Breathing in diesel exhaust fumes has long been recognized as a health hazard in rail yards and train locomotives. Certainly, any Amtrak, CSX or Norfolk Southern conductor, engineer or carman knows…
Automakers are developing intelligent vehicle technology to warn drivers of impending accidents before they occur, according to the Virginian-Pilot. In July 2001, companies gathered at a National…
Casey Anthony may have been convicted of murder in the court of public opinion. However, there’s obviously a higher legal standard required when you sit as a jury member a…
Two years after a safety overhaul on teen driving laws, Maryland teen car crash death rates are down. According to the Annapolis Capital, 36 teens died in car accidents in 2010, as compared to 48 in…
A biker in downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), is fine after running into and scraping the side of a light rail train. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the bike rider was traveling southbound in the…
I’ll keep this post short, writing little more than my insistence that if you watch no other documentary this year, you make the time to watch Hot Coffee. The film debuts on HBO, Monday, June 27,…
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2011, published a 5-4 decision in favor the generic drugmaker Pliva that many commentators are calling a pass on side effect warnings. I lean toward a less dire…
A punch to the back of the head may have caused a deadly car accident in 2009, according to testimony in a trial this week. The Virginian-Pilot has reported that driver Richard B. Freeman was…
In a major defeat for CSX and other railroad companies that have long attempted to curtail rail employees’ protections under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, or FELA, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Patients injured by medical mistakes and families who lose loved ones following a misdiagnosis or surgical mistake often wait years for their personal injury claims to work their way through the…
A Virginia Tech professor is advancing research to reduce football brain injuries, according to Daily Press. The professor of biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech might not have all the answers…
Budget concerns in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), may stop red light cameras from going up, according to WAVY-TV 10. Norfolk, Virginia City Council approved the red light cameras in December 2011 to…
