It is very sad how you may invest such a large portion of your hard earned income for insurance coverage, and when you need it, you get dropped. It must have been very scary for a California hairdresser to be diagnosed with cancer. As if that wasn’t bad enough, imagine starting cancer treatment, then having your health insurance policy canceled. According to a recent story on ABC news, (http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3846673&page=1) the insurance carrier “set goals for its employees to cancel policies, and the carrier paid more than $20,000 in bonuses to its senior cancellation specialist. “  The article further indicates court documents show that over six years the carrier canceled 1,600 policies, avoiding at least $35.5 million in medical expenses. It is terrifying to think that insurance companies would  drop people when they need the coverage the most, and worse yet, give major bonuses to employees for canceling policies, especially at a time when treatment is critical and a life depends on it. This demonstrates that insurance companies care more about your money than taking care of you. 

Florida state lawmakers have proposed legislation that will require teenagers to pass a mandatory driver’s ed course before they will be eligible to get their driver’s license.

Drivers between the ages of 16-18 are responsible for the highest car wreck rate. Teenagers are also involved in the highest level of fatal car wrecks.

The bill is sponsored by Kevin Ambler who explains that the bill is intended to help protect teenagers.

In 2006 alone, over 130 teenage drivers were killed in car wrecks. Ambler believes that at least two-thirds of those deaths could have potentially been avoided had the driver had proper education.

The writing of the bill was assisted by a 17 year-old who believes that enacting such legislation will help save the lives of many teenagers.

In order to fund the driver’s ed classes, the price of a driver’s license would be raised.

Before the bill comes into effect, it must be approved by a house committee.

Car wreck attorneys are currently working on cases that involve serious injury or fatality due to the negligence of another.

On March 18^{th the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a commuter train crash that killed two maintenance workers last year was caused by human error. The train wreck occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007. The safety board said that the wreck was caused when the train dispatcher failed to provide proper signaling. In addition, the work crew did not use the safety shunts that would have warned the train that a work crew was in the vicinity.}

The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board stated that the train wreck was caused by the failure of several railroad employees to follow required safety procedures. The board criticized the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad for not ensuring that the safety procedures were being followed.

Immediately after the train wreck occurred, the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad began working with the National Transportation Safety Board to strengthen safety procedures to prevent any future accidents.

The train wreck occurred after the dispatcher mistakenly allowed a train to proceed on a section of track that was being worked on. Earlier trains had been directed to parallel tracks.

Drug tests determined that drugs or alcohol did not play a factor in the train wreck.

Train wreck attorneys are currently working on cases in which serious injury or death has resulted from the negligence of another.