In the movie, Stand By Me, there is a famous scene where four boys try a short cut and walk out on a railroad track over a ravine. This proves to be a mistake as the oncoming train almost runs them down. Sadly this fictional…
A year after Marianne Karth lost her two daughters in a car-tractor trailer crash, the Rocky Mount, NC mother is pushing for new safety rules for trucks across the US. Karth was driving on I-20 in Georgia last May, when she had to stop for traffic…
Medical malpractice caps are arbitrary and unfair. These caps restrict how much an innocent victim can receive in a case where a physician’s preventable mistake results in the death of a patient. Fortunately, the Florida Supreme Court recognized how unfair and flagrantly unconstitutional these caps…
Talk about a rough ride. Passengers that were on the Chicago Transit Authority railroad line train got a rude awaking when their train derailed and crashed through a barrier and up an escalator at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The cause of the railroad accident hasn’t been…
Driving on a winding mountain road can be nerve wracking, every turn brings the chance that you might lose control. This is why when you encounter difficult driving conditions you should be focused and drive as slow as you need to keep a safe speed. …
The NY Metro North Railroad, the second biggest commuter railroad in the US, has allowed safety to deteriorate significantly while pushing to keep trains running on time. This resulted in a lax culture of poor inspections, bad training, and overuse of cell phones by employees,…
Almost 1,000 people have filed suit against Medtronic, a spinal implant manufacturer, and they’re expecting many more. The morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) product, Infuse, used in spinal surgeries, has been wrought with claims of cancer, sterility in men, and unwanted bone growth. The implant is a…
At least four people suffered serious injuries after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 95 (I-95) in Stafford County, Virginia (VA). The bus reportedly overturned on its side in the southbound lanes between Stafford and Fredericksburg. There were 54 passengers on the bus when the…
Regulators and train operators have been discussing the idea of adding inside-facing cameras inside the cabs of trains for years now. Though some believe the cameras could help with safety, others point out the enormous invasion of privacy that the inward-facing cameras pose to railroad…
Laparoscopic surgery is a relatively new surgical tool with the first laparoscopic hysterectomy performed in 1988. When a doctor opts for laparoscopic surgery, he uses a laparoscope. The benefits of using a laparoscopic device is that a doctor only has to make a small incision…