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Certain Safety Facets of Train Travel have Decreased In the past year, train accidents involving fires have doubled. Moreover, hazardous toxic substance leaks caused by train accidents have increased over the last two years. While certain agencies are doling out new train accident safety rules, those same agencies have suppressed data in government reports that […]

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic movement disorder that gets progressively worse over time.  Neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die and the result is an inability to control movements of the body properly.  Recent findings published in the June 2015 Annals of Neurology suggest that patients aged 55 or older who suffer a traumatic […]

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC), 800 bicyclists were killed in the U.S., and 515,000 sustained emergency room visit injuries in bike accidents in 2010.  Additionally, the lifetime medical costs and productivity loss due to fatal and non-fatal bicycle accident injuries totaled five billion dollars in 2005. These numbers are especially startling […]

Two construction workers in a Pennsylvania highway work zone were recently injured while trying to stop a driver from leaving the scene of an accident at a work site.  A Scranton, Pennsylvania man was charged with the two vehicle accident in an active work zone and several felony counts including driving under the influence.  Philadelphia […]

As summer winds down, children are heading back to school.  Camden County personal injury lawyers at DiTomaso Law urge drivers to safely share the road with school buses and children passengers.  For more information, click here to read safety tips provided by Good Morning America on ABC. At DiTomaso Law, we represent injured victims throughout […]

Although drivers of emergency vehicles are obligated to drive as safely as possible, the drivers are focused on transporting patients or getting to situations that are serious and potentially life threatening. Ambulances, fire and law enforcement vehicles are involved in car accidents mostly when motorists fail to yield the right of way. A light-flashing, siren-blaring […]

A worrisome new study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) shows that not only are car crashes still one of the primary causes of death among teens, but more often than not, it is everyone else on the road who needs to be worried. More teen drivers are involved in car accidents than any other […]

Six people were killed and 12 others injured after a demolition project in Center City Philadelphia caused a four-story brick wall to collapse into the adjacent Salvation Army Thrift Store two summers ago. Sean Benschop, a heavy equipment operator for demolition contractor Griffin Campbell, pled guilty to six counts of involuntary manslaughter, 12 counts of […]

Vehicle safety and crashworthiness is crucial when consumers are looking to purchase midsize sports utility vehicles (SUVs.)  Front end collisions are a priority in the automobile insurance industry and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that one quarter of car accident injuries and fatalities involved in front end car crashes occur in small […]

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the construction industry is the third most dangerous profession in the United States, preceded only by mining and agriculture.  Falls from elevations and scaffolding account for the majority of injuries and deaths in the roofing industry, but material handling and getting struck by construction […]