9-Year-Old Girl Killed in ATV Crash
A young girl’s life ended much too soon when she died after an ATV accident in McDavid, Florida in October 2011. According to fox10tv.com, the 9-year-old was riding on an ATV with two others when it struck an embankment and flipped. Her family put her in their car and drove several miles to a fire […]
Nokia Faced with Lawsuit from Angry Shareholders
On May 3, 2012 disgruntled Nokia shareholders filed a class action lawsuit against the communication giant in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit stems from Nokia’s failed attempt at rivaling the iPhone with its Lumia 900 Windows-based smartphone. The lawsuit alleges that Nokia assured shareholders that the Lumia would […]
The Mini Cooper Can Spontaneously Combust
In January 2012 CNN reported that BMW is recalling 89,000 Mini Coopers in the United States for the same sort of problem that led to earlier recalls of BMW and Rolls-Royce luxury cars. Comparatively worldwide, the Mini recall covers a total of 235, 535 cars. The problem addressed in all of the recalls is that a […]
Yamaha Appeals Jury’s Finding on Defective WaveRunner
Last June 2011, a Palm Beach County Florida jury found the Yamaha Motor Corporation, the USA mostly responsible for a 2005 personal watercraft accident that killed a 14-year-old girl, Jaysell Perez and left her friend, Samantha Archer with permanent injuries. Within five months, Yamaha filed an anticipated request for a new trial which was denied […]
Intoxicated 19-Year-Old Kills Woman Stopped at Intersection
On October 2, 2011 a 19-year-old speeding back from partying in South Beach rear-ended a vehicle driven by a 68-year-old woman heading home from working the late shift as Assistant Manager at McDonald’s. The 4:30 am car crash, which occured on LeJeune Road in Coral Gables, killed the 68-year-old grandmother instantly, with an impact so severe it pushed her trunk into her front seat. […]
Motorcyclists 32 Times More Likely to Die in an Accident
According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Association (NHTSA), motorcycle riders are 32 times more likely to die in an accident than motor vehicle passengers are. Motorcycle riders do not have the benefit of safety restraints, and they are often at the mercy of distracted car drivers and speeding 18-wheelers. It becomes even riskier when […]
Facebook Might Be Tracking You After You Log-Out
Like most people, you probably have a Facebook account. In a report at thomsonreuters.com, a class action lawsuit filed in California federal court in late 2011 states that Facebook admitted to tracking user’s online activity after the user logs off the site. As of February 2012, the U.S. Judicial panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) have […]
