Truck driver in deadly train-truck crash was using a cell phone just before impact

Such incidents are behind a federal effort that's underway to ban truckers, bus drivers from using cell phones while driving It's dangerous enough when drivers of automobiles and SUVs operate their vehicles on our roadways while using hand-held cell phones to talk or text. It's even worse when the driver using the cell phone is operating a huge, 80,000-pound tractor-trailer, which takes longer to stop and is much less nimble or controllable than a much...

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Reno, Martinsburg Air Show Plane Crash Deaths: What You Need To Know

In the last two weeks, 10 spectators and 2 aircraft pilots have died in crashes at two separate air show events in Reno, Nevada, and Martinsburg, W.V. The deaths have reverberated across the air show community nationwide as people struggle to make sense of the tragedies. In the Reno crash, a 74-year-old pilot – a veteran aviator -- crashed his World War II-era Mustang P51 plane during a national air race, nosediving into a crowd...

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MyPhillyLawyer Court Radio Show Alert: Now Broadcasting on 100.3 FM

Starting this Sunday, Sept. 11, MyPhillyLawyer's popular and engaging Court Radio Show will move to a new station number on your FM dial. This week the show's radio home WRNB FM moved and is now broadcasting on 100.3 FM, which will allow the station to broaden its reach and listening audience compared to its former home at 107.9 FM. [caption id="attachment_1383" align="alignleft" width="287" caption="Dean I. Weitzman, managing partner of MyPhillyLawyer and host of MyPhillyLawyer's Court...

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4 Flash Flood Deaths in Pittsburgh: Why You Should Never Drive Through Standing Water

It might just look like a small amount of water across the road, but standing water over a roadway can kill you. Earlier this month, four people died in Pittsburgh, including a 45-year-old mother and her two young daughters, when rainwater overwhelmed a sewer system and caused flash flooding which overran local roadways, according to a story in The Toledo Blade. The car carrying the woman and her daughters was swept up on a road...

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Tour Bus Safety and You: What Passengers Need to Know to Protect Their Rights

A continuing pattern of serious tour bus accidents across the nation means that you have to watch out for the safety of your loved ones. For the second time this year, a serious tour bus accident on a New Jersey highway has caused a fatality and injured more than a dozen passengers. The crash occurred earlier this week when the bus struck the rear of a tractor-trailer rig that had run into the rear of...

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MyPhillyLawyer negotiates resignation of embattled Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman

Embattled Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman formally resigned her post today in a contract settlement negotiated by the legal team at MyPhillyLawyer. Behind the scenes over the last month, the lawyers of MyPhillyLawyer represented Ackerman throughout the process, ensuring that the terms of her employment contract and compensation were fully met and that the school system would be able to move on with new leadership in an orderly transition. Under the agreement, Ackerman will...

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Prescription drugs: They can hurt you as well as help you

Here are some of the things you need to know to protect your legal rights Prescription drugs can be lifesavers, helping millions of people live with all kinds of medical conditions from high cholesterol to thyroid problems to liver ailments. They're also used in treatment therapies for patients suffering from cancer, high blood pressure and even AIDS. But there are real risks from prescription drugs as well, especially if they are improperly given, if they...

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Celebrate July 4, but be extra careful of the dangers that lurk on this holiday

July 4th is the deadliest date annually on the nation's highways, and accidents and injuries involving fireworks, cookouts and swimming abound – let's be careful out there. On this July 4th holiday weekend we here at MyPhillyLawyer hope that you have a glorious time with family and friends as you remember our nation's history, but we want to remind you to be careful as you travel and enjoy your time off. Did you know that...

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Danger in the trenches: construction workers killed or injured on the job

What you need to know about construction work accidents and liability Just last week, another U.S. construction worker died when he was trapped in a 10-foot-deep trench that collapsed on him as he was helping to lay underground sewer pipes That incident, which occurred in Lancaster County, Pa., left a 27-year-old worker dead, according to a story in The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era newspaper. The man's death is now being investigated by the state Occupational...

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