It’s Time to Act on Trucking Safety Ideas, Says NTSB January 14, 2015 By Alan Levin Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities...
Acadia Insurance Sues Owner of HMS Bounty That Sank During Sandy November 17, 2014 An insurance company is suing the owner of an 18th-century replica sailing ship that sank during Superstorm Sandy. Newsday reported...
NTSB Estimates Arkansas Train Collision Damage at $178.5K November 7, 2014 The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on a train collision in northwest Arkansas that left dozens...
Houston Bus Company Owner Gets Probation for Fatal Crash in 2008 October 30, 2014 By Juan A. Lozano The owner of a Houston bus company who was charged after a 2008 crash that killed 17 passengers on their...
NTSB: Southwest Pilot Took Controls From Co-Pilot Before NYC Crash October 30, 2014 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein The co-pilot of a Southwest Airlines Co. plane that crash landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in July 2013 said...
NTSB: Pilot Error in Fatal Plane Crash in Louisiana October 13, 2014 A National Transportation Safety Board report cites pilot inexperience with the aircraft as the likely cause of a fatal crash...
Wal-Mart Seeks to Settle Negligence Lawsuit by Tracy Morgan October 1, 2014 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it wants to settle a negligence lawsuit by actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, a day after blaming the...
Truck Driver: Distraction a Factor in Fatal Oklahoma Crash September 30, 2014 By Darrell Preston The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed into a bus and killed four college students on Interstate 35 in southern...
Wal-Mart Says Tracy Morgan Is to Blame for Injuries in Highway Crash September 29, 2014 By Erik Larson Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is to blame for injuries he sustained in June highway crash because he...
California Judges Recommend $1.4B Safety-related Penalty Against PG&E September 4, 2014 By Ellen Knickmeyer California regulatory judges recommended a $1.4 billion penalty on Tuesday _ the largest safety-related levy ever against a public utility...