A New Jersey construction worker has been hospitalized after being pinned against a wall in a ditch at a Delaware work site. Reports mention that the worker ended up in critical condition after being trapped against the wall for two hours by construction equipment which fell into the ditch. A co-worker was attempting to connect
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School Bus Accident Injures Children
The driver of a school bus in Hartford, involved in a rear-end collision with an SUV, has been cited for tailgating. The Hartford Courant reports that nine children have sustained minor and moderate injuries after the school bus accident. In a rear-end collision, the following vehicle is often found liable for the collision. In this case, the
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Three-Car Crash in Vineland Proves Fatal
Two people were killed and four others injured in a New Jersey auto accident involving three vehicles. According to a news report from www.nj.com, a 32-year-old Cape May County woman drove through a stop sign and caused the three-car collision. Sadly, the two passengers in that driver’s car, her 71 year old father and 73
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Airbag Defect Leads to Massive Chrysler Recall
In June, Chrysler will start fixing more than 355,000 minivans with flawed airbag sensors. Chrysler maintains that this is a “safety improvement campaign” and not a full-scale auto defect recall. The Associated Press reports however, that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is closely monitoring the repairs and that they consider this to be a vehicle
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Drug Company Found Liable in Breast Cancer Trial
An Alabama woman was awarded $9.45 million in damages after a jury decided that Wyeth’s (now Pfizer’s) hormone replacement drug, Prempro, caused her breast cancer. The Philadelphia Inquirerreports that the woman was awarded $6 million in punitive damages and $3.25 million in compensatory damages. The plaintiff was taking Prempro when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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