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According to a NY Times report, a dump truck hit a pedestrian footbridge injuring the driver. The incident occurred after the driver triggered the truck’s hydraulic switch that raises the back of the truck. The bridge, which is maintained by state authorities, collapsed after the NY Dump Truck Accident. Hopefully the driver is able to recover from his injuries quickly. At a first glance, it appears that the [...]

Thousands of innocent car accident victims lose their lives or are severely injured each year as a result of drunk drivers. Driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is illegal in every state. Now, according to an Associated Press news report, New York City officials are reassessing the legal process that determines whether someone was drinking and driving in a serious car accident. This process began a [...]

Honda Motor Company has expanded its vehicle defect recall to include an additional 438,000 vehicles worldwide, including 379,000 in the United States. According to a news report, Honda officials said the driver's airbag inflators in these vehicles may expand with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to break. This could result in injury or death. The expanded airbag defect recall in New York and [...]

Phoenix, Arizona has been tagged one of the most dangerous cities, especially for pedestrians. People of all ages prefer to move around the city on foot to appreciate the beauty of the area and to get a healthy dose of exercise. Unfortunately, pedestrian accidents are rising at an alarming rate. State-wide, more than 1,500 pedestrians are involved in accidents annually. 1,300 of the [...]

Environmental Restoration Services Corporation (ERSC) has been cited by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office due to the company’s careless and hazardous removal of debris that contained asbestos at a construction site in Gardner.   Based in Lawrence, ERSC is led by disbarred attorney Jorge Elias, 64 of Salem.  According to The Eagle Tribune, the Attorney General has filed a suit against the [...]

pIt seems that more and more drivers in the City of Philadelphia as well as surrounding counties are morally bankrupt when they drive off from accidents where children and others are catastrophically injured or suffer a wrongful death. For over three and a half decades, I have been representing car accident victims, and unfortunately more and more of these cases that I investigate involves a href="http://www.reiffa [...]

We all pay a lot of taxes and when we drive down the roads and streets in our cars with precious cargo onboard, we expect that city, state, and federal governments who we pay taxes to will keep the streets safe and free from roadway defects. Many times unfortunately this is not the case and roadway hazards and defect designs puts the safety of drivers and passengers at risk and unfortunately result in catastrophi [...]

On July 9, an elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck in western Pennsylvania. According to this article on Philly.com, a 79-year-old man was struck as he was crossing a city street. He died of blunt force trauma. The man lived at an assisted living center in Altoona, PA. The article did not report if the 28-year-old man driving the pickup was injured. Pedestrian accidents account for 9.7% o [...]

On July 16, a driver in University City, PA struck three construction workers — including flipping one onto his hood and smashing his windshield — then drove around the block to argue with them. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the man was driving a Chevrolet Malibu east on Chestnut Street approaching 30th Street in Philadelphia when he got stuck in traffic. The traffic was caused by a c [...]

A news story on the latimes.com website reported that the California attorney general’s office has settled a toxic tort lawsuit with Toys R Us, Kmart, and Target. They were found to be guilty of selling toys with high levels of lead, exposure to which can be dangerous especially in young children whose nervous systems are developing. The attorney general’s office and the Los Angeles city attorney filed a laws [...]