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Hidden dangers ahead: How states keep accident-prone roads secret Known as Section 409, a term well understood by state transportation officials across the country – but by few others – federal law 23 U.S. 409 has been interpreted by many state governments and state courts to allow th
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/science/its-no-accident-advocates-want-to-speak-of-car-crashes-instead.html?_r=0 Roadway fatalities are soaring at a rate not seen in 50 years, resulting from crashes, collisions and other incidents caused by drivers. Just don’t call them accidents an
The inside story of how the trucking industry and politicians have conspired to make our highways less safe. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-made-trucking-deadlier_us_56fd6f92e4b0a06d58052ee8?gka3m4mxrm8wipb9
Read their stories: How job-related illnesses upended these families’ lives http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/29/17573/read-their-stories-how-job-related-illnesses-upended-these-families-lives
Medical “frivolous lawsuit crisis” was fantasy, but cutting victims’ rights still stands: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecohen/2015/03/02/on-tort-reform-its-time-to-declare-victory-and-withdraw/
Read the great stories of the five finalists for Public Justice’s 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award: Five finalists for Public Justice’s 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
First he was viciously assaulted for rooting for the visiting team. After he was put in a wheelchair for life, he was sucker-punched by the insurance companies. How an insurer is taking money from the fan beaten at Dodger Stadium