Fall is the picture-perfect time of year when many drivers take to the road to view the autumn colors. The leaves are beautiful to see, but when wet or in piles on the roads, they present driving hazards unique to the season. The Car Care Council reminds drivers to prepare for fall driving conditions by [...]
On June 12, 2010 Brian Hutchison’s life changed forever. While playing is a softball tournament in Chino Hills, CA, he suffered a catastrophic brain injury, multiple skull fractures, eye damage and other debilitating injuries. Hutchinson was air lifted from the park to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and “spent the beginning of a new life [...]
Agency launches online resource for Drive Safely Work Week In conjunction with Drive Safely Work Week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced an education campaign calling on employers to prevent work-related distracted driving, with a special focus on prohibiting texting while driving. “Year after year, the leading cause of [...]
The National Safety Council today issued this statement related to the latest distracted driving research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and its Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) today reported research that texting bans in several states have not reduced crashes. [...]
The FDA today issued warning letters to three companies that manufacture and market mouth rinse products with claims that they remove plaque above the gum line or promote healthy gums. These claims suggest the products are effective in preventing gum disease when no such benefit has been demonstrated. Warning letters were sent to, Johnson & [...]
Nearly 400 child drownings and near-tragedies* nationwide have been reported by the media since Memorial Day weekend, leading the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to bring its Pool Safely campaign to Minnesota. The campaign is teaming up with Senator Amy Klobuchar (the leading advocate in the United States Senate of a lifesaving pool and [...]
The number of police pursuits in Pennsylvania dropped 12.9 percent last year, State Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced today. He said the number of pursuits resulting in deaths and injuries also declined from 2008. Pawlowski said law enforcement agencies across the state reported involvement in 1,582 vehicle pursuits in 2009, compared to 1,816 pursuits [...]
African-American victims of motorcycle crashes were 1.5 times more likely to die from their injuries than similarly injured whites, even though many more of the African-American victims were wearing helmets at the time of injury, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. Results of the research revealing these racial disparities, published in the [...]
Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, LLP, Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for the In re: World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, announced today that they have successfully negotiated with many of the various workers compensation insurance carriers who paid workers compensation benefits (and therefore hold liens) on the rescue and recovery workers’ settlement awards to waive [...]
Atlantis, FL—A mother of six who suffers from pain associated with a breast augmentation gone wrong says her insurance company would not cover the cost of implant removal surgery. Ada Serrano works at Subway and makes $7.50 an hour, leaving her unable to afford the much-needed procedure on her own, as reported by WPTV. If [...]