Ralph Terry Dowdle had a history of minor traffic accidents in his bus prior to the serious crash he caused on Saturday, April 17, 2010 in downtown Asheville. The attached video shows the bus driver slumping over to his right just a few moments before the bus veers...
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Meeting The President Of The United States In My Backyard In Asheville, NC
On Saturday morning, April 24, 2010, I met the President of the United States in my own backyard! When we got up that morning around 7:30am, we noticed some unusual activity on the Grove Park Inn golf course that backs up to our house. There were the black...
Asheville Bus Driver Had Undiagnosed Medical Condition That Caused Loss Of Consciousness
Last Saturday morning, an Asheville bus driver, Ralph Terry Dowdle, ran off of College Street, up onto the sidewalk, and struck a woman who was entering the Mediterranean Restaurant. After striking the woman, the bus continued to collide with the entrances of several...
Boy Scouts Of America Found Liable In Sex Abuse Case
After 3 weeks of trial and two days of deliberations, a Portland jury returned a $1.4 Million verdict finding the Boys Scouts of America liable for negligently allowing a confessed child abuser to continue having contact with other Boy Scouts, including the man who...
North Carolina TV Station Is Focusing On Truck Accidents
Today, a senior producer from a regional television station contacted me about Truck Safety in North Carolina. She started the conversation off by noting how many recent tractor-trailer accidents appear to be the result of either truck driver fatigue or unsafe truck...
$48 Million FELA Jury Verdict Against Railroad Affirmed On Appeal
A recent appellate decision affirmed an enormous jury verdict in favor of a railroad worker who was paralyzed while on the job. The railroad worker, Eric Doi, sued Union Pacific Railroad under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) after a...
Boy Scout’s President Blames Parents
In the highly publicized lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, a local Scout executive has testified that he believes the parents of the abused scouts are to blame. The AP wire service reported that Eugene Grant, President of the Portland metro area Scout's...
Charlotte Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Homicide In KY Crash
A Charlotte tractor-trailer driver, Arthur A. Davis, 44, has been charged with 2 counts of reckless homicide arising out of a crash that he caused on Tuesday morning in Kentucky at the intersection of US Hwy 460 and Kentucky State Road 1499. Authorities in Pike...
Big Verdict Against DuPont Could Impact Asheville CTS Site
Last Friday, the
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