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A Florida woman was convicted in 2016 to serve five years in prison for DUI manslaughter arising from her killing of person while driving drunk in the Sunshine State. As unbelievable as it might seem, this same person killed yet another person while driving drunk this past week. In the most recent incident, the driver (identified as Jennifer Carvajal, age 24) also seriously injured two other people. Carvajal was bulleting down Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County at around 1:30 a.m….

A considerably amount of media attention has been paid to hotel and resort guests that are injured at a property. Little focus has been directed to hotel employees who are injured as the result of assaults perpetrated by guests at a particular property. Every year, hotel staffers are injured as the result of assaults and other acts perpetrated by guests. A shocking example of this type of assault on a hotel worker took place at the Quality Inn located in…

Bowling Green State University freshman Stone Foltz died in a fraternity hazing drinking ritual in which he was forced to participate. The fraternity pledge exchanged texts with his mother directly before leaving for an off-campus Pi Kappa Alpha pledge party, an event that would result in the tragic death of the 20-year-old. He told his mother that he didn’t want to participate in the event because he knew it revolved around a drinking ritual. With that said, he added that…

A considerable percentage of the U.S. population enjoys traveling. Additionally, historically there has been a significant segment of the working world that traveled for business. There was a significant pause and reduction in pleasure and business travel over the course of the past year. With the spring of 2021, an increase in travel is being seen. This trend is expected to continue as more people become vaccinated against COVID-19. With increased travel comes more and more people spending time in…

As warner months become a reality across the United States, and as more Americans become vaccinated against COVID-19, construction projects of all types are expected to accelerate. As a consequence, a companion increase in the construction accident rate will occur as well. With that in mind, there is no better time than the present to consider some important construction accident statistics. Fatal Construction Accident Facts Statistics associated with fatal construction accidents in the United States are grim. 20 percent of…