The summer is a prime time for travel, but it is also a popular time for road construction. With this in mind, if you are headed out on the highways, you are likely to encounter work zones. As inconvenient as the traffic, reduced speed, and detours may be, the presence of highway work zones carries […]
Summer is a popular time for road trips. Road trips can be a lot of fun, as long as you get to where you are going safely and without incident. With this in mind, now is a good time for drivers to remind themselves of things that they can do to ensure that their road […]
Sometimes, a whistleblower lawsuit, or any lawsuit for that matter, does not truly end when the jury issues its verdict. For example, the verdict in a federal whistleblower lawsuit decided by a jury in favor of corporate giant DuPont has been set aside after evidence recently surfaced indicating that the company had committed misconduct by […]
Did you know that rollover crashes have a higher fatality rate than other types of vehicle wrecks? While only a little over two percent of all passenger vehicle crashes are rollovers, rollover wrecks cause over thirty percent of all passenger vehicle fatalities. Because rollover crashes are so deadly, it is important that all drivers understand […]
By now, many people are aware that Google has developed a self-driving car. What people may not yet realize is that self-driving cars have been involved in collisions. The list of crashes involving self-driving cars recently expanded to include a crash that involved some degree of bodily injury. Upon hearing this, people’s initial reactions might […]
Sometimes, a whistleblower case can bring important information to light which can form the basis for other lawsuits. Specifically, a whistleblower lawsuit that was brought against State Farm by two former independent claims adjusters has led to an additional investigation into whether fraud may have occurred in other State Farm cases involving property damage claims […]
Not surprisingly, many BP oil spill claims were filed by gulf area business owners who suffered adverse economic impacts due to widespread environmental damage caused by the spill. In addition to businesses, there were other types of entities that were negatively affected by the BP oil spill, and some of them have recently reached settlements […]
Some whistleblower cases arise from conduct that is witnessed by members of the armed forces. In a recent whistleblower lawsuit, a former deckhand claims that he was terminated after he reported illegal conduct that he alleged he witnessed while working on board the motor vessel “Mississippi.” The whistleblower had not been cited for any previous […]
Sometimes, the organization against which a whistleblower brings a claim is in financial trouble by the time the lawsuit is filed. In some cases, bankruptcy proceedings against the company that has been accused of wrongdoing may have already begun. One whistleblower case that is currently in the works involves Altegrity Inc., a parent company, and […]
Many motorcycle riders are enthusiastic about almost everything about riding motorcycles. However, there is one thing that even the most enthusiastic riders are likely to agree can ruin a good ride, if not end it entirely. That one thing is when the drivers of other vehicles fail to yield. When motorists do not yield to […]
