Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Here We Go Again: Another NYC-Bound Tour Bus Crash

  Michael Phelan | June 28, 2011 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A tour bus carrying Asian tourists headed to Flushing, New York rear-ended a flatbed tractor trailer truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, killing the bus driver, Mr. Bo Hua Tan, and...

• Norfolk Bike Rider Runs Into New Light-Rail Train

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | June 27, 2011 1:34 PM | 3 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A biker in downtown Norfolk, Virginia (VA), is fine after running into and scraping the side of a light rail train. According to the Virginian-Pilot, the bike rider was traveling southbound in the...

• Seaman's Employment Agreement Void as Against Public Policy

  Brett Rivkind | June 27, 2011 9:52 AM | 1 CommentFort Lauderdale, FL

  In the case of Sergio Cardona Bonilla v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Chief Judge Federico A. Moreno of the Southern District of Florida has ruled that the arbitration agreement in the seaman's...

• Man Killed by Train in St. James

  Mike Bryant | June 26, 2011 11:33 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Saturday morning a 60 year old man was killed by a train in St James. What happened is still being investigated. History tells us that the railroad companies may not go out of their way to find...

• Cell Phone, Laptop Distractions Led to Fatal 2010 Barge Vs Duck Collision Says NTSB

  Pierce Egerton | June 22, 2011 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  There's been a lot of press attention lately on the dangers of distracted driving. I and many of my Injury Board colleagues have also posted articles on the topic. Yesterday, the NTSB released...

• Passenger Rescued After Falling Overboard on NCL Cruise Ship

  Brett Rivkind | June 20, 2011 6:34 PM | 1 CommentFort Lauderdale, FL

  USA Today travel reported that a passenger on the Norwegian Cruise Lines passenger cruise ship the Norwegian Spirit somehow fell overboard while the ship was traveling down the Mississippi river...

• Think Twice About Which Bus Line You Choose

  Jim Lewis | June 20, 2011 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Earlier this month a tragic bus crash on I-95 north of Richmond, Virginia (VA), left four women dead and over 50 injured victims. The accident involved a bus owned by the discount bus company Sky...

• HRT Chief Concerned About Safety, Delays Light-Rail Start

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 20, 2011 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Phillip Shucet, the president and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit wants adjustments made to the safety and communications systems of the new light-rail system in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), so the trains...

• Strict safety regulations needed for interstate bus industry

  Doug Landau | June 18, 2011 6:57 AM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Over the last several years, the popularity of dirt cheap bus rides to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston have lead to the proliferation of discount interstate motor carriers. However, these...

• Interstate budget bus company's poor safety record

  Doug Landau | June 17, 2011 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  When a bus company has a pattern of unsafe practices and a history of accidents, the Federal Government should protect the public and shut the transportation motor carrier down until the safety...