The Minnesota Court of Appeals held the seller of a home can face trial over his failure to cap a gas line that subsequently led to an explosion injuring the property’s residents. Each year there is an average of 17 reported deaths in the United States due to “incidents involving natural gas pipelines,” according to […]
Even though Wisconsin has a mandatory auto insurance law, about ten percent of drivers in the Badger State are uninsured. Additionally, Wisconsin has one of the lowest insurance minimum requirements in the country. As a result, many other drivers are dangerously uninsured. In a serious injury case, the medical bills, property loss, and other economic […]
Domestic and agricultural work are both tough jobs. These positions also come with low pay, long hours, and are frequently taken on by those with poor English speaking skills, migrant workers, non-citizens, and others that may not feel that they have the right, or ability, to speak up when they are mistreated. As such, female […]
Security guards, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, and bouncers often find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to properly doing their job while maintaining a sense of decency and respect for the people they are marshaling. Sometimes, whether it was their intention or not, TSA agents, security guards, and […]
Overall, American workplaces have become much safer over the past century than they used to be. Even in the last few decades, better safety standards enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and stricter state and federal rules and regulations have all made U.S. labor more safe, healthy, and humane. In fact, before […]
Many disabled people are feeling increasingly under attack by callous companies and various government entities these days. For example, Delta Airlines has reduced its services to disabled people, according to the Philadelphia Tribune; during the recent presidential election, a disabled journalist became a punchline during a rally; and Medicaid, which provides services to the disabled […]
A man was killed snowmobiling in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin earlier this winter, as reported by the Journal Star. While initial reports alleged that the man was in an off-trail area and hit a tree, which would suggest no wrongdoing on any other party’s behalf, not all snowmobile accidents are so innocent. A lot can […]
Not all crashes are caused by strangers. In fact, there is a pretty good chance that you will be involved in a traffic collision, as a passenger, caused by a driver that you know fairly well. But when passengers get injured by the driver of the car they were in, be it a single or […]
In possibly the largest wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit verdict in Minnesota history, jurors awarded $20 million to the family of a mother who died after giving birth to her child. The woman died less than a week after delivering her baby at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, according to the Star Tribune. The lawsuit claims that […]
Wisconsin worker fatalities rose slightly from 2014 to 2015, according to research by The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and reported by Wisconsin Public Radio. To be sure, 99 workers were killed in 2014, while 104 were killed in 2015. The report outlines the importance of abiding the regulations set […]