Police stated this week that a three year-old boy died from injuries that he received in a Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) crash that killed his mother and injured his brother the day before. The three-year old died Sept. 9 at a local hospital, and his…
A significant victory for public and workplace safety occurred on Sept. 10, 2014, when the lead union representing freight railroad conductors and ground crew members rejected a proposed revised work agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe to use one-person crews on more than half of…
An old, more-sad-than-funny joke runs, “I didn’t get rich by writing a lot of checks.” My decades of work on behalf of railroad employees who developed disabling and fatal lung diseases after working with and around asbestos have nearly convinced me that rail corporations ranging…
It appears that drunk driving took yet another young life in North Carolina. On the evening of Aug. 31, a 2006 Subaru Forester was traveling in Hickory, NC when it hit a curb and flipped several times. It came to rest in a field next…
The death of a passenger ejected from an SUV on I-64 in James City County, Virginia (VA), is likely to raise difficult questions regarding liability and automobile insurance coverage. Even though the pain and loss will remain for the deceased man’s friends and family regardless…
A recent study by the Kessler foundation has raised a new issue in the battle to treat traumatic brain injury: ethnicity. The study, published in Neurorehabilitation, found that minorities do not have the same success rates in long-term treatment as Caucasians. The minority population in…
A construction site accident took the life of a 38-year-old Elon man on August 26. The accident happened at Pine View Baptist Church in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Sheriff Chris Shew told reporters that around 10:30 a.m., a cinder block retaining wall collapsed on the…
Charges are pending against a driver that caused a fatal wreck in Monroe, NC on Aug. 20. Local officials told the media that a man was driving west on Highway 74 and crossed into the lanes going east. He slammed into a station wagon with…
Police in Holly Springs, North Carolina (NC) are investigating a crash that occurred Saturday afternoon that killed one area teenager. WRAL.com reported that the accident happened around 2:20 p.m. at the Holly Springs intersection of Piney Grove Road and Wade Nash Road. Reportedly, a teenage…
The family of a Union Pacific carman who died from surgical complications after severely breaking his leg in a workplace accident has won an appeal to hold the railroad accountable for failing to fix a longstanding safety risk at one of its rail yards. The…
New research by Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) combed over data to come up with different ways to evaluate Hampton Roads’ most accident-prone intersections and freeways. The analysis evaluated the potential for reducing the number of accidents at hundreds of locations whi
Many people aren’t aware of a supplementary insurance coverage known as “medical expense coverage”, or Med Pay, and how this coverage can be a huge help to you and your loved ones following a serious car accident. Med Pay coverage is not required in every state, and…