The law uses the word damages to represent the losses an injured person has suffered and the amount of monetary compensation the at-fault party must pay. Damages fall into two major categories: economic and noneconomic.Economic losses negatively affect the victim’s...
A news story from USA Today reports that hundreds of schools and day cares across the country failed lead tests between in during testing between 2012 and 2015. Of the 8,225 schools and day cares that are required to test for lead levels, about 350 did not meet...
Constellation Brands Beer Division, manufacturer of Corona, announced a voluntary recall in the United States last week for certain packages of 12-ounce Corona Extra due to potential contamination with small glass particles. The recall, announced on Wednesday, March...
At least 32 people were injured, two critically, after an Amtrak train from Los Angeles bound for Chicago derailed on the BNSF Railway about 20 miles west of Dodge City, Kansas early Monday, March 14th. The derailment occurred just after midnight, central time zone,...
A new report from The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) estimates that pedestrian deaths in 2015 will jump 10% nationwide from 2014, the largest such annual increase ever seen by the group. California is projected at a 12% increase. The GHSA, a coalition of...
On Tuesday, February 23rd, a jury awarded $32.4 million to the surviving family members of a woman who was killed after an SUV crashed into a Cumberland Farms convenience store in Massachusetts. In November of 2010, Kimmy Dubuque, 43, was entering a store in Chicopee,...
