When going to the hospital, patients hope to be cured of an ailment or injury. The thought of being exposed to even more dangerous circumstances is something every patient dreads. A recent study by the New York Times has uncovered an unusually high amount of cases of high radiation in people receiving CT scans across [...]
As reported by Hugh Patterson: Philadelphia – An amphibious duck boat loaded with 35 passengers and two crew members was struck by a barge Friday on the Delaware River outside of Philadelphia. Two passengers were killed as a result of the collision. The amphibious vehicle has been stopped because of possible engine trouble for five [...]
May 19, 2010 By JDJournal.com Residents have filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey State Court, Hudson County against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania for dumping and failing to clean up cancer-causing hexavalent chromium waste in their neighborhoods. According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, the [...]
By Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service LAS VEGAS (CN) – Clark County’s child welfare system shows “deliberate indifference to the health and safety of the children it is obligated to protect,” 13 foster kids say in a federal class action. The National Center for Youth Law’s 80-page complaint demands sweeping changes in the county’s [...]
By Donna Willis, www.nbc4i.com COLUMBUS, Ohio—Three people were injured Tuesday morning when a truck pumping concrete collapsed at the old City Center construction site. Medics were called to the area of East Town and South 3rd streets, where crews from Igel Construction were working, at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. A truck pumping concrete [...]
A Waltham, Mass. man is facing 9 felony charges after being involved in a fatal golf cart accident on September 9, 2009. According to prosecutors, Andrew Morrissey was drunk when he drove his golf cart into a minvan on an Albany highway. The cart driven by Morrissey had 3 passengers; Robin Clohecy, Jared Frontiero [...]
Posted March 30, 2010 By Indystar.com An indoor amusement park where a 5-year-old Indianapolis boy was critically injured has been closed for not having the correct permit. Xscape, 3919 Lafayette Road, did not have an amusement and entertainment permit, according to John Erickson, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. That department includes [...]
March 15, 2010 By: Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel Four motorcyclists were killed Saturday night after a GMC truck that was passing another vehicle in Sumter County struck their bikes head on, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The wreck occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday along County Road 476 near County Road 629, investigators [...]
Published March 12, 2010 By: Aaron Vaughn, Fox 13 News SALT LAKE CITY – Two people died after a TRAX train hit a car on 4115 South and 200 West. A southbound train speeding at about 55 miles per hour slammed into a car and killed two of the four people inside. The driver [...]
March 10, 2010 By Russell Carter, Womack Publishing Service A Gretna woman filed a $15 million lawsuit Thursday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court on behalf of her 12-year-son who drowned in 2008 at Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Dora Mae Henley is suing Sycamore Baptist Church and the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with [...]
