How liable are rail operators for the life-threatening illnesses their employees develop? This question is always difficult to answer because each case requires individual consideration. In what looks to be the latest opportunity to explore this issue, 25-year Union Pacific brakeman and conductor Brad Thompson has sued his former employer in Illinois (IL), claiming that…
Officials with North Carolina Wildlife released the identities of two people killed in a parasailing accident at Ocean Isle Beach. Officer Long said the women killed in the accident were Cynthia Woodcock, 60, of Kernersville, and Lorrie Shoup, 55, of Granby, Colo. Investigators with the U.S. Coast Guard have initially reported that a rope connecting…
A carrier with the Fayetteville Observer newspaper was impaled on a wrought-iron fence for more than two hours last Monday. According to Fayetteville Police the victim was a man named Kevin Williams, 51. He was treated at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and was released to recover at home. The newspaper carrier mistakenly threw a…
The jobs soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, Coast Guardsmen and National Guardsmen do require them to take great personal risks. These brave men and women too often get injured or killed in the line of duty. None should face risks from their superiors or civilian colleagues, however. Members of the military do not surrender their basic…
Charlotte police had to close one of its busiest roads in the southeastern section of the city due to a fatal hit and run accident scene. Charlotte investigators with the police department reported that Jessie Crouch, the victim, was killed at Monroe Road and McAlpine Station Drive around 10 p.m. Authorities had to section off…