Two Bronx bus crash survivors sue, driver said to be speeding excessively
April 4, 2011
Personal Injury
The driver of the World Wide Tours bus that crashed on I-95 in the Bronx March 12 was driving nearly 80 mph on the 55-mph interstate, transportation authorities said. The violent crash occurred when Ophadell Williams, the bus driver, lost ... Read More
BP seeks U.S. permission to drill in the Gulf again
April 4, 2011
Environmental
BP officials have told federal regulators that their company is in a Catch-22. The federal government is pressing BP to pay more oil-spill claims faster, but the oil giant says that to meet those financial obligations, it must be allowed ... Read More
Lawsuits against Darvon/Darvocet climb as more victims come forward
April 4, 2011
Pharmaceutical
Attorneys are currently investigating cases of life threatening health problems caused by the popular painkillers Darvon and Darvocet. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pulled the drugs from the market late last year after studies linked use of the drugs ... Read More
Quake sends aftershocks through Toyota production and sales
April 4, 2011
Consumer Fraud
Toyota Motor Corp. has been dealt another blow, not by its own hand this time but by the forces of Mother Nature. Most of the carmaker’s 18 Japanese assembly plants shut down in the wake of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake ... Read More
OSHA cites Montgomery company for trench cave-in hazards
April 4, 2011
Personal Injury
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A regional office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Montgomery, Alabama, construction firm with penalties for exposing its workers to serious cave-in hazards while laying water pipe in a trench on Perry Hill ... Read More