Commercial truck drivers are charged with operating extraordinarily large tractor-trailers, flatbed trucks, tankers, and other commercial vehicles at high speeds alongside small cars and other passenger vehicles on a regular basis. When a collision occurs, commercial trucks can cause catastrophic and often fatal injuries to motorists in smaller vehicles. Because of the significant risks of these collisions,…
The Insurance Information Institute (III) reports [1] that pets are present in more than 83 million homes in the United States and that an estimated 4.5 million people sustain a dog bite on an annual basis. Dog attacks can be sudden, unexpected, and terrifying. Victims are often left shaken or even traumatized by the sudden…
Recent events around the country have drawn significant and much-needed attention to the way that police officers interact with the communities which they serve. The fatal fall 2014 shooting of unarmed teenager Mike Brown[1] in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri sparked riots and protests around the country. Officer Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer…
Semi-trucks are an integral part of the American economy, hauling everything from lumber to gasoline from place to place every day. While large trucks are involved in a lower rate of crashes[1] resulting in nonfatal injuries or property damage only per mile traveled than passenger vehicles, they nevertheless are involved in a significant number of accidents…
