A Chicago police officer was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly violating police protocol in arresting a drunken driver in 2005. The charges have resulted in the dismissal of 156 of the officer's previous arrests.
A woman who claims her husband died of an asbestos-related disease has filed a lawsuit against 79 companies blaming them for her husband's passing.
A construction worker was critically injured when he slipped from a front-end loader and fell beneath its wheels, an incident that ironically occurred on the first day of New York’s Construction Safety Week 2008.
The U.S. Senate is slated today to begin considering S.1300, the Aviation Investment and Modernization Act, also known as the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, after an agreement not to impose aviation user fees was reached Friday.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 2830, or the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, last Friday by a bipartisan vote of 395-7, despite a vow by President Bush to veto the bill.
Nakami Chi Group Ministries International co-owner Gregg Wolfe has admitted the business took millions in investment funds from church groups and used new investors’ money to make interest payments and cover their tracks.
The family of an Orange, Texas, man recently filed a lawsuit claiming that a defective Guidant cardiac defibrillator implant led to his death.
A Brooklyn judge is suing the city of New York for $1 million after slipping on a wet floor near his own courtroom.
A Texas man has filed a lawsuit claiming that a doctor in Houston provided unnecessary and un-therapeutic treatments and then billed his insurance company.
Two recent reports published by the Journal of the American Medical Association allege Merck & Co. misrepresented research conducted on its arthritis painkiller Vioxx.
Officials at the Missouri Department of Transportation proposed truck-only lanes for Interstate 70 to help alleviate congestion and improve highway safety at a public hearing Thursday night.
Indiana legislators recently approved a new law that prohibits passengers from walking away from the scene of an accident without helping injured victims or alerting authorities.
Overweight truck drivers may soon have new driving regulations to consider before they hit the road.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers on American Airlines were left scrambling to arrange alternate travel plans this week after the airline cancelled over 3000 flights due to safety concerns.
A cement truck traveling southbound on Highway 183 in Dallas, Texas crashed through a median barrier, crossed to the other side of the road and collided with oncoming traffic, killing one and injuring three.
Enact a city-wide smoking ban, and you are likely to see more drinking and driving, according to a new study.
Missouri's motorcycle fatality rates are among the highest in the nation, according to a new published report.
A recent federal accident report analysis found that motorcycle accident death rates have steadily climbed over the past decade as controversial helmet laws have loosened; however, critics blame the increase on lack of safety training.
In a warning issued Tuesday to GlaxoSmithKline, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration claimed that the British drug maker failed to disclose to U.S. regulators all of the post-approval data on its diabetes drug, Avandia®.
Children under age 16 who want to operate an ATV may need to take a safety training course before the next time they hit the road.
Yamaha began a massive recall Monday on what many have considered one of the most dangerous ATVs on the market after concerns of brake failure surfaced from tests by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the manufacturers of the antidepressants Paxil® and Zoloft® cannot be sued for their failure to warn consumers of the risk of suicide their drugs allegedly posed.
W.R. Grace, a specialty chemical company that operated plants in Massachusetts and Montana, agreed to a settlement yesterday for asbestos claims brought against the company in a class action lawsuit.
A Pinole man filed a lawsuit with the Contra Costa Superior Court last week after the city allegedly failed to remove hazardous materials from a neighbor's property after more than 10 years of complaints.
A personal injury lawsuit was recently filed in New Jersey against Baxter Healthcare Corp. claiming that the plaintiff nearly died after receiving an injection of an allegedly defective batch of the anticoagulant drug heparin.
A Minneapolis woman recently bit a pit bull that was attacking her Labrador retriever.
A Henderson, Texas woman is suing Wal-Mart after she slipped in a puddle of wax on the floor and fell.
At a hearing held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, veteran Federal Aviation Administration inspectors and Southwest Airlines whistleblowers told lawmakers that the airline was allowed by FAA officials to repeatedly violate safety rules.
Two air carriers serving the Hawaiian Islands, Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines, Inc., declared bankruptcy and shuttered their doors suddenly this week, leaving thousands without jobs and many passengers scrambling to arrange alternate travel plans.
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