A blind woman has filed a negligence and premises liability lawsuit against country singer Zac Brown for injuries that she claims she suffered during a concert of the Zac Brown Band at Boston’s Fenway Park in August 2015. Live Nation Entertainment, which was operating the event, is also named in the Massachusetts court filing.
An increased risk of deadly accidents confronts drivers in Massachusetts according to 2015 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics. After years of declining traffic fatalities, a nationwide increase in roadway deaths has been identified.
Analysts say that motorists in Massachusetts and other states could soon see the first instances of autonomous vehicles in action. In early February, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, decided that the Google-developed artificial intelligence systems that operate the company’s self-driving vehicles could be treated like drivers. This follows a January announcement by the NHTSA that it would attempt to make roads more accessible to driver-free cars by potentially shelving some existing safety regulations.
Massachusetts residents might find it interesting that a lung cancer patient’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the California gas company responsible for a Los Angeles-area methane leak, claiming the incident hastened her death. The 79-year-old woman died on Jan. 25, approximately three months after the pipeline rupture was discovered.
Massachusetts residents may be interested to know that on Jan. 28, it was announced that a wrongful death suit against Caitlyn Jenner had been dropped. In February 2015, a vehicle that Jenner was driving hit another vehicle on the Pacific Coast Highway. That vehicle was pushed into traffic and struck by a Hummer, which led to the death of the woman driving the vehicle that Jenner hit.
During the winter months in Massachusetts, snow and ice on sidewalks and parking lots can be a big problem for people trying to walk across them. When the sidewalk is a public one in running in front of a business or a home, the question may arise regarding who has the responsibility to clear it.
An accident on a Massachusetts road can range in severity from minor to fatal, but Volvo hopes to make deadly accidents a concern of the past by 2020. While it is clear that a driver bent on reckless driving may not be able to avoid deadly incidents, Volvo’s developing technologies have the potential to minimize damages for those motorists who are attempting to observe safe driving practices. In fact, a number of smart features have been used in the brand’s vehicles already, and the combination of these may provide significant safety advantages even now.
Massachusetts residents who are following the 2016 presidential campaign might have heard that a young staffer for GOP candidate Ben Carson died after a campaign van crashed in Iowa on Jan. 19. Three other campaign volunteers were also hurt in the accident.
Massachusetts drivers likely know that driving under the influence and driving while texting can be very dangerous and put them at risk for becoming involved in a car accident. However, fatigue-related crashes are also not uncommon. In fact, the National Transportation Safety Board listed fatigue-related accidents as one of their top 10 pressing safety issues during the annual meeting on Jan. 13.
An early morning wrong-way crash left two people critically injured on Jan. 12. The collision happened in Lexington, and caused the closure of the road for two hours while police investigated.
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