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Regarding deaths that were linked to fraternity hazing or to fraternity sponsored “social events,” 2019 was the deadliest year in the past decade. In today’s post, our fraternity hazing lawyer gives a year-end recap of fraternity hazing practices that led to the needless deaths of 8 young men.

At least five people were killed and about 60 people were rushed to area hospitals with serious injuries following a catastrophic tour bus accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike before dawn on Sunday. 100 miles of the heavily traveled Pennsylvania Turnpike was shut down in both directions for an extended period of time as a result of the fatal roadway calamity. The chain-reaction accident happened at about 3:30 Sunday morning when a tour bus traveling from New York City to Cincinnati…

While green certainly is a primary celebratory color during the wintertime holiday season, the hue took on a completely new meaning on weekend following Christmas. Beginning on Saturday, December 21, 2019, a highly toxic bright green liquid gushed onto Interstate 696 in Michigan. The highly hazardous gusher of green goop contained extremely dangerous hexavalent chromium or chromium-6. The public at large became familiar with this carcinogenic chemical in 2000 when iconic actress Julia Roberts won the Academy Award for her…

A grim pall hangs over the community of Pasadena, Texas, and the employees of Quala, a tanker washing facility (also known as a bulk container cleaning company) in that community. In the middle of the night on December 28, 2019, a worker at the facility entered an 18-wheeler tanker with the intent of cleaning the container. The employee evidently did not return from the cleaning task as anticipated. As a result, a second worker entered into the tanker, who also…

Cancer Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Firefighters In the aftermath of the 911 terrorist attacks there has been an increase in the degree of attention devoted to the long-term health of first-responder personnel such as firefighters. Although most firefighter deaths that come to the attention of the general public are due to “newsworthy” events such as structural collapse or accidents while responding to fire and fire-related emergencies, heart disease has been the leading cause of “line of duty” firefighter…