A woman in Chicago has been charged with drunk driving for an accident that killed her passenger on June 16 on the city’s west side. The woman was charged this week with a single count of aggravated DUI in a crash causing death, according to…
Ten people were thrown overboard when an Indiana boat driver lost control of her speed boat on July 15 on Lake Gage in Indiana. Several people suffered serious injuries, including a lower arm amputation and a skull fracture. The police allege that the driver was…
An NTSB report issued in late July 2017 “links speeding to 112,580 passenger vehicle highway crash fatalities between 2005-2014. To put that number in perspective, nearly the same number of people – 112,948 – died in alcohol-involved crashes in the same period.”
A federal jury in Chicago awarded a man who suffered a heart attack while using the testosterone replacement product AndroGel $150 million in punitive damages. With their July 24, 2017, decision, jurors found that AndroGel’s maker, AbbVie, misrepresented the risks of using the product. While…
A man from Durham, North Carolina was charged in a car accident on July 15 that killed a motorcyclist. Durham Police stated that a 1996 Cadillac Seville driven by Rodney McLaurin, 45, was turning left in Durham from Massey Ave. onto South Alston Ave. when…
A 19-year-old in North Carolina is facing charges after a pickup truck accident killed two teenagers on June 13, according to a North Caroline state trooper. The fatal, one-vehicle pickup accident happened in Balsam Grove, North Carolina, which is a remote area of Transylvania County. There…
A pair of studies were released last month that comes to seemingly opposite conclusions about whether an increase in the use of marijuana is causing a higher number of car accidents across the US. The first study, which was done by the Insurance Institute for…
A three-year-old boy in Florida suffered pelvic fractures while jumping at a trampoline park in Tampa, Florida last week. The injuries and accident have raised new questions about the safety of trampolines for young children. The mother told the media that her three-year-old son broke his…
A drunk driver traveling in excess of 100 MPH in Salisbury, North Carolina caused a crash that injured three, and shut down a portion of Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury on June 11. The North Carolina State Police reported that Abraham T. Morris, from Salisbury,…
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina are warning citizens in the state to be careful on the water after several boating and water-related accidents across the state on Memorial Day weekend left one dead and several injured. One of the incidents involved a man who drowned…
Four teenagers died in a Missouri car accident on June 6 near the Daviess-Grundy County line. This was the second quadruple, fatal car crash in northwest Missouri in 2017. The deadly Missouri car accident happened at 1:40 PM when the driver of a 1994 Isuzu…
Recent health and safety information has arisen with regard to asbestos contamination of common talc baby powder products, including talc products sold by Johnson & Johnson, and other talcum powder products still for sale throughout the United States. During 2016 and 2017, defective product personal