Due to problems with drunken pedestrians crossing the roadway and being struck by cars, one Romanian town has installed signs warning drivers to look out for drunken pedestrians. The mayor of the Romanian town of Pecica started the initiative. The signs show the image of a drunken person kneeling next to bottle of alcohol and [...]

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Statistics show that 1 out of every 4 motor vehicle accidents involve a driver who was speaking on a cell phone, texting, or otherwise distracted by a cell phone. This includes those who use the hands free ear pieces. Many states including New York have banned the use of cell phones while driving and are [...]

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A New Yorker from Queens was involved in a car crash with a tractor trailer or 18 wheeler on Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 on I-95 near Stamford, Connecticut. The 29 year old individual, Xiao Yuan Huang, was killed when his car was rear ended by the tractor trailer. The force of the impact sent the [...]

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Often times the plaintiff and his or her attorney will make an agreement with the defendants and their attorneys called a high low agreement. The purpose of such an agreement is to set a high or ceiling value as well as a low or floor value for which the case will be resolved. This guarantees [...]

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Two women were riding in a motor vehicle in Brooklyn when a New York City Transit Authority bus disregarded a red light and collided into their car. At trial, a jury found the NYCTA liable and awarded one woman $7.25 million and the other $250,000. NYC Transit plans to appeal the verdict.

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Toyota Motor Corp. officials are under fire with questions from Congress during Senate hearings on the company’s worldwide recall of 8,500,000 vehicles. The hearings are underway on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Toyota has attributed the problems to gas pedals that can get covered by floor mats. The gas pedals also stick due to design flaws. [...]

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A 17 yr old employee at Dunkin Donuts in Smithtown, Long Island took out the garbage this past Sunday night and was caused to fall into an uncovered sewage pit. He died as a result. Amiri Zeqiri, 17, slipped into an open cesspool behind the Long Island store, about 40 miles from NYC.  It was [...]

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An elderly woman was walking home along a pedestrian sidewalk when she was caused to slip and fall due to an icy condition in front of a red brick building owned by an absentee landlord and rented by tenants.  She sustained a trimalleolar fracture of her ankle which required surgery in the form of open [...]

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