Japanese carmaker Nissan has just issued a recall for more than 1 million of its vehicles because of a software issue that can cause failed airbag deployment. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nissan’s vehicles may not detect a person sitting in the passenger seat, which would disarm…
A female nurse who was injured while working for the Rhode Island Veterans Home was awarded a $500,000 verdict against the state of Rhode Island last week. Victoria Roach was seriously injured when she slipped and fell on soapy water or cleaning fluid that had not been cleaned up on…
It was a bitterly cold January night when firefighters responded to a report of an unconscious 7-year-old girl after the furnace vents in her family’s Plymouth home had been blocked by snow from a recent storm. Nicole Garofalo later died from carbon monoxide poisoning in her own home. Carbon monoxide,…
According to CTA union president Robert Kelly, the operator of the Blue Line train involved in a train crash at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago early Monday morning may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The train train jumped the platform and went up an escalator. Over 30 people were…
Kristen Tavares, a 23-year-old mother of two, is now in a coma with severe swelling in her brain, according to the New York Daily News. The Hilo, Hawaii native was scheduled to have routine dental surgery to remove her wisdom teeth by Dr. John Stover when something went horribly wrong.…
This week, a New York Supreme Court judge jury awarded $12.5 million to the families of several workers who developed cancer after they were exposed to asbestos-containing materials. The victory at the end of the four month trial provides a sense of relief to the family of three New York…
Making the road safer for drivers and pedestrians alike remains a primary concern for lawmakers and first responders in the United States, but unlike seat belts, child car seats, and drunk driving, the mission to curb distracted driving due to cell phone use is difficult to enforce. The Washington Post…
Halifax Health has reached a tentative deal to pay $85 million dollars as part of a federal whistleblower case accusing the hospital of Medicare fraud and paying kickbacks to neurosurgeons and doctors. The lawsuit is .S. et al. v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center et al and was filed by hospital…
Sources at USA Today reported that Toyota will pay $1.2 billion in criminal penalties stemming from a series of recalls for faulty accelerators in numerous Toyota brand car models, which began in 2009. The settlement, according to USA Today, is the largest criminal penalty to be imposed on a car…
A jury in Washington State awarded electronics technician Verl Lee $3.8 million for painful and unusual injuries sustained in an electrical explosion. Lee was working with Advanced Electrical Technologies of Longview when he was contracted to help repair a damaged Variable Frequency Drive at an Oakville, Washington chip mill on…