A 69-year old tourist from Arkansas nearly hanged himself by accident while posing for a picture at the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City, Kansas. The man got more than he bargained for while trying to experience a “hanging tree” on the block-long replica of a Wild West street. The man lost consciousness while standing…
An eleven-year-old Orange County boy was riding his bike to school when he was hit by a van and hospitalized with head injuries. The 1970 Volkswagen van struck him around 8:30 a.m. near Brookdale Lane and Sunridge Drive in Huntington Beach, California. The accident occurred just blocks from Isaac Sowers Middle School in a residential…
A judge in Morris County, New Jersey recently increased a $100,000 pain and suffering award to $1 million in a product liability lawsuit against Yamaha Motors Company, the manufacturer of the snowmobile involved in the plaintiff’s accident. The case is unusual because judges are far more likely to reduce an award (called remittitur) than adjust…
Forty-two migrant workers have filed a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart claiming that Wal-Mart knowingly hired them as undocumented workers through outside contractors and then proceeded to exploit them for the profit of the company. The complaint says Wal-Mart attempted to cut costs, duck federal taxes, and avoid paying health insurance and other benefits required…
A worker whose job it was to clean the It’s a Small World ride at Euro Disney died in a tragic accident at work while cleaning one of the ride’s boats. The ride was inadvertently turned on while he was cleaning, and the worker became trapped under one of the boats. The fifty-three year old…
A 64-year-old man in a wheelchair fell onto the BART tracks and was hit by a train at the Hayward BART station in the California Bay Area. The victim, Curtis Fuller, survived, but was treated at the trauma center at Eden Medical Center and admitted to the critical care unit. Witnesses say Fuller appeared to…
Three teenage boys in a black BMW ran a red light in Los Angeles, California, causing total mayhem. The car, driven by a juvenile, hit and killed a pedestrian and then crashed into a school bus, injuring at least 20 people when the bus overturned at the intersection of East 1st Street and Soto Avenue.…
Forty-four-year-old Hong Meng, former senior research scientist at DuPont, was recently sentenced to 14 months in prison for stealing trade secrets from his employer. Meng is a Chinese nationalist who had obtained permanent residency in the United States. Authorities say he was attempting to set up a rival business in China using the information stolen…
A recent study released by the University of California, Davis Olive Center revealed that 69% of imported olive oils and 10% of California olive oils tested were erroneously labeled as “extra virgin olive oil.” The oils that were mislabeled did not meet the International Olive Council (IOC) and US Department of Agriculture’s standards for extra…
A 29-year old Canadian woman visiting California was killed in a head on collision on Highway 1 near Santa Cruz. Her infant son, Kyler, sustained two skull fractures and is in intensive care, but stable and expected to survive. Jaye Wass was driving northbound up the coast for some sightseeing after spending the afternoon in…
