Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer and beginning of the school year in America. While start dates are traditionally staggered across various schools and districts, it’s fair to say that many of our area’s school-aged children are dreading the return of tests and homework, buzzing with anticipation for reunions with friends and…
Read MoreDo you remember Dave Thomas Circle? This informal name for the infamously irregular intersection of New York Avenue and Florida Avenue, Northeast, was attributed to the bizarre placement of a Wendy’s fast food franchise at its nexus, as Dave Thomas was the iconic founder of Wendy’s. The resulting traffic flow made this intersection one of…
Read MorePedestrian safety is everyone’s responsibility, and should be everyone’s concern. It’s easy, however, to become desensitized to the dangers urban environments can present to pedestrians. It’s equally easy, in our modern world, to become distracted in the crucial moment when your attention is most essential. Accidents don’t just happen in bad weather, low light, unfamiliar…
Read MoreA car accident means, at minimum, one driver. No two drivers are going to be alike because no two people are alike. We encounter drivers that are deeply, shamefully irresponsible as well as drivers who are simply unlucky. The field of personal injury law makes legal judgements to assess responsibility, not moral judgements. Society at…
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