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2011 brought a record low number of lives lost in highway crashes in both Missouri and neighboring Arkansas, according to a recent news report from KAIT. Missouri auto accident fatality rates have dropped for several years, from a high of 960 de [...]

Tweet Although Rhode Island is geographically the smallest state in the United States, it unfortunately still experiences high levels of vehicle accidents and fatalities, especially when compared with its population size, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In 2009, the state was subject to 83 car accident fatalities. Of these accidents, 77 [...]

A Jackson Heights worker was killed in a New York construction accident after he fell from scaffolding while working on an elevator shaft in a Manhattan building. The New York Post reports that the 51-year-old worker was inside an elevator shaft on the third floor of a construction site at 603 W. 129th St. when he fell from scaffolding to the bottom of the shaft. The man was transported to a local hospital where he [...]

The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission reports that the number of claims filed in 2010 increased by 1.7 percent as compared with the number of claims filed in 2009. In 2009, Maryland workers filed a total of 22,622 claims with the commission. This number increased to 23,003 in 2010. Despite the number of claims filed, the average permanent partial award decreased by 2.3 percent to $18,601. Six major metro [...]

The number of railroad accidents in Maryland that involved a train and a motor vehicle held steady at 13 accidents each year in 2008, 2009, and 2010, after falling from 18 accidents in 2007 and 16 in 2006, according to data collected by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The types of vehicles involved in each accident also stayed basically the same, with passenger cars and pickup trucks being involved in m [...]

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CSPC) and Health Canada have announced today that Fisher-Price of East Aurora, NY has voluntarily recalled a number of its products for serious safety concerns. CPSC has recalled three types of Fisher-Price high chairs due to the pegs on the back legs of the high chairs could pose laceration hazards to children if they were to fall against the pegs. “Healthy Care, [...]

pFor over three decades handling tens of thousands of a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1315525.html"Pennsylvania car accident cases/a, I have shared the loss of a child with all too many families after a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1315525.html"car accidents involving teenage drivers/a. As an experienced Philadelphia and Pennsylvania car accident attorney, I salute the effor [...]

For over three decades handling tens of thousands of Pennsylvania car accident cases, I have shared the loss of a child with all too many families after car accidents involving teenage drivers. As an experienced Philadelphia and Pennsylvania car accident attorney, I salute the efforts of Governor Tom Corbett and the state legislature who today signed House Bill 9, also known as Lacey’s Law, which will enable juni [...]

The intersection of Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard and Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, PA have been listed as two of the top ten most dangerous intersections in the United States according to auto insurance company studies. Just last weekend, another victim was struck on Roosevelt Boulevard which has long been known as Philadelphia’s most dangerous roadway. When I was in high school, [...]

The intersection of Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard and Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, PA have been listed as two of the top ten most dangerous intersections in the United States according to auto insurance company studies. Just last weekend, another victim was struck on Roosevelt Boulevard which has long been known as Philadelphia’s most dangerous roadway. When I was in high school, [...]