Can You Be Held Responsible for Injuries Sustained by Guests at a Holiday Party Or Other Gathering in Your Home?
The late fall and winter holidays of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve and Day are popular times throughout the country for parties and other gatherings with neighbors, friends, and relatives. The Super Bowl and other bowl games can attract equally enthusiastic crowds and, perhaps, even more exuberant celebration. Many who host a holiday […]
Miami motorcycle accident injures firefighter
6:00 AM Monday Morning – A lone motorcycle collides with a truck at the crossing of South Dixie Highway and 22nd Avenue. No witnesses have come forward. No tickets have been written. There is a question of whether or not the traffic camera captured the accident. There has been no mention of the truck’s driver, […]
Serious injuries and death in various auto accidents and car crashes
A Canton woman was flown by helicopter to Akron General Hospital following a single vehicle accident on May 16, near New Philadelphia. Â Marilyn R. Neff, 68, was driving southwest on Oldtown Valley Road and lost control of her vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and flip into a ditch. Â The truck’s roof was […]
Motorcycle accident in Miami in Obamas motorcade
Two motorcycle sergeants were injured on a Wednesday night before 9 p.m. near downtown Miami where Interstate 95 meets State Road 836. The two sergeants were in a motorcade escorting President Barack Obama to the Miami International Airport. The motorcade was leaving Miami Beach when the accident occurred. The president had attended an evening fundraiser […]
Fatal Los Angeles bus and tow truck accident
A 47-year old bus driver has been killed in an auto collision that occurred in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Olivia Gamboa of Montebello, a Metro bus driver, collided with a flatbed truck when the truck driver failed to stop at a red light while going southbound on Broadway, according on witnesses and camera evidence. […]
Philadelphia area auto collision kills 10-year old and injures another
Police are investigating a collision in Chester, Delaware County between a car and a truck which resulted in the death of a 10-year boy and injuries to 11-year old Tyvaun Frison. The boys were on the sidewalk and were hit when a collision between a Monte Carlo and a Ford F-350 spilled onto the sidewalk. […]
Building collapse in Philadelphia kills 6, injures 13
A four-story building in Philadelphia that was being demolished collapsed on Wednesday, killing 6, and injuring at least 13 people. The empty building used to house a sandwich shop on the first floor with apartments above that. A neighboring Salvation Army thrift store located to the side of the building was heavily damaged. Several of […]
BMW, Jeep, Toyota and others join the auto recall bandwagon
If you drive a vehicle within the US, there is a decent chance it has been recalled at some point for some sort of mechanical issue. BMW recently recalled approximately 220,000 vehicles, model year 2002 and 2003 3-series sedans, M3 coupes, station wagons, and M3 convertibles, adding to a steadily growing list of cars with […]
Motorcycle accidents injures many and claim lives in New York, Miami, Texas, LA
Former editor of Ms. Magazine and renowned feminist Mary Thom was killed last Friday in a motorcycle accident in Yonkers, New York. According to close friend and publisher of Ms. Magazine, Eleanor Smeal, Thom was driving along a parkway when her motorcycle crashed. Thom was 68. Thom had taken her motorcycle, a 1996 Honda Magna […]
Tragic bombing at Boston Marathon injures 8 children, kills 1
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, the sheer volume of injured runners and spectators is overwhelming. More than 130 were injured by the twin blasts that set the finish line ablaze on Monday, at least eight were children, of which one has been pronounced dead, according to CNN.com. As the Boston public school […]
