Falling Pizza Causes One-Car Accident There are many ways to get distracted while driving–from eating, putting on makeup to texting and driving, but what about a falling pizza? Yep, that too can cause a distracted driving accident, at least for one Detroit Lion it did.…
Ceiling-Mounted Light Fixture, have been voluntarily recalled by Dolan Designs, in cooperation with the CPSC, due to a fire and electric shock hazard caused by a defect in the fixture’s socket. To this date, Dolan Designs has received two complaints of defective fixtures but there…
Journey Girl Travel Trunk, sold exclusively at Toys R Us, have been voluntarily recalled because the metal handle on the trunk can be sharp, posing an injury hazard. To date, the company has received six complaints which involved the handle on the trunk and in…
Iowa Teen With Cerebral Palsy Named Homecoming Queen Having had the honor of representing so many amazing children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy to greater and lesser degrees, it is heart warming to see one young lady achieve her wish of becoming homecoming queen. Courtney Tharp…
Railroad industries don’t want to spend any more money than they have to for safety, even if it means it would save lives. This is evident from the push back that lawmakers are getting from railroad executives. Last year, the industry spent nearly $47 million lobbying…
Given the recent surge in the popularity of trampoline parks and a corresponding rise in serious injuries, some doctors and safety experts are calling on legislators to pass laws to protect children from suffering potentially life-altering harm. According to a recent report by the American…
In an alarming new study highlighted by the National Institutes of Health, nursing homes with a higher proportion of black residents were found to deliver lower quality care than those homes with fewer minority residents. The study found that not only was the level of…
Imagine this. You are sitting at your desk and you have the power to write out a simple directive that will prevent 95 to 112 deaths and 7,072 to 8,374 injuries each year. My initial thought is how could I talk anyone out of doing that? What…
A recent case decided by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals resulted in a victory for companies that attempt to gain an upper hand by using unfair arbitration agreements to limit consumers’ options. The Court affirmed the power of arbitration agreements, even those that appear…
The New York Times recently covered the case of a teenage model plane enthusiast who died in a Brooklyn park earlier this month after the remote-controlled plane he was piloting crashed and hit him in the head. The attention the man’s death generated resulted in…