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North Carolina Jury Awards Plaintiffs $6M in Fatal Accident

A Mecklenburg, N.C., jury has awarded two families $6 million dollars after ruling against a Charlotte development company which didn’t install a traffic light at an intersection where a fatal accident occurred. The unanimous verdict reached Friday after four days …

Cases in West Virginia Music Festival Death Set for Trial

Three lawsuits stemming from a fatal accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown last summer will be tried together in Clarksburg, W.V. U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley is combining lawsuits by survivors Elizabeth Rose Doran and Yen Ton with …

Virginia Trestle Accident Doesn’t Deter Rail Trespassing

A fatal accident on a train trestle in Amherst County, Va., hasn’t deterred people from trespassing on railroad tracks. Lynchburg dispatchers received five track trespassing calls just a few weeks after a Liberty University student was hit and killed by …

Concerns Raised After Fatal Bridge Wreck in Missouri

A fatal accident on a Mississippi River crossing in northeast Missouri is raising concerns about the safety of the narrow 83-year-old structure. The accident on the Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana, Mo., happened Wednesday, killing 40-year-old Kyle David Brown of …