The local police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol will be out in force tonight to prevent accidents involving drunk drivers . In Rutherford County , police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint on Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna , Tennessee . In Nashville , Sherriff Daron Hall is offering sober rides for people bringing in the New Year . Davidson County Sherriff employees will be...
A motorcycle accident in St. Petersburg on Thursday injured a 41-year-old man. The bike flipped over while he was driving it from a parking lot into the connecting street. The accident happened on 46th Avenue North around 5:15 p.m. The victim of St. Petersburg was thrown from the 2002 Harley-Davidson Softail, the Highway Patrol said. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with serious...
Ask most people, and they'll probably tell you global warming is our greatest global obstacle. Some will even say something like terrorism or illegal immigration. Frankly, I thought I was pretty damn clever spotting the global credit bubble, and believed it to be the greatest global crisis we'd face in our lifetimes (i.e., something on order of five times larger than the S&L crisis). Even if...
As costs for medical malpractice insurance continues to increase for obstetricians, they way they handle their patients and delivering babies may change. Premiums may run as high as $200,000 a year. And that may force doctors to hand off their patients to doctors on staff at the hospital when they go into labor. For expectant moms it means their gynecologists, after shepherding them through...
Texting while driving officially becomes illegal on January 1, 2008. The law is a secondary violation, meaning that a police officer must first spot another violation (such as a person not wearing a seatbelt or speeding) before someone who is texting can be pulled over. This law and the law against cell phone use while driving (which will be enforced starting July 1, 2008) are attempts to...
As reported yesterday, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined a record number of doctors at its last meeting.The Board has come under scrutiny in recent years for a variety of practices. In fact, according to a Reno Gazette Journal article dated December 12, 2007, our Nevada Board is one of the worst in the United States for disciplining doctors. A Reno Gazette Journal inquiry...
In our Toledo, Ohio dog bite attorney's office, we've seen the devastating personal injuries that pit bull dog bites can cause. Our Toledo, Ohio dog bite attorneys are representing a toddler who a pit bull attacked, leaving a large scar down the middle of her forehead. Another client had a chunk of his muscle ripped from his arm after a pit bull attacked him. In both cases, the pit bull attacks...
Wrongful death caused by car accidents involving elderly drivers is currently at the same rate of death caused by teenage drivers, with an average of three deaths per 100 million drivers, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Personal injuries from car accidents are also on the rise as the baby boomers age. Many elderly drivers hang on to driving as a way to preserve their...