OSHA Warns Hurricane Sandy Workers to Use Caution

A chartered bus overturned and slid down an embankment on a Route 80 exit ramp in northern New Jersey earlier this month, injuring 23 of its 57 passengers. The bus was on its way from Toronto to New York City; many on board were heading for a Seventh Day Adventists church event. Some of the windows in the bus burst during the crash, and some passengers were pinned in the frames before they were freed by rescue workers. [Read more…]

Americans love cars and the freedom that owning a car brings. Not surprisingly, many of us equate losing the ability to drive with losing our independence. But problems associated with older drivers have caused lawmakers to study and debate the question, “When is it time to take away the car keys?” [Read more…]

It seems sometimes as though the news is full of stories about tragedy and crime; however, every once in a while a story reminds us that people can truly do courageous, unselfish deeds. Such was the case recently on the New Jersey turnpike when several good Samaritans risked their own lives to rescue a man from a burning vehicle. [Read more…]

The trial got under way recently for the driver of a mail truck that fatally injured Marilyn Dershowitz last year in Manhattan. If convicted of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, he could face up to seven years in prison under New York law. The charge stems from an accident on July 2, 2011, when Mrs. Dershowitz, who was the sister-in-law of well-known Harvard law professor and defense attorney Alan Dershowitz, and her husband made the fateful decision to stay home and be “tourists” in their own home city. [Read more…]