Ace Hardware and one of its drivers have escaped a personal injury lawsuit for a second time after a California appeals court upheld a jury’s decision in favor of the trucker. On June 12, the Sixth Appellate District Court in California affirmed
The lawyer for the truck driver charged with homicide in a New Hampshire crash that killed seven motorcyclists claims one of the bikers was drunk and was the one who hit a pickup and caused the accident, according to a document made public
Nissan has recently increased the number of vehicles recalled in the United States for passenger airbags manufactured by the Japanese-based Takata. The massive airbag recall has affected over two dozen brands of vehicles in the United States. Defective Takata airbags have been the subject
A visiting scientist from Japan has been killed while riding her bicycle in Boston. Police say that the rider, who has been working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was struck at the intersection of Beacon Street and Charlesgate West at about 3:30 pm
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall for about 73 thousand baby cribs made by PT Domusindo Perdana of Indonesia and sold at J.C. Penney.com and the JCPenney catalog between January 1998 and December 2008. The cribs' drop sides can malfunction,
In Massachusetts, Wellesley police are searching for the driver who fled the scene after his car or truck struck and killed a cyclist in his 40s. Police say the vehicle was traveling north on Weston Road when it hit the cyclist riding in the
According to police, a motor vehicle crash on Elm Street in Kingston, Massachusetts Monday night left one teenager dead and three others hospitalized. Reportedly, the 1998 Ford Explorer was traveling east on Elm Street when the driver lost control, striking a pole and then a
On September 19, 2011, a man died after his car was struck by a tire that came loose from a flatbed tractor-trailer just north of Boston. The truck was leased by Sullivan Tire. Police stated that the truck, with four tires strapped on its
On Monday, August 9, 2010, a man was struck and killed by an MBTA van in Norwood, Massachusetts. The 51-year-old man was crossing the street when he was hit by “the RIDE” MBTA van, which takes people to different MBTA stops. The man was
One person was killed when a tow truck rear-ended a vehicle in Lynn, MA. The two other passengers in the car were rushed to Salem Hospital for treatment of their injuries. A flat-bed tow truck driver rear-ended a Honda Civic while it was stopped