Legal Articles | January 29, 2013 Truck accidents are more likely to result in serious bodily harm or death than other types of accidents because of the sheer weight of most trucks, especially tractor-trailers and trucks carrying cargo. Because trucks are heavy, they build momentum at high speeds, making it…
Legal Articles | January 29, 2013 The holiday season can bring increased traffic, rushing motorists and sometimes rainy, slippery weather. But these conditions do not excuse drivers from following the rules of the road and exercising due caution. Holiday car crashes can lead to serious injury and wrongful death. Since…
Legal Articles | January 29, 2013 Everywhere we live, work or play, we’re beholden to the construction workers who put in the long hours and elbow grease to lay a foundation and build a safe, strong building for us to use. Residents in Chicago, Illinois, know that this city was…
Legal Articles | January 29, 2013 A prominent surgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health has written a book that he is hoping will help change the broken health care system. Despite the public criticism of many of the practices involved in medicine today, he says many…
Medical malpractice | December 31, 2012 Hospitals have expended significant effort over the years to reduce the number of infants who die during childbirth. A recent study concerning a spike in severe complications striking mothers has brought attention to the need to do more to make childbirth safer for mothers,…
Firm News | December 31, 2012 Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made a proposal that would require the installation of event data recorders in all new vehicles starting in September 2014. The head of the NHTSA has now said that black boxes are “essential to auto…
Firm News | November 30, 2012 Toyota has completed construction on a new facility designed specifically to test a new wave in automobile safety: cars that communicate with one another, and with the road. The systems being tested are intended to help reduce car accidents caused by driver error by…
Truck Accidents | November 29, 2012 A driver with a commercial driver’s license is required by the Department of Transportation to get a medical physical at least once every two years in order to maintain that license. The requirement is meant to reduce the likelihood of a bus or truck…
Work Accidents | October 29, 2012 Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a report concerning occupational injuries and illnesses. The report calculated how many injuries and illnesses are suffered per every 100 full time workers in various fields. The top finishers make up the most dangerous places to…
Firm News | October 29, 2012 Though the measure led to significant controversy and complaints, New Jersey passed a law requiring young drivers subject to the graduated licensing law to have little red decals placed on their license plates. According to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the first…