A Mississippi man died in a recent ATV wreck. The single-vehicle crash happened near Bruton Branch when an ATV went off the side of the road as the driver attempted to navigate a curve, and hit a tree. The front seat passenger in the side-by-side style ATV sustained fatal injuries. The driver and another passenger […]
Litigation in large-scale litigation like that which followed the BP oil spill takes a lot of time and effort. Cases that big require the work of many attorneys, support staff, paralegals, and other professionals. The BP Oil Spill case is one of the largest, if not the largest, multi-district litigation (MDL) cases in history. When […]
A young man died while he was working to remove trees near power lines in the state of Washington. The accident occurred when a tree that he was removing snapped suddenly. Another tree worker also died recently. Both employees were engaged in special projects aimed at emergency tree removal near power lines, such as dead […]
Sometimes, tractor trailer accidents can make a big mess on the road. In some cases, when cargo spills out of a trailer, there is no real danger to the public or to the environment besides the potential for accidents to occur as people get curious and look at the mess instead of paying attention to […]
A man was extricated from his vehicle and airlifted from the scene of a two-vehicle rear-end wreck. The mid-afternoon accident happened as a pickup truck was waiting to make a turn. A pickup truck rear-ended the first pickup truck. The man who got trapped inside of his truck was the driver of the truck that […]
A recent accident at BGF Industries, Inc., a technical fiber manufacturing facility, left an employee with a serious injury. The accident happened when the worker fell off of a short ladder onto the roof of the building. The accident is now under investigation. The company is hoping to learn how the accident happened so that […]
When something is wrong, it’s wrong, right? Unfortunately, some people would argue that in whistleblower protection cases, the motives of employees who expose wrongdoing should be considered when deciding whether to cover them with the protections of the 2012 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. On the other hand, some people believe that wrongdoing is wrongdoing and […]
An enormous Louisiana black bear was the lone fatality in a recent automobile accident. The bear is the largest that ever got recorded in Mississippi, and it tipped the scales at just under four hundred and seventy pounds. A woman was driving an SUV when she hit the bear. Her Chevrolet Suburban was severely damaged, […]
The Office of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) is becoming synonymous with whistleblower retaliation cases. The cases are not all coming from the same VA hospital, but from all over the country, indicating that the problems that are coming to light as the result of the whistleblowers’ efforts are present throughout the VA health care system. In […]
When you hear people talk about inhumane working conditions in factories, you might think that they are speaking about a historical event, like the deplorable conditions and child labor that were common in factories during the Industrial Revolution. Alternatively, you might think that they are talking about foreign manufacturing plants, where workers are paid little […]
