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Labor Day Marks the Traditional End of Summer and the Third Deadliest Travel Holiday in the U.S.A. Americans have just finished celebrating the Labor Day weekend. Typically, the Labor Day weekend is the third deadliest holiday for deadly automobile accidents on U.S. roadways. While the full set of statistics haven’t been tabulated, and the COVID-19 pandemic has generally lowered the fatal car accident rate in the United States at least to some degree this year. On average, about 445 people…

Gender Reveal Fireworks Ignite Massive California Wildfire As if 2020 hasn’t been challenging enough with the pandemic, economic challenges, and riots, states like California and Colorado have been plagued by massive, devastating wildfires. In California, the Cal-Fire San Bernardino Public Information Office announced over the Labor Day Weekend the underlying cause of one of the wildfires sweeping across the Golden State: a pyrotechnic device (of large firework) ignited at a gender reveal party in San Bernardino County. Firefighting and fire…

Refinery and Chemical Plant Explosions Update Although the economic recession brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic has led to nationwide cutbacks at oil refineries and chemical plants, we had previously blogged about several such accidents in recent years. In today’s post the refinery and chemical plant explosion injury lawyer at The Doan Law Firm gives an update on some of the refinery and chemical plant explosions and fires that we commented on in previous posts. Watson Grinding and Manufacturing /…

Owner of NFL Team Formerly Known as the Redskins Faces Multiple Accusations of Sexual Harassment The Washington Football Team, the NFL franchise in the nation’s capital, only recently went through media and public scrutiny about the team’s name. A new pot of scandal boiled over in recent days regarding persistent and pervasive sexual harassment orchestrated by the team’s owner, Dan Snyder. The Washington Post broke news of the apparent widespread sexual harassment at the franchise. 25 women reported that they…

Hurricane Laura Rips Through Heart of Louisiana Chemical Plant Country, Triggers Catastrophic Chlorine Gas Fire Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in the middle of the night on August 27, 2020. A Category 4 hurricane, Laura stormed onto the coast of Louisiana with sustained winds at 75 miles per hour and gusts over 100 miles per hour, ripping through the very heart of the Gulf chemical plant country. Dramatic storm surges, heavy rain, and flooding dominated the…