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With fall quickly approaching, taking a leisurely stroll to watch the changing colors and enjoy the weather is something many city dwellers look forward to. If you live in Detroit, Atlanta, or Los Angeles, you may want to re-think walking the city streets. A new study uncovers the least safe cities for walking and the aforementioned cities are at the top (or bottom depending on how you look at it) of the list, reports the New York City Dot.

The New York City Pedestrian Safety and Action Plan tracked the number of serious pedestrian accidents in major cities across the globe, and also analyzed the underlying causes behing the deaths and serious injuries. The two safest cities are Hong Kong and Tokyo, with New York City and Portland as the only North American cities in the top ten.

The number one situation to stay away from: A busy street corner in Los Angeles with a distracted male driver exceeding the speed limit. The hypothetical may be an impossible situation to avoid for some people, however the sad reality of the study is that not only do pedestrian accidents cost cities millions of dollars every year, but a large number of them are completely avoidable. Whether failing to yield, or driving over the speed limit, pedestrian accidents are an unwelcome aspect of city living that many cities are hoping to cut down on.

Pedestrian injuries are almost exclusively resolved as a personal injury action. In these cases, the court looks at the nature of the accident -- was it the driver's negligence, the pedestrian's carelessness, or both that ultimately led to the collision. In the end, pedestrians and drivers are legally required to follow traffic laws, and the failure to do some can have deadly consequences.

Related Resources:

• Dead Man Walking (Good)
• Pedestrian Accidents - Overview (FindLaw)
• Pedestrian Safety: Cities, States Walking the Walk (FindLaw's Injured)
• Auto Accident Injuries and Compensation (provided by Jacquart & Lowe, S.C.)
• What to Do If You are in a Car Accident (provided by D'Amato Law Firm, P.C.)

With fall quickly approaching, taking a leisurely stroll to watch the changing colors and enjoy the weather is something many city dwellers look forward to. If you live in Detroit, Atlanta, or Los Angeles, you may want to re-think walking...

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In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, "it's like deja vu all over again." Without any undue levity, in an all too familiar scene, an oil rig is reported to have exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the... Tanya Roth FindLaw.com http://www.findlaw.com

In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, "it's like deja vu all over again." Without any undue levity, in an all too familiar scene, an oil rig is reported to have exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the... Tanya Roth

In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, "it's like deja vu all over again." Without any undue levity, in an all too familiar scene, an oil rig is reported to have exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the...

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In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, "it's like deja vu all over again." Without any undue levity, in an all too familiar scene, an oil rig is reported to have exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the BP disaster where 11 workers were killed, all 13 men on the rig have been accounted for. The platform is south of Vermilion Bay, about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's well.

A helicopter flying over the oil platform site spotted the explosion on the morning of September 2, according to the Miami Herald. The workers were in the water, but recovered by a offshore service vessel, the Crystal Clear, a Coast Guard Commander told the Herald. Only one person was injured, but all were sent to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma to be examined.

The platform which exploded is known as the Vermilion Oil Platform 380 and is owned by Mariner Energy of Houston, Tx. Melissa Schwartz, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement told the Herald the platform was authorized to produce oil and gas at the current water depth, but recently had not been in active production. The platform is in about 340 feet of water.

This past April, plans to purchase Mariner Energy were announced by Apache Corp, another independent petroleum company.

According to Forbes, the Coast Guard has said the fire on the rig was still burning as of early afternoon, but was under control. The Vermilion well does not appear it would supply anywhere near the volume of oil of the BP well. In a filing made last year, Mariner Energy said it expected Vermillion 380 to produce up to 4,000 barrels of oil a per day.

News of this explosion comes just as BP is attempting to remove the cap that ended its three-month oil spill in the Gulf. The Associated Press reports the next step will be to raise a massive, failed piece of equipment and prepare a final seal on the broken well. Work continues too on finding compensation for the many people harmed by the spill.

Related Resources:

• Oil platform explosion reported in Gulf of Mexico (CNN)
• Crude Oil Increases After Blast on Gulf of Mexico Platform (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
• Oil Spill Related Resources (FindLaw)
• BP Compensation Fund Opens Today (Findlaw's Injured)
• Admiralty Law / Jones Act: Maintenance & Cure (provided by Beard, Stacey & Jacobsen, L.L.P.)
• Workers Comp FAQ (provided by Krasno Krasno & Onwudinjo)

Botox maker Allergan Inc. recently plead guilty to criminal misbranding charges stemming from their role in improperly marketing the popular injectable for "off label" uses. According to the Associated Press, Allergan will pay $375 million in fines based on the... Laura Strachan

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For the first time in nearly two decades, the number of illegal immigrants coming into the United States is dropping. In a study based on analysis of 2009 census data, the Pew Hispanic Center Report notes that there has been... Laura Strachan

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Bethany Storro, a 28 year old woman from Washington, is either incredibly lucky or incredibly misfortunate, depending upon your perspective. She was leaving a Vancouver Starbucks on Monday evening when a stranger approached her, and said "Hey, pretty girl, do... Jason Beahm

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Never say die. Despite the possible problems with the appeal in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the case in support of California's ban on same sex marriage, Proposition 8, is not yet dead. Despite the fact that the state authorities who would...

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