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Should benefits be paid for fatal crash on way home from work?


June 8, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, new court decision, Workers' comp

An employer encouraged carpooling when some of its workers didn’t have transportation to work. Is the company now on the hook for workers’ compensation benefits after a fatal car crash?

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School bus driver using cell phone before fatal crash


March 23, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: cell phones and safety, criminal charges, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

Investigators say a school bus driver was talking on his cell phone and listening to music on an MP3 player during his morning run leading up to a fatal crash. On top of that, the driver was previously involved in a fatal vehicle crash while dialing his cell phone.

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