South Carolina recently was at the top of a list no one wanted to be on. The Palmetto State has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country. Sexual assault may be one of the worst of these violent crimes, because this offense affects victims in so many different ways. Criminal courts…
Nursing home understaffing is usually the root cause of nursing home negligence. Overworked employees are stressed-out employees who often act out in ways that harm nursing home residents. Furthermore, employees at understaffed nursing homes frequently take shortcuts or try to perform jobs they aren’t qualified to perform. These problems are widespread. Over 90 percent…
Some combination of a violent collision and smoke inhalation killed four people in a Ford truck that smacked into an illegally-parked dump truck. The wreck happened on I-85 South between University City Boulevard and West W.T. Harris Boulevard. According to investigators, the victims were riding in a Ford truck that hit an improperly parked…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will continue to allow unskilled operators to operate big rig trucks, at least until March 2023. FMCSA has issued waivers from the restriction that limits a state to administer a CDL skills test only to an out-of-state CDL applicant who has taken driver training in that state. The…
This ridesharing company’s annual revenue increased over 50 percent in 2021, to more than $17 billion. Such rapid growth usually involves growing pains. In this context, Uber’s growing pains include a struggle to find enough drivers for all these new passengers. As a result, many Uber drivers have few or no special qualifications, other…
The charges stem from a high speed-police pursuit of a 12-year-old driver that ended in a dual fatal crash. The preteen, who said he went out shortly after midnight to pick up food, was traveling over 100mph when he fled from police and smacked into a vehicle turning left from Dorchester Road onto Michaux…