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Last Thursday was a momentous day for survivors of sexual abuse in NY state. Finally, after years of languishing in a Catholic friendly legislature, a bill that would protect children passed and was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. In signing the bill at…
Drug-testing regulation for trucking applicants has been a hotly debated issue for some time, making updates in legislation slow-moving as a result. Moving forward, however, two pending regulations aim to make strides in addressing the matter: Employers regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Under North Dakota law, courts have authority to award restitution to the victim of a crime after holding a hearing on the matter and considering the statutory factors provided in N.D.C.C. § 12.1-32-08. In 2016, North Dakota voters adopted Marsy’s Law, or North Dakota Constitution…
The Vatican has announced that it has begun a long-promised investigation into crimes allegedly committed by disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Over the past summer McCarrick had been removed from church ministry after it was determined that he had groped a teenager at a New…
Regardless of whether an “accident” is a slip & fall, an auto accident, medical malpractice, negligent security or some other form of negligence, the harms and losses suffered by an injured person, or the survivors of a deceased victim of negligence, can be many. The…
According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the turnover rate for large trucking fleets decreased by 11 percentage points between the second and third quarter of 2018, dropping from 98 to 87 percent. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello partially attributes this decrease in turnover rate…
On Jan. 23, a Tennessee crash injured one student and a bus driver after a school bus collided with an SUV at an intersection. While there were no fatalities, this is not always the case, with one example being the heartbreaking November 2016 school bus…
After 13 long years of being stymied by legislators with ties to the NY State Catholic Conference, sexual abuse survivors and their advocates are praising the passage of the 2019 Child Victims Act which gives survivors a one-year window to file a lawsuit against the…
You are injured on the job. Your employer files a workers’ compensation claim. The workers’ compensation insurance carrier sends you to an Urgent Care. The doctor at the Urgent Care refers you to an orthopedic surgeon. The orthopedic surgeon says you are fine, but sends…
Statistics released by the Office of Traffic Safety confirmed a grim reality for Nevadans: 2018 had the highest number of fatal traffic accidents in the past decade. 2018’s 331 fatalities marked an over six percent increase from 2017’s 311 fatalities. Here are some of the…
While most drivers make occasional mistakes on the road, it goes without saying that roads should be designed and maintained in a way that minimizes car crash potential. Unfortunately, this may not be the case for many intersections. On the morning of Christmas…
After the United States Supreme Court decided Birchfield, which concluded States could not punish the refusal to comply with a request for a warrantless blood test, the landscape of laws relating to driving under the influence in North Dakota and Minnesota have changed significantly. First,…
