Man with only months to live because of cancer and mesothelioma makes a plea to SC lawmakers for physician-assisted suicide. Bob DeVey was diagnosed with two types of cancer, first mesothelioma and then cancer on his lower spine that after surgery left him with limited mobility and required him to use a walker or a wheelchair. He sought to find a way to die using physician-assisted suicide which…Read More
A federal jury in Miami set a $21.5 million verdict for a Haitian immigrant in a religious accommodation case who lost her job at a Conrad Hotel because she would not work on Sundays because of religious beliefs. The Washington Post reports that Marie Jean Pierre informed the hotel when she was hired about a decade ago that she was a missionary for the Soldiers of Christ Church. Most of the ti…Read More
Workers’ Compensation in Louisiana If you are hurt on the job in Louisiana, unable to work due to the injury, and if your injury is covered by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act, your employer and its workers’ compensation insurer are obligated to pay indemnity benefits, necessary and reasonable related medical bills, travel expenses and vocational rehabilitation benefits. Wor…Read More
Two Dead and Two Injured in Fatal Semi-Truck Accident in Arizona Two are dead and two are injured after a fatal three-vehicle accident Friday around Buckeye Road and 69th Avenue in Phoenix Arizona. A semi-truck that was traveling westbound on Buckeye Road turned left across all lanes of traffic and entered the eastbound lanes of Buckeye Road. The front of the semi collided with a Ford pickup, whil…Read More
As a Corpus Christi law firm providing car accident attorney services, we often work with clients who have been injured in a car accident. Personal injury lawsuits are sometimes short, simple, and easy to prove that a client has been injured due to the negligence of another driver. Other times, a car accident attorney can struggle to win a case for their client due to previous statements that a cl…Read More
San Bernardino County firefighters were responding Wednesday morning to a 19-vehicle crash on the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass that left 35 people injured and prompted the closure of all southbound lanes, authorities said. The chain-reaction pileup occurred about 9:30 a.m. at Oak Hill Road and left most of the victims with moderate to minor injuries, according to the county fire department, which …Read More
Why He Was Driving We Won't Understand Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, was involved on Thursday in a car crash while driving himself on a rural road north of London, injuring two women in another vehicle. The prince was unhurt, as was a 9-month-old boy in the women’s car, a Kia, the Norfolk police said. He was driving a black Land Rover SUV near the royal…Read More
An off-duty NYPD officer was killed in a horrific two-car crash in the Bronx January 16, 2019 The deceased is identified as 28-year-old Brian Kessler. The head-on accident happened on Shore Road in the Pelham Bay section at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday January 16, 2019 Investigators say Kessler was driving to his New Rochelle home after an overnight shift at NYPD Headquarters when he collided with a city …Read More
If you’ve ever experienced the frightening moment of realizing you are too tired to be behind the wheel of a vehicle, we hope that you did the responsible thing of pulling over and getting some rest or letting another driver take the wheel. Unfortunately, many people think they can continue to drive just a little bit further and end up crashing their vehicle as a result of driving while sleep de…Read More
