Category: Personal Injury Articles
Over 150 NC State Students Report Cancer Diagnosis with Possible Link to Poe Hall PCBs
But Poe Hall isn’t the only NC State building with reported high levels of PCBs In early 2024, approximately 150 North Carolina State University alumni reported concerns over their cancers due to potential exposure to a carcinogen while studying in the university’s Poe Hall. Of the former NC State students…
Woman Dies at O’Hare Airport After Getting Trapped in Machinery
CHICAGO (August 9, 2024) – A 57-year-old woman was found dead entangled in a baggage conveyor belt system at Terminal 5 of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Thursday morning. Terminal 5 serves Delta Airlines as well as a number of international carriers, NBC reports. A spokesperson for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office…
Two men injured in boat explosion on Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (July 24, 2024) – Two people were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a boat on Lake Michigan exploded near Waukegan. Nearby boaters rushed in to rescue the two men on the boat until the Lake County Sheriff’s Marine Unit, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources…
Jet Ski and Boat Crash Kills Two Teen Girls on Lake Marie
ANTIOCH (June 24, 2024) – Two teenage girls ages 13 and 16 were killed while riding a Yamaha WaveRunner jet ski after crashing into a boat on Lake Marie. Fox News reports that the older of the two was operating the vehicle while the 13-year-old sat as the passenger. The…
One Killed and One Injured at University of Chicago Construction Site
CHICAGO (June 12, 2024) – After falling from a scaffold located on the University of Chicago Medical Center campus, one construction worker was killed and one was critically injured. The two steel workers were structuring the iron interior of a new cancer research center in Hyde Park on Thursday morning…
One Dead After Bus Hits Hawaii Cruise Ship Terminal
HONOLULU (April 16, 2024) – One person was killed and many others were injured when a bus crashed into two concrete barriers and pinned pedestrians against a wall at a cruise ship terminal in Honolulu. The 57-year-old bus driver was dropping off customers off at the cruise terminal in Honolulu…
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Cargo Ship Collision
BALTIMORE (March 26, 2024) – A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning, causing it to fall into the Patapsco River below. Search and rescue teams immediately launched efforts to locate survivors who may have plunged into the water during the collapse, with several…
Alaska Airlines Door ‘plug’ Flew Off Minutes After Takeoff
CHICAGO (January 9) – An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Ore. to Ontario, Calif. was only minutes into its journey when a door plug unexpectedly blew off leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. The door plug malfunctioned when the aircraft reached approximately 16,000 feet, an NTSB…
38 Injured in Largest CTA Train Crash in Decades
Updated on Friday, November 17 CHICAGO (November 17, 2023) – After a CTA Yellow Line train collided with a train snowplow on the tracks Thursday morning, 38 people were left injured at the Howard Street Switching Station NBC reported. This is the largest CTA train crash in decades. The fire…
Law Definitions
Affidavit – A written statement made under oath, punishable by penalty of perjury. To be valid in court, it must be signed in the presence of a notary public or another official taker of an oath. If anything in it is found to be untrue, the witness can be charged…