A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs, N.M., woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food safety auditors gave a Colorado cantaloupe farm a “superior” rating for safety and quality just weeks before health officials identified …
The parents of a Bellevue man who was killed when his bicycle was struck by a gas truck have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a fuel supplier. The filing in Douglas County District Court says Nebraska-Iowa Supply Company Inc. in …
A rented U-Haul that struck and killed a Massachusetts tailgater at a Yale-Harvard football game malfunctioned as a Yale undergraduate drove the vehicle into a crowded parking lot, the student’s attorney said Sunday. William Dow, representing Yale student Brendan Ross, …
A driver of a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the Yale-Harvard game Saturday suddenly accelerated, fatally striking a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman and injuring two other women, police said. It’s not clear why the driver sped …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed more than $155,000 in fines against a Utica company that employed a 24-year-old worker killed when he was buried in a cottonseed silo. Craig Bernier died May 11 after sinking into the …
Maricopa County is set to pay out $1 million to the family of a man who died while in custody of the Sheriff’s Office. The Arizona Republic reports Juan Farias Mendoza died in 2008 after a physical exchange with detention …
The Canadian couple who died in a helicopter crash on the Hawaiian island of Molokai were taking their first vacation in several years. Stuart Robertson was second in command at Toronto-based Quartet Service Inc., a technology management service company, where …
The family of an elderly man who was fatally struck by a trolley two years ago in Staunton has agreed to an $850,000 settlement of a lawsuit. The News Leader reports the settlement was reached Tuesday by the family of …
A man accused of killing his mother surprised those in a Lincoln County courtroom when he changed his story on the witness stand about how she died. Chase Boruch told jurors that he staged a car crash at Moraine Lake …
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says a construction worker is dead after he was run over by a piece of equipment near New Market. Cpl. Scott Blundell says 37-year-old David Garcia was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma in Baltimore shortly …