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• Cell Phone Use Leads to Auto Crashes

  Susy Owen | September 30, 2007 6:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It will come as no surprise to most that the use of cellular phones while operating an automobile increases the risks of a car accidents. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Administration studies show that close to 80% of automobile crashes and 65% of near crashes occurred within three seconds of some type of distraction. And the main cause of driver distraction is -you guessed it - cellular...

• Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect & Little known facts

  Susy Owen | September 29, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Would it surprise you to know that nursing home abuse and neglect is more prevalent in facilities that are owned by private investment firms. With many of our elderly in need of nursing homes in terms of business there is big money to be made. And that fact has not gone unnoticed by investment firms. However, business are looking at their bottom line and are often employ aggressive cost cutting...

• For Some Dogs - One Bite & You're Out

  Susy Owen | September 28, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Valdovinos got her 7 year old Australian shepherd named Breeze when she was just a puppy. This past August, she said, Breeze broke free of her chain (personally, I am wondering why she has her dog chained to begin with. Not much of a life for the poor animal). When Breeze broke free of her chain she ran toward a man walking his dog. Not surprisingly, the man felt he and his dog were about to be...

• Recall on Children's Trailer Bicycles

  Susy Owen | September 22, 2007 6:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Novara Afterburner Trailer Bicycles. In all, more than 5,000 trailer bicycles are being recalled. They wre distributed by Recreational Equipment Inc.(REI), of Kent, Washington. The children's trailer bicycle can detach from the adult bicycle, posing a fall hazard to children. The a single-wheel children's bicycle...

• Two Die in Car Crash

  Susy Owen | September 21, 2007 6:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In San Antonio Texas, two people lost their lives when they were involved in a head-on Collision on Loop 410. The incident involved an 18-wheeler and a concrete truck on the city's southeast side. The truck driver blew a tire, which caused him to loose control of his vehicle. Once the tire blew the concrete truck crossed the median at which time it crashed into an 18-wheeler. There was a third...

• The Dangers of Polypharmacy

  Susy Owen | September 20, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Most people realize the problems that can arise from drug interaction. The elderly are particularly vulnerable. As a rule, many people need medications as they age, and as a result, there are many opportunities to have a dangerous combination of pills in one's system. Take this story, for example: A 78-year-old woman was found unconscious on the floor of her apartment by a neighbor. She could...

• ATV's Recalled

  Susy Owen | September 09, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Consumer Product Safety Commision announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Ohalee FA-A70 Youth ATVs.There are 36 units currently being recalled. The real hazard with this particular defective product is that the lack front brakes in addition to a gauge for tire pressure. Among other problems the flag pole bracket is not the correct size, and the handlebars do not have padding...

• ATV's Recalled(2)

  Susy Owen | September 09, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Consumer Product Safety Commision announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Ohalee FA-A70 Youth ATVs.There are 36 units currently being recalled. The real hazard with this particular defective product is that the lack front brakes in addition to a gauge for tire pressure. Among other problems the flag pole bracket is not the correct size, and the handlebars do not have padding...

• ATV's Recalled(3)

  Susy Owen | September 09, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Consumer Product Safety Commision announced today that there will be a voluntary recall of Ohalee FA-A70 Youth ATVs.There are 36 units currently being recalled. The real hazard with this particular defective product is that the lack front brakes in addition to a gauge for tire pressure. Among other problems the flag pole bracket is not the correct size, and the handlebars do not have padding...

• Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

  Susy Owen | September 08, 2007 9:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After the 9/11 attack, the center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, which is based at Mount Saini Medical Center, has examined in excess of 15,000 people who were both workers and volunteers at the tragic site. At the same time, they have overseen an additional 5,000 who were examined at various clinics. Those programs received more than $100 million federal dollars to aid in this...

• Amtrak Train Collided with Woman's Body.

  Susy Owen | September 07, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Police in North Carolina are looking into what could be a wrongful death. At approximately five a.m. on Friday, a train collided with the body of a woman. Initally, it was believed that the woman's death was caused by the train. Now, authorities are not so certain. The engineer of the train has been interviewed. He did see a woman on the tracks, but it was too late to stop by the time he saw...

• Hulk Hogan's Son in Horrific Crash

  Susy Owen | September 01, 2007 5:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  As many are not doubt aware Nick Bollea better known as Nick Hogan "Hogan Knows Best" fame was the driver of a vehicle that was totaled in a horrific car crash last Sunday in Clearwater Florida. While Nick was released from the hospital with very minor injuries, his passenger and good friend, John J. Graziano, was not so fortunate. He was critically injured after suffering from a severe head...