The federal government’s 2009 bailout of Chrysler has had an unintended consequence: It makes the auto maker immune from liability for punitive damages from any defects in cars made before the financial restructuring. Or so said The Wall Street Journal…
A Navy fighter jet crashed into a Virginia Beach, Va., apartment complex Friday, injuring at least seven people and leaving three others still unaccounted for, according to Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/07/us-usa-crash-navy-idUSBRE8350EX20120407 The F/A-18D jet “suffered a catastrophic mechanical malfunction” while conducting a…
Wall Street Journal writer Jeffrey Zaslow, who recently collaborated on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ memoir, was killed Friday when he crashed into a truck in northern Michigan. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203646004577215574045345682.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read Zaslow, an award-winning writer, was 53, according to The Journal. He was traveling…
Here’s a reminder: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s ban on interstate truck drivers using hand-held cellphones while behind the wheel became effective Jan. 1. The rule is the federal government’s latest volley in the battle against distracted driving, a huge…
Some people can’t resist tempting fate. And Steve Appleton, CEO of memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc., was one of them. Appleton, a trained stunt pilot who loved aviation, in July 2004 survived the crash of a stunt plane he was…
At least 10 people were killed Sunday when a half dozen tractor-trailers and five cars created a pileup in Florida after smoke and fog put highway visibility at zero, according to the Associated Press. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-29/deadly-crashes-florida/52869582/1?csp=34news The collisions took place on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville,…
The facts surrounding the horrific crash of an Italian cruise ship, which has left 11 known dead and another 21 missing, become more and more bizarre by the day. I’m sure that’s a source of anger, not solace, for the families…
The captain of a luxury Italian cruise ship is being blamed for the accident that capsized the boat, killing at least five passengers, hurting more than 60 others, and leaving more than a dozen still missing. Francesco Schettino has been arrested on…
After snow showers fell in northern Kentucky Monday, there was a 41-vehicle pileup on Interstate 75 that left eight people hurt, according to the Associated Press. http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120103/wire/120109960 The accident in Dry Ridge, Ky., closed down the southbound lane of the Interstate for several…
Two men in separate pickup trucks were killed and 61 others were hurt Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup, involving 40 vehicles, in New Orleans, according to the Associated Press. http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=15254790&sid=81 The multi-vehicle accident took place on busy Interstate 10 at…