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With the number of trucking accidents increasing due to truck driver errors, as well as positive testing for drugs and alcohol, one trucking company has decided to screen all new applicants for drugs via hair samples in an attempt to reduce new truck driver accidents within the first crucial months of employment. Many truck drivers are randomly screened with urinalysis and are schooled to understand that there are [...]

According to a story published on July 13, 2011, recent research conducted by an independent company in the United States uncovered a number of car owners who claim that their sports cars were being used for farm use in order to save money for car insurance. Investigators revealed that owners of sports cars such as Ferrari, Porsche, and Audi registered their vehicles as farm vehicles and were benefiting from discou [...]

Recently, a woman died in a car crash in Burrell Township, Indiana County in Pennsylvania, reports The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. According to the article, the woman was a front seat passenger in a minivan that was traveling on Route 22. Around 2 p.m., for unknown reasons, the van crossed the roadway’s median and then went down a steep embankment, rolling until it came to a stop at the bottom of the ravine. The w [...]

The Delaware County Times reports that Senator Andrew E. Dinniman (Chester and Montgomery counties) plans to introduce a bill on March 4 in the Senate to address distracted driving. According to the article, the bill would ban hand-held cell phones and texting while driving, and would only allow hands-free cell phone use only for adult drivers age 18 and older. The U.S. Department of Transportation describes dis [...]

According to Pennsylvania State Police, 10 people were killed and 361 were injured in 712 crashes investigated by troopers across PA over the four-day Fourth of July travel period. The Patriot-News, reported that 72 of the crashes were alcohol-related, including three of the fatal crashes. Over the four days, troopers arrested 339 persons for driving under the influence. In 2009, 9 people died over the three-day F [...]

On September 15, an attorney told a Philadelphia jury that GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. ignored evidence for years that its antidepressant Paxil may have caused birth defects. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, this attorney represents a woman who says that taking the drug during her pregnancy caused her three year-old son’s heart problems. The Bucks County resident, a former cheerleader for the Ph [...]

On September 15, an attorney told a Philadelphia jury that GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. ignored evidence for years that its antidepressant Paxil may have caused birth defects. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, this attorney represents a woman who says that taking the drug during her pregnancy caused her three year-old son’s heart problems. The Bucks County resident, a former cheerleader for the Ph [...]

A 16-year-old pitcher playing for the Marin County Athletic League in California was hit by a line drive and suffered a brain injury. According to this article, the League is now banning the use metal bats at high school games. They will require its 10 teams to use wooden bats. The article reported that advocates of the ban believe that metal bats allow the players to hit the ball harder, reducing a player’s rea [...]

On September 15, an attorney told a Philadelphia jury that GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. ignored evidence for years that its antidepressant Paxil may have caused birth defects. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, this attorney represents a woman who says that taking the drug during her pregnancy caused her three year-old son’s heart problems. The Bucks County resident, a former cheerleader for the Ph [...]