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

• Twenty Year Old Passenger from Holland America Cruise Ship Still Missing

  Brett Rivkind | July 25, 2011 4:35 PM | 3 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Blake Kepley, 20 years old, was a passenger on a Holland America cruise ship named the Oosterdam and was reported missing since this past Friday. Reports stated that this California man might have...

• Metrolink Train Crash: Diverging Points Of View

  Brett Emison | July 21, 2011 11:30 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  I wrote earlier this week about the heart wrenching decisions that were forced upon Judge Peter D. Lichtman due to a railroad industry subsidy / tort reform damage cap that failed to provide even...

• 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...

• TSA Scanners: Out of the Spotlight, But Not in the Clear

  Mike Ferrara | February 16, 2011 6:21 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Though people aren’t really talking about it anymore, TSA full body x-ray scanners are still being used on travelers every day in airports all around the country. There’s...

• What?!? Child Directs Air Traffic Control At JFK Airport

  Brett Emison | March 05, 2010 10:33 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  According to reports from CNN and The Wall Street Journal, an air traffic controller and his supervisor at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York allowed the controller's 10-year-old son to send...

• Piper Malibu Small Plane Crashes Near St. Louis, Missouri

  Brett Emison | February 24, 2010 9:04 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Several sources have reported a small plane crash in Belleville, Illinois near St. Louis. Sources include the St. Louis Business Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, KSDK Channel 5, and Fox 2. ...

• Mother Killed; Child Injured In Diggins, Missouri Railroad Crossing Accident

  Brett Emison | December 05, 2009 10:03 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Several news sources, including The Kansas City Star, NBC KY3, and OzarksFirst.com have reported that Kristy Willis was killed and her daughter, Kelsey, was injured when their pickup truck was...

• Theme Park Oversight Redux

  Ed Normand | July 14, 2009 4:48 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Wow did I get a lot of slack for suggesting that, god forbid, the NTSB was justified in investigating the Disney Monorail crash. My point, however, is not to imply that Disney runs an...

• Blaming the Train Operator is Typical Initial Response to Disasters Like the D.C. Metro Train Crash

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 25, 2009 8:33 AM | 3 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  I am an injury lawyer in Virginia who specializes in railroad accidents and works with the national plaintiff’s bar group, the AAJ, as their railroad law section chair, so I follow these kinds...

• Airline Companies: Beware of Public Perception. The Public is Watching, Waiting, All Eyes are on You. It’s No Time to Make a Mistake.

  Robert Parks | June 23, 2009 9:38 PM | 3 CommentsMiami, FL

  As I scan the latest news articles and Google alerts, there seems to an influx of stories focused on air travel safety. Could it be the media playing on the devastating Air France Flight 447...