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Products Liability, Chinese Drywall and Who Is Keeping Watch – Part 1
Homeowners have experienced the problem of defective Chinese drywall from Louisiana to Virginia yet the federal government has struggled and even failed to hold some of the parties involved in the creation and distribution of the drywall responsible for products...
Emergency Response May Be Added to Cost of Car Accidents
Car accidents in New York City may start to get a bit more expensive next July. The Fire Department of New York City may start charging every driver involved in a car accident for the department's emergency response services. The new policy is meant to create new...
Texting Bans Found Ineffective in Louisiana and Across Nation
A new study conducted by researchers at the Highway Loss Data Institute has found that laws against texting while driving did not reduce car accident numbers in Louisiana and the other three states the study reviewed. The study also found that car accident insurance...
Majority of Fatal DUI Accidents Caused by Repeat Offenders
In the early 1980s, 50 percent of highway fatalities were caused by drivers who had been drinking and driving. As of last year, just over one third of fatal car accidents were caused by drunken drivers. However, the majority of those crashes involved a group of...
Louisiana Kindergartner Killed as 18-Wheeler Rear-ends School Bus
The tragedy couldn't be more heartbreaking. A five-year-old was riding on the school bus on her way to kindergarten when an 18-wheeler slammed into the bus and killed her. Twenty-one kids were on the St. Landry Parish bus when it was rear-ended as it pulled on to...
Senate Proposal Would Allow Greater Wrongful Death Compensation
A bill proposed at the United States Senate would allow for greater wrongful death compensation for the family members of the 11 oil rig workers that died during the April BP rig explosion. The bill has the potential to allow the families of the rig workers to receive...
One Third of Traffic Deaths Caused by Alcohol
This month is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campaign to raise awareness on the issue reminds all drivers that they should plan ahead and not put the lives of others at risk when consuming alcohol....
Michael Jackson’s Wrongful Death Suit Saga Continues
Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, recently refiled a wrongful death lawsuit against Michael's former doctor Conrad Murray. The wrongful death suit was already rejected once by a federal court judge, and the lawsuit has now been refiled in California state court....
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Kills Significant Number of Drivers
According to researchers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration there is a rising number of people who are driving under the influence of drugs both legal and illegal. About one in five drivers who were killed from car accidents over the last year...