An estimated seven million Keurig Mini Cup machines have been recalled due to the risk of injury and burn to the user if the machine malfunctions and sprays hot water. To date the company has received more than 200 reports of hot liquid spraying from…
As highway death statistics in Minnesota continue to stay steady they still remain high for alcohol related crashes. The safest way to prevent this is to simply not drink and drive. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has provided a number of safety tips that…
New Year’s Eve is tomorrow and many people have been making plans on how to ring in the New Year. While safety on our roadways must be a high priority, it is not the only safety concern we must consider. Whether going to a big…
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“Indiana reports first flu death of 2014-15 season” “L.A. County’s First Flu Death of Season Reported” “Flu causes 3 pediatric deaths in Tennessee” “Minnesota sees 3rd pediatric flu death of the season” “Blue Springs woman dies from flu at age 37” “Eight people have died…
This year has been about as active as last year. I again took some time off for a couple of months from posting. Mostly due to a group of trials I had. We thank everyone, who took the time to read any of our posts.…
A pregnant woman was driving a 2003 Honda Civic in Malaysia in July 2014, when she crashed into another vehicle. Her car had a Takata airbag on the driver’s side. It allegedly deployed improperly, shooting out shrapnel and killing the woman and her unborn baby.…
Did you know that New Year’s is the deadliest day for pedestrians? You can probably guess why. It is usually a combination of drunk drivers and drunk walkers. “Alcohol impairs your physical ability to walk and to drive,” said Dr. Thomas Esposito at Loyola University…
This year has been a good one. I did take a couple of months off from writing, but am back. There were a couple of trials that were taking up a lot of my time. We thank everyone, who took the time to read any…
Sunday’s Kansas City Star featured an article about the ongoing investigations into Trinity ET-Plus guardrails. The report emphasized Missouri’s role in the investigation of these deadly guardrail designs. Missouri has become ground zero for a national debate about whether a widely used highway guardrail…
Safeway has pulled prepackaged caramel apples from its store shelves after a lawsuit was filed against the company. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed by the family of an 81-year-old woman, claims she was a victim of a deadly listeria outbreak and seeks a jury trial…