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North Dakota’s workers comp agency is offering training to companies that are taking part in the stating surging Oil Patch, this is an effort to decrease job related injuries and deaths who statically are happening most to employees with less than a year of experience on the job. According to North Dakota Workforce Safety andRead more

Police are saying a man who was later identified as 42-year-old George Kallas stole a police officers then led them on a short chase that ended in all place but where the car belongs at the parking lot of the police precinct in Kearns, Utah.  Lt. Justin Hoyal said at around 10 am police receivedRead more

Three Alabama residents were hospitalized after a semitrailer hauling apples rolled off U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon Utah.  The accident happened when the tractor-trailer rolled over and down onto Union Pacific railroad tracks below. All three passengers in the cab of the truck were ejected, said Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Rich Nielson.Laura Fannin, 26,Read more

In a sad event Josh Price-Brent a football player for the Dallas Cowboys is being held on $500,000 bond on intoxication manslaughter charge. Price-Brent is being charged in the killing of his teammate, Jerry Brown Jr. who he considered a brother.  Price-Brent and Brown had a brother like bond that started when they were teammatesRead more

A Utah man is in critical condition after the car he was driving hit a concrete barrier.  The man was traveling on I-215 at speeds estimated over 100 miles per hour.  Some witnesses have told police investigators that the car driven by the injured man was passing them at speeds of up to 140 milesRead more

With a recent rash of injuries and deaths on the road in the state of Utah we got to thinking how could we help share some safety tips with our blog readers?  We decided asked our followers on our social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to share some helpful safety tips when theyRead more

A 62-year-old seafood plant worker was cooked to death in an industrial accident in Southern California. The worker, who was identified as Jose Melena, had been employee for the past six years at Bumble Bee Foods in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Erika Monterroza, a spokeswoman for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, saidRead more

A homeless man riding his motorized wheelchair was hit by a motorist and has died. The man was later identified as 59-year-old Raymond Nielson who was hit by the sedan style car around 6:20 pm Wednesday night as he was pushing a small cart with his belongings. The driver who has yet to be chargedRead more

A South Jordan, Utah man was fatally struck and killed by a truck this morning as he was jogging to work.  Police have confirmed that Randy Treglown was at the crosswalk of 9800 South and 4000 West, when a truck that was headed southbound hit him as he crossed the street.  Mr. Treglown who wouldRead more

The state of California is warning its drivers about “drugged driving” after a statewide survey found that 1 in 7 drivers in the state of California are driving with some sort of controlled substance in their system, more than twice as many as the number of people who are driving with alcohol in their system. Read more

Las Vegas, Nevada -A Southern California man was struck and killed in Las Vegas after his bicycle  collided with a car.  21 year old Brandon Ochrach of Perris, California was killed when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a car on Jones boulevard Monday afternoon, as Ochrach was trying to cross the intersection.Read more

PLEASANT VIEW, UTAH An 11-year-old Pleasant View girl has passed away from the injures as a result of being impaled by a rod lying around in her families’ house. Nichole “Nikki” Clark has been hospitalized since Saturday afternoon but her condition has not improved; as of Monday her condition has taken a turn for theRead more

A 25-year-old man riding his motorcycle early Saturday evening was left in critical condition after his motorcyclist struck a Ford Tarsus in La Habra California.  There is no report on how fast the motorcyclist was traveling and if he was wearing a safety helmet.  The Taurus was turning onto Euclid St. when it pulled outRead more

The core difference between The DREAM Act and Deferred Action is that Deferred Action does not allow lawful status and the Dream Act would. Deferred Action is ONLY a momentary reprieve from deportation, which would last two years, with an option for renewal. Like The Dream Act, recipients of Deferred Action are allowed to getRead more

We have all been there before when wondering why College is so expensive? If you haven’t been there, you probably have a friend or know someone who has. It appears like the state of Florida will be helping out its own college students who are citizens of the United State but who have undocumented parents,Read more

What is Deferred Action?  The DREAM Act has been the cause of great debate for many year when talked about in politics.  It has been introduced countless times, President Obama has always supported the bill, but after it failed to pass in the Senate in 2010, advocacy groups began pressuring President Obama he took mattersRead more

Have you ever thought to yourself what are immigration detention centers? Where are they? Who is being placed in these detention centers and for what reasons? Are these people a threat to my family and I? Are they a threat to our nation? Did they commit a ridiculous crime? Or where they just in theRead more

What are some topics that you would like us to talk about in our 1Law blog.  Please feel free to leave us any suggestions so we know what our readers want to read about and discuss. Thank youRead more