Category: personal injury

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the regulatory agency in charge of worker safety and health, will almost certainly take a new direction under the guidance of the Trump Administration, according to an article by Safety and Health Magazine. While the new direction and the timeline of its implementation will almost certainly be decided by…

On May 7th, 2016, Joshua Brown was driving his Tesla Model S car on a state highway in Florida, using the Autopilot system so he could drive hands free. However, on that day, the Model S crashed into a tractor trailer that crossed the road in front of Mr. Brown’s vehicle at 74 miles per…

On average, more than seven workers lose an appendage a day in the United States, according to new data released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and a release by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). While more than 90% of the lost appendages are fingers, workers have also permanently lost hands, feet, toes…

A gynecologist has been secretly taking explicit photographs and videos of his patients without their knowledge or consent. How much is their emotional pain worth? This question is at the heart of a case surrounding a Johns Hopkins gynecologist named Nikita Levy, who had taken thousands of videos and images of his patients since beginning…

Even the threat of an interlock device is successfully dissuading potential drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel, according to research. Fear that they will be saddled with the breath-testing device is reportedly reducing instances of drunk driving in states that mandate interlock installation for even first-time DUI offenders, according to an article by the…

While fatal auto accidents are tragic, do you stop and wonder what are the most common causes for such crashes? The Auto Insurance Center set out to find the answer to this question, according to an article by Business Insider. The data, which includes a variety of information on both driver and passenger fatalities, was…

The medical cards of thousands of drivers who hold commercial driver’s licences (CDLs), are in doubt due to alleged fraudulent activity on the part of the medical examiner. Dr. Anthony Lefteris, a medical examiner based in Atlanta, Georgia, is said to have issued medical certifications to truck drivers without performing the full array of tests,…

When we think of automobile safety, one of the first things that come to mind is the seat belt. Annually, they save about 14,000 lives. However, they may present a problem. Seat belts are designed to keep, for example, the average 40 year old man safe in the event of a crash. The force required…

With the holiday season fast approaching, many are thinking of potential toys to gift their young. However, the consumer advocacy group World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.) recently released their list of the nominees for the “Worst Toys of 2016,” a list of potentially harmful and hazardous toys.  Toys on the list include Peppa Pig’s…

While tornadoes, hurricanes and floods dominate news coverage, plain old inclement weather is the cause of more fatal car accidents annually than all three combined. According to the Department of Transportation (DOT), more than 5,748,000 car accidents occur annually, based on statistics spanning from 2005 to 2014. Of these, 22 percent (roughly 1,259,000) involved bad weather…