According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, choking is one of the leading causes of death in children under the age of three. On average, a child will die every 5 days in the U.S. from choking on food. Foods like hot dogs, grapes, popcorn,…
I recently read an article about a case against Subaru that was scheduled for trial. The West Virginia lawsuit resulted from a fatal wreck on April 2, 2009. A 2002 Ford Explorer crossed the center line and hit a 1999 Subaru Forester head-on. The Subaru went…
In case you missed it, last August, a 10-year-old boy was killed at while riding the Verrückt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas. The boy was the son of a Republican State Representative and was at the park with his family…
Is the controversy between Lewis and Trump an isolated incident or a trend that will haunt America for the next 4-8 years? Today is recognized as the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service nationwide. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an icon of the civil…
Most people are familiar with the concept behind a personal injury case – a person injured due to the negligence or recklessness of another party can seek compensation through the court. Every case is different and depends on the facts, but the same crash can…
A fatal car-train collision last January in Ogden, Ark., is the subject of three pending civil lawsuits. According to the lawsuits, the driver of the car was attempting to cross the railroad tracks when the vehicle was struck by a Kansas City Southern train, consisting…
The first pair of wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed on behalf of the victims of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland, California during a dance party on December 2. Officials say 36 people died in the blaze. According to reports, the Ghost Ship was…
Driver distractions are on the rise; it isn’t just about texting anymore. People are increasingly driving and using Snapchat, Instagram, FaceTime, and Facebook, or taking selfies or playing Pokémon Go. The phone is constantly at the center of our lives. A Texas couple has filed…
A jam-packed Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter train crashed as it arrived at the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. According to officials, the LIRR train was arriving at the terminal at 8:20 a.m. when it overshot the platform and slammed into the metal bumper block, severely…
Safe and efficient robot-human interaction has the power to transform assembly lines. Robots are great at moving heavy machinery at high speeds and can conduct monotonous jobs with ease, but they move blindly with no intelligence. If they make contact with a human, it can…
A Texas woman died and her two daughters, ages 9 and 12, were injured after falling more than 20 feet from a four-person chair lift at a small Colorado ski resort, about 90 miles west of Denver. The coroner determined that the woman died from…
On the morning of June 23, 2015, two brothers, ages 18 and 14, were headed east on Interstate 94 near Dalton, Minnesota. They were on their way to basketball camp in Wisconsin. The 18 year old was driving his parents’ Dodge Ram when a semi…