In April of 2019, a crane collapsed in a Washington neighborhood due to gusting winds. The winds were able to knock the crane over because workers prematurely removed pins that were holding the 20-foot sections together. State regulators called the incident “totally avoidable.” Two ironworkers were killed, as well as Alan Justad, 71, a former city…
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Tyre Sampson, then 14-years-old, fell to his death on an amusement park ride called the Free Fall drop tower. The ride takes riders up and then drops them nearly 400 feet at speeds that reach more than 75 mph. The commissioner of Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has been investigating whether there were…
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According to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers of bigger vehicles like pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars. The research suggests that the increasing popularity of larger vehicles may be a possible factor in rising pedestrian deaths. Per government data,…
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Justin Hartley was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle when a rented Hertz truck with an Amazon logo turned into his lane of travel. The truck hit Mr. Hartley and he sustained severe injuries, including fractures to his left wrist and left leg. Doctors were unable to salvage Mr. Hartley’s left leg and he had to…
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On March 25th, 2019, Clare Castleman a resident of The Palladian at Fairhope apartment complex called maintenance after one of her alarms was activated. The maintenance worker determined that a combination smoke/carbon monoxide detector was the cause of the alarm and instead of fixing the alarm or replacing it, all detectors were removed from Ms….
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Jessica Moore, the mother of 18-year-old JauMarcus McFarland, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her son, who was crushed to death after being trapped while trying to exit a malfunctioning elevator. JauMarcus was living in the building while attending a local prep school to play football. According to the lawsuit, the elevator…
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In 2016, Toni Combest, then 73-years-old, was killed in a car crash with a truck hauling a propeller for a U.S. Navy submarine. The jury awarded her family $480 million and ruled another $250 million in punitive damages. Ms. Combest was driving from one church service to another when she came upon the approximately 200,000…
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According to the lawsuit, in January of 2020, Brandon Stowers was illegally wearing noise-canceling headphones while driving a FedEx semitrailer. Unable to hear the truck’s built-in alarm system that would have alerted him about objects in the roadway, Mr. Stowers caused a collision that killed five and injured approximately 60 others, per the petition. During…
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