Bike Helmet Has 360 Degree Video to Record Accidents Cyclist Jason Poindexter was riding his bike through traffic close to work in Austin, Texas when a motorist hit him and kept driving. He was left a bloody mess. While a select few who have been physically harmed take the vigilante approach to justice, in…
Teen Washington and Oregon Drivers Among Safest in the Country Parents in the Northwest, pat yourself on the back. According to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association, teen drivers in Washington and Oregon are among the safest in the country. This is especially poignant, given that teen driver fatalities have suddenly…
Farmers Insurance No Longer Covers Certain Dog Breeds While impassioned dog advocates will often say things like “punish the deed, not the breed” and certain breeds are not inherently dangerous, that isn’t enough to sway Farmers Insurance, who has discontinued coverage for dogs it deems too high a risk. While existing policies will not…
Toyota is still making the kind of news they’d prefer to be done with. The company has agreed to pay $29 million to 29 states and American Samoa to settle allegations by those state’s attorney generals that Toyota did not reveal prior knowledge of safety defects in accelerator pedals in a timely manner. The…
How Medicare Disrupts Personal Injury Payments In the much-talked about subject of Medicare, little is said about how personal injury settlements can get quite messy for beneficiaries, creating long delays in the process. A new law sets out to fix those problems that arise when Medicare steps in between the beneficiary and the party…
It seems like we’ve almost become numb to these stories. We hear about hundreds of children sexually molested by Catholic priests. Yet instead of notifying the police, Church elders cover it up and transfer predators to other parishes where even more kids are raped and molested. And it isn’t just the Catholic Church. The…
5 Distracted Driving Apps Worth Considering With the advent of wireless leaders such as AT&T launching major public awareness campaigns regarding distracted driving, the issue has become much more pervasive in the public consciousness. It’s certainly paved the way for software developers to satisfy both their entrepreneurial and altruistic spirits. Distracted driving apps take…
Court Restores $8.5 Million Cement Truck Verdict Social media brings an entirely new dynamic to the world of litigation. For instance, photos on a Virginia man’s Facebook account were brought up during his wrongful death lawsuit against a cement truck driver and his employer… and it almost became a very costly mistake. On June…
Black Ice: Winter Driving’s Invisible Threat Those of us in the Portland/Vancouver area have experienced a pretty big drop in temperatures of late. With that in mind, Portland’s Bureau of Transportation warned residents to drive cautiously over the New Year’s holiday, due to the risk of black ice and slippery wet roads. It…
Washington voters approved Initiative 502, the landmark, albeit controversial, decision to legalize marijuana in the state. While there are still some logistical hoops to go through, it became official December 6, 2012. Over the course of 2013, Washington will be creating a tightly regulated and taxed market for recreational marijuana sales at state-licensed retail…