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May and June are high traffic months for the limo business. Prom night . . . graduation parties . . . weddings. The tragic limousine fire in San Francisco on May 4, in which five were killed and four injured, makes the issue of limo safety especially timely. The cause of the California fire has not yet...

May is National Bike Month, an initiative sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists to promote bike riding and, more to the point, safety while bike riding. In our state, the months of May through November are the months in which there are increased numbers of traffic collisions involving pedalists. So it’s the perfect time to shine...

The Mayo Clinic has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming it billed the government for lab tests that it never performed. The U.S. Department of Justice said the lawsuit was filed under the False Claims Act, which allows “qui tam” suits by citizens acting as whistleblowers. The Justice Department became...

Traffic deaths in South Carolina were lower in the first three months of 2013 than for the same period last year. Richland County leads the way in car crash fatalities, with 17 so far this year. As of March 31, there had been 151 people killed on South Carolina roadways this year, according to the state Department...

The city of Sheboygan, WI is being sued by Ronald Behr following an incident on May 2, 2009, when his wheelchair tipped on a ramp between the street and sidewalk.  Behr claims he suffered severe and permanent injuries from his fall. According to the complaint, a piece of patched asphalt broke loose, causing his wheelchair to dig...

Congratulations to the towns of Elloree, Newberry and Goose Creek. They have won top awards as South Carolina Traffic Safe Communities for 2012. These three “Grand Winners” join 12 other South Carolina towns recognized by AAA Carolinas for taking positive steps in traffic safety over the past year. The localities were honored for cracking down on drunk...

A manufacturing plant worker was killed February 12 when he fell into a metal stamping machine at a fabricating plant in Williamston. The incident occurred at Stanco Metal Products, a metal stamping and fabricating company. The stamper was in operation when the 62-year-old worker fell into it. Preliminary reports indicate a safety device did not work properly...

Bert Louthian, a Columbia qui tam lawsuit attorney, encourages whistleblowers with knowledge of fraudulent activity to come forward, fight fraud and potentially claim significant cash rewards.  Columbia, S.C. — With the federal government recovering more and more taxpayer dollars lost to health care billing fraud, South Carolina False Claims Act attorney Bert Louthian today praised government efforts...

Distracted driving may have killed a young mother from Elgin – but a child safety seat appears to have saved her baby. The 23-year-old woman was driving a Hyundai automobile February 3 in Richland County when she crashed head-on into a pickup truck. The truck driver said just before the crash he did not see anyone behind...

Older drivers with a certain type of blind spot may not be able to see pedestrians – and are therefore more likely to hit them, a new study shows. The eye condition – known as Central Field Loss (CFL) – dangerously slows a driver’s reaction time, the researchers found. Drivers who participated in the study reacted too...