With the latest fire and explosion connected to BP, the offshore rig off the coast of Louisiana that caused fatal and serious injuries to many workers last week, many family members, as well as federal investigators have become increasingly frustrated. An accident at Tesoro Corporation’s Anacortes, Washington refinery on April 2, 2010 that killed five…
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An Alabama jury deliberated for about 90 minutes before awarding an Alabama woman $10 million in damages for the death of her husband in a workplace accident in 2008. The woman’s husband was killed when he fell about 150 feet while helping paint a water tank. The woman sued her husband’s employer for negligence and…
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The United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has recently issued a new regulation that will require commercial truck and bus companies with serious patterns of hours of service violations, to install electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) on all of their vehicles. Safety advocates are hailing this new regulation as an added safeguard…
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According to the New York Times, the latest lawsuit filed against the Catholic Church has gone all the way to the top and named Pope Benedict XVI as a defendant. The lawsuit was filed by a man who was one of many abused by Rev. Lawrence Murphy from 1952 to 1974. The plaintiff claims Vatican…
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More than 60 passengers were injured after being thrown around during a sharp turn by the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Ecstasy near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Miami-based Carnival, claims, minor damage was limited to some merchandise and unsecured objects. Carnival claims the maneuver, resulting in the ship listing to the port side, was meant to avoid…
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In a morning recent posting, I addressed the Houston Chronicle’s article on crash statistics for Houston highways. With more than 500 deaths occurring on Houston highways each year, Houstonians owe it to our fellow Houstonians to become more aware of the dangers we face on a daily basis when we traverse the roads around town….
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According to reports from the Houston Chronicle and The Times-Picayune, a deep-water oil drilling rig known as the MODU Deepwater Horizon exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico late Tuesday with 126 people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. Officials have not reported any fatalities. Seven people were reported critically injured and…
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Now, the car manufacturer has agreed to pay a record $16.4 million fine for not disclosing safety defects regarding sudden accelerations in over 2 million of its vehicles. However, Toyota will stop short of accepting full legal responsibility for intentionally withholding the safety information. After learning that the accelerator pedals in some of its vehicles…
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