

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The NFL is to spend $100m (£75m) on medical and engineering research to increase protection for players. That pledge was made as the league launched a new scheme to boost player safety at all levels of the game. It comes after a $1bn settlement to compensate former players for brain injuries was agreed earlier this year. The

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Tesla Faces Lawsuit Over Crash in China

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Tesla Motors Inc. said it has no way of knowing whether its Autopilot system was involved in a crash in China that killed the driver because the car was too damaged to transmit data. A court in Beijing’s Chaoyang district has accepted a lawsuit filed in July against Tesla by the family of the 23-year-old driver

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Americans Spend an Average of 17,600 Minutes Driving Each Year

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New AAA Foundation report reveals habits and characteristics of the American driver American drivers spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel of a car each year, according to a new survey from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The research finds that more than 87.5 percent of Americans aged 16 years

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Seattle may drop speed limits to 25 mph on arterials, 20 in neighborhoods

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The speed limit in downtown, South Lake Union, Capitol Hill and other areas in central Seattle could soon be lowered to 25 mph, and the residential speed limit to 20 mph, in an attempt to reduce traffic injuries, city officials said. If a proposed ordinance is approved by the City Council later this month, the

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Beer & Justice event supporting legal aid for low-income families

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GLP is sponsoring an event for the Legal Foundation of Washington on October 19, 2016 from 5-7 at Alstadt Beirhalle in Pioneer Square. The Beer & Justice event supports legal aid for low-income families. Proceeds benefit Legal Foundation of Washington (LFW), which makes grants to 40+ legal aid providers across Washington. Last year, LFW helped 30,000

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