According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, a railroad crossing in Midland, Texas, where four veterans died after being hit by a train earlier this month, was meant to give passing…
Baseball may be called America’s favorite pastime, but football may in reality be more popular. Other than the presidential debates, professional football games were the top 16 shows viewed…
Informed consent refers to a doctor giving the patient information about a medical treatment and said patient agreeing to it. The patient has the right to determine what is and isn’t done…
A commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to transport hazardous materials across the country despite a the presence of a serious design defect. In fact, the flaw all but…
Arthur Kirkland was right, if often misquoted. The whole [dang] court is out of order. If you don't remember off the top of your head, Kirkland was the public defender Al Pacino played in…
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is a condition caused by the brain being denied oxygen and/or blood, which are vital to its function. This deprivation can cause permanent damage leading to…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer announced on June 12, 2012, that decades of evidence showed diesel exhaust fumes are as dangerous to people's health as plutonium. This is not…
Years of effort to take much of the value out of a federal regulation requiring U.S. railroads to install life-saving technology on trains and along tracks paid off for the Association of…
The seemingly obvious answer to the question posed in the title would be Uninsured motorist coverage pays when the person who caused a car accident and injuries or death can't. The reason an…
Residents of Elmira, New York (NY), claim there is no safe place to cross train tracks near Southside High School. Perhaps illustrating this more tragically than anyone wanted, a man has been…
In a significant ruling for people who become sick with incurable lung problems after being exposed to asbestos at work, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in February 2012 upheld a plaintiff's…
On first read, the headline seems to make no sense. But when one considers the reasoning of a New York (NY) criminal court judge in acquitting a bus driver of four counts of criminally negligent…
