Smart Meters also can interact with appliances, allow ComEd to force shutdown of appliances during peak consumption times, and carry a number of concerns ranging from privacy concerns to health concerns from the wireless signals they emit to communicate with ComEd and appliances within the consumer's home.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Commonwealth Edison in Chicago has confirmed that three of its newly installed Smart Meters have started fires in consumers' homes. Smart Meters are electricity meters that provide both ComEd and homeowners with wireless information on electric usage patterns and allow ComEd to save on "meter maids" who read electric meters.
Smart Meters also can interact with appliances, allow ComEd to force shutdown of appliances during peak consumption times, and carry a number of concerns ranging from privacy concerns to health concerns from the wireless signals they emit to communicate with ComEd and appliances within the consumer's home.
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Though most Chicagoans use the CTA day in and day out, there are occasionally tragic CTA accidents that may occur. Many of these accidents lead to a CTA injury lawsuit. In this case, a man was killed in a CTA accident on Chicago’s Loop while he was riding his motorcycle. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Chicago Police spokeswoman noted that "[t]he victim was riding a motorcycle northbound on Michigan Avenue when a CTA bus that was southbound struck him as it was making a left hand turn in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue. CTA injury lawsuits are likely to become more frequent as many people turn to public transportation in Chicago’s increasingly aging system. There is no word whether the man’s surviving family has filed a CTA wrongful death lawsuit. The Tribune articles notes that the driver of the bus was cited for failing to yield right of way, indicating that the driver was negligent, creating liability for the CTA. Read more about the accident here.
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AuthorRishi Nair owns Nair Law LLC and practices as Of Counsel at Keener and Associates, P.C. Archives
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