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A week after the catastrophic New Mexico bus crash, a bit of good news is reported. One of the harrowing aspects of the semi-truck and passenger bus crash surrounded the injuries sustained by a woman on the bus who was pregnant with twins. The mother-to-be sustained serious injuries which necessitated the delivery of the babies in their seventh month. Although in the neo-natal ICU, the twins appear to be on course to release from the intensive care unit in the…

About 50 passengers on a Greyhound bus heading across the state of New Mexico were involved in a catastrophic head-on collision with a semi-truck. Eight people, including seven passengers and the driver of the Greyhound bus, were killed in the New Mexico bush crash. Nearly all other passengers were injured and taken to area hospitals. The driver of the semi-truck survived. The Greyhound bus began its trip in Albuquerque and was heading towards Phoenix at the time of the New…

Passenger Bus, Out-of-control Semi Collide in New Mexico Early reports say 7 bus passengers dead, dozens injured Seven people are reported dead, and at least a dozen more have been seriously injured, after a refrigerated tractor-trailer rig carrying produce and a passenger bus collided in rural New Mexico. Initial reports state that, in addition to the bus and the semi, a pickup truck and an automobile may have been involved as well but those reports have yet to be confirmed….

Since its opening in 1971, Disney World has been a magical place for incomparable vacations for people from all walks of life, including hundreds of thousands of families through the years. As sometimes happens in life, the idyllic existence of Disney World was upended when a horrific accident occurred at a resort hotel construction site not far from the expansive Disney properties. Three workers were involved with pouring concrete seven stories above the ground just after four in the morning….

At the heart of each state’s Workers’ Compensation statute is the doctrine that an employer cannot be sued by an employee claiming that the employer’s negligence was the cause of a worker’s injury. This allows an injured worker an almost-immediate access to medical and income protection benefits, but also protects the employer against being the target of a liability lawsuit each time a worker is injured. However, there have been occasions in which a state legislature, in its eagerness to…