Federal data revealed that New York was among the top five states for bus crashes in 2024, with 909 incidents involving school, city, and charter buses. A tragic crash last month on the Thruway in Pembroke resulted in five deaths and dozens of injuries.  In 2024, 13 people died in bus crashes across New York. A crash in Chili resulted in one death and more than 20 injuries. Three weeks ago, a crash near Pembroke left five dead and 47 hospitalized. Edward Jazlowiecki, a senior attorney at Jazlowiecki and Jazlowiecki, explained the rights of charter bus riders under New York state law.  “They can receive up to 50,000 dollars, no-fault coverage which covers your medical expenses and covers lost wages. Anyone that’s injured can apply,” said Jazlowiecki. Riders must submit a claim to the insurance carrier within 30 to 45 days of the crash.  “You should get it in as…

Kansas health officials have confirmed their first death in the state related to vaping. According to the Centers for Disease Control, this brings the total number of people who have died from vaping-related illnesses to six The FDA is blaming Juul, a company who sells e-cigarettes, for illegally marketing their product as safer than cigarettes. In a letter to the company, the FDA says Juul sells their products as modified risk tobacco products with an FDA order. Even worse, the FDA alleges Juul tells kids in school that Juul is 99% safer than cigarettes. “The toxicity you might think of with tobacco smoking you don’t see in vaping until recently,” says Dr. Michael Teiger, a Pulmonary Physician. “We found that there are a lot of additives being added to materials and that includes marijuana, that includes Vitamin D additives…It could be that those products or other products that are added…

BRISTOL, CT (WFSB) — A Connecticut attorney is starting the process of legally attacking the e-cigarette and vaping industry. This legal action will take aim at stopping the growth of the industry that’s accused of targeting teens. “What they are doing is, they are getting kids addicted and children’s lungs and brains are more sensitive to the bad chemicals,” said attorney Edward Jazlowiecki. He also believes adults are falling prey to the addictive nature of e-smoking. Jazlowiecki is now involved in a national effort to join legal forces with firms in California, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri, to sue manufacturers like Juul and others. “We are signing up people to be plaintiffs, people that have health problems, people that are addicted,” Jazlowiecki said. The plan is for a massive class action suit. The attorney says he expects the first of the suits to come within days in California and the other…

Fascinating read from Philadelphia Magazine profiling the brash, bright and at times reckless lawyer trying to prove that legendary Rock group Led Zeppelin stole “Stairway to Heaven. “In late September of last year, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Malofiy’s appeal of the 2016 “Stairway to Heaven” verdict and ordered a new trial on the grounds that the court “abused its discretion” when the judge refused to allow Malofiy to play a recording of “Taurus” for the jury. (Members were only allowed to hear an acoustic-guitar rendition played from sheet music.) The retrial is expected to begin in the next year, and Page and Plant, along with bassist John Paul Jones, are again anticipated to take the stand. Copyright experts say Led Zeppelin — which has a long history of ripping off the ancient riffs and carnal incantations of wizened Delta bluesmen and only giving…

The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned a Superior Court ruling that had found Mr. Dunbar guilty of violating Connecticut’s Use of Cell Phone While Driving Laws. In the State of Connecticut vs. Lonnie Dunbar “The defendant, Lonnie Dunbar, appeals from his judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, on the charge of operating a motor vehicle upon a highway while using a hand-held mobile telephone in alleged violation of General Statutes § 14- 296aa (b) On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly found him guilty under that statute. We agree with the defendant, and accordingly we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case with direction to render a judgment of acquittal.” The court was forced to overturn the conviction as there was a lack of evidence presented to the lower court that would have demonstrated that Mr. Dunbar was “engaged in a…

From USA TODAY:   A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to pay $55 million to a woman who claims talc in the company’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. On Monday, a jury in St. Louis, awarded Gloria Ristesund $5 million in damages and $50 million in punitive damages, Reuters reported. The verdict comes months after a jury ordered the company to  pay $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer allegedly caused by using the company’s Baby Powder and other products which contained talc. Like the earlier case, Ristesund, used Johnson & Johnson baby powder and other products for feminine hygiene. She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which is now in remission, Reuters reported. She is just one of dozens of women suing the company for what they say was a failure to inform consumers about the dangers of talc, which is…