Late last week, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada announced the recall of a popular brand of strollers due to a risk of finger amputation. According to reports, three children suffered fingertip amputations and two adults suffered smashed fingers due to a hinge defect in a popular model of strollers … Read More »
Dog Bites Can Cause Serious Injuries
Posted On: May 1, 2012 | Categorized as: Premises LiabilityAs spring turns to summer and the weather improves, people will spend an increasing amount of their time walking, running, and riding bicycles through their neighborhoods. While all these activities are great ways to spend a summer afternoon, they all carry the possibility of injury that few stop to consider: dog bites. According to statistics … Read More »
Medication Errors Can Be Deadly
Posted On: May 1, 2012 | Categorized as: Personal InjuryEach year, approximately 1.5 million people are made sick and nearly 100,000 people die because of medication errors. No matter what the cause – the negligence of a physician or other medical professional or even pharmacy malpractice – these sorts of errors are preventable. Confusing One Medication for Another Medication errors often occur when one … Read More »
New Technology May Prevent Deadly Car Crashes
Posted On: May 1, 2012 | Categorized as: Motor Vehicle AccidentsEach year, thousands of people in the United States are seriously injured or killed in car accidents. According to statistics compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 30,797 people were killed in car accidents in 2009, the last year for which statistics are available. The NHTSA has been working with the Research and … Read More »
Texting While Driving a Danger for Young Drivers
Posted On: May 1, 2012 | Categorized as: Motor Vehicle AccidentsU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has called distracted driving “an epidemic” in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 5,474 people were killed in car accidents involving driver distraction and an estimated 448,000 were injured in 2009, the last year for which statistics are available. Of all groups, teen drivers … Read More »
