Working under the influence of alcohol or drugs that cause impairment can cause a lifetime of guilt if an employee's actions injure or kill others. It also can put that person in prison. A ferry pilot convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal ferry crash in New York Harbor has been sentenced to 18 months' jail and his boss has been ordered to serve a year and a day after being convicted of related charges. Assistant Capt. Richard Smith, who was fatigued and taking painkillers, blacked out at the controls of the Staten Island ferry on Oct. 15, 2003. The ferry, […]
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