Shortage of safe parking a growing danger to truckers
June 16, 2010
Personal Injury
On March 5, 2009, commercial driver Jason Rivenburg was hauling milk from New York to South Carolina, when he pulled over at an abandoned gas station along the South Carolina Highway. Jason never made it home, where his wife and ... Read More
TVA fined $11.5 million for violating state environmental laws
June 16, 2010
Environmental
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been slapped with $11.5 million in fines by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for violating state clean-water and solid waste disposal laws following the December 2008 coal ash spill in an east ... Read More
Pentagon kills traumatic brain injury tests for combat vets
June 16, 2010
Personal Injury
Tests that would have more accurately measured the rate of traumatic brain injury in troops returning to the U.S. from combat in the Middle East have been barred from completion, according to a USA Today report. ... Read More
Deaths linked to sudden acceleration climb to 89
June 16, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Federal transportation officials now say that 89 deaths have been linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles since 2000, up from 52 reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in March. ... Read More