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Sony Hackers: Crushing a Movie and Exposing Private Information
How do hackers from a midget country darken movie screens nationwide in the USA? Sony hackers did just that. One Monday in November, 2014, workers at Sony Pictures, the $8 billion dollar a year movie production company arrived at work to find the corporate computer system down. A red skeleton on monitors […]
Double Impact Car Accidents & Complex Accident Claims
I was stopped at a red light when my car was rear ended. The driver of that car came over immediately and apologized. There were two impacts, that one and then another right away. Apparently a pickup truck struck her. Now her insurance company is denying liability, and the pickup […]
The Yelp Bill & Prohibiting Bad Reviews Online
What do you do if you order a gift for someone online and it never comes? You call, you email and nothing? When this happened to one couple, they posted a negative review. But then, trouble started. The company that failed to deliver sent a $3,500 invoice for violating their […]
Drowsy Driving: 5 Reasons Driving Without Enough Sleep Can Be as Dangerous as Drunk Driving
One in five fatal car accidents is caused by drowsy drivers. Drowsy driving causes over 100,000 U.S. crashes a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. An estimated 1,550 deaths and 71,000 injuries link back to drowsy driving in the U.S. every year. Physicians believe that losing one […]
Thanksgiving & Pardons: Turkeys and Famous Pardons
Thanksgiving tradition sees the president of the United States pardoning a turkey. Sometimes a pair of turkeys. They come from the National Turkey Federation. Spared from the dinner table, the turkeys go to a safe home at Virginia Tech. They live out their life under the care of the school’s […]
Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers have an undeniable reputation for … well … the way they act behind the wheel. Dangerous intersections and other bad road conditions often get the blame. Yet, most often driver distraction and inattention actually cause accidents. At the same time, undeniably, some of the Commonwealth’s highways and intersections […]
Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in New Hampshire
Dangerous intersections appear seemingly everywhere. Of the ten most dangerous intersections in New Hampshire identified by the state Department of Transportation, two are in Manchester, three in Nashua and two in the state capital, Concord. Transportation experts say many factors make intersections dangerous, not just the number of crashes. Other […]
Unlicensed Drivers and Fatal Accidents
About 20% of all fatal crashes on U.S. highways involve unlicensed drivers. The statistic comes from a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study released in October 2014. New Hampshire reports the lowest percentage, 5% of drivers having invalid licenses while involved in fatal crashes. Washington D.C. has the highest, […]
Can Social Media Posts Like Facebook be Used as Evidence in Court?
Question: My subcontracting company faces a lawsuit claiming a job was not performed to specifications. Unfortunately there are pictures on Facebook showing some of my employees goofing around on the job. I don’t think their pranks are relevant but it doesn’t look good. Can I prevent stupid social media posts […]
Are Parents Responsible For Bad Acts of Children?
Under outstanding circumstances courts hold parents liable for bad acts of children. Liability attaches when parents overlook highly offensive childish conduct causing harm to others. Consider an actual case: A boy named Dustin set up a Facebook page pretending to be that of one of the girls in his seventh grade class. Apparently […]
