When many Alabama residents think about the situations in which traffic accidents may happen, being at a standstill in a vehicle is not often the first such situation that comes to mind. Usually things that may involve driving in dangerous conditions such as at night...
Month: October 2016
Three Alabama cities on nation’s worst for drunk driving
Every day, you face the possibility of being injured by a negligent driver in Alabama. Whether as a driver yourself or as a passenger, bicyclists or pedestrian, one reckless act on the part of another person could put you in grave danger. Among the many causes of such...
Safety inspection blitz pulls many trucks off the road
The results of the 72-hour International Roadcheck campaign are in, and the results from 9,080 truck inspections are troubling: Over 21 percent of the trucks were unfit for service. Inspectors also placed 3.4 percent of the commercial truck drivers out of service....
inadequate staffing may result in nursing home neglect, mix-ups
A nonprofit research group called the ECRI Institute collected the data from 181 health-care facilities. ECRI categorized the identification errors by type. Over one-third of the errors involved x-rays or other diagnostic tests; just less than one-quarter involved...
Are state workers’ compensation programs sufficient?
Workers’ compensation benefits are not uniform across the county. Rather, each state has its own approach. However, the U.S. Department of Labor may be attempting to change that.The Labor Department's recent nationwide survey of state workers' compensation programs...
Prevent dog bites on Halloween
Kids look forward to Halloween all year, and you want it to be a fun night for them. As a parent, you also need to make sure it's a safe night.Keeping your children safe while trick-or-treating includes taking steps to prevent dog bites. Learn some simple steps that...
High-speed chase on Alabama’s Interstate 65 ends in tragedy
Speeding was a factor in a recent two-vehicle accident on Interstate 65 South. In fact, the excessive speed apparently prohibited a safe entrance onto the interstate: the collision happened on the off-ramp.According to reports, officials from the G.K. Fountain...
Homeopathic teething products linked to children’s deaths
There are new warnings by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week about certain types of teething products. The FDA issued a safety alert in 2010 about teething tablets manufactured by Hyland's. Now, the FDA's warning includes all homeopathic teething...
Taking a closer look at brain injury lawsuits: Part 2
In our last post, we discussed a premises liability lawsuit brought by a former high school basketball player against the local school district. The player alleges that he slipped on vomit that school officials failed to properly clean up from the basketball...
Taking a closer look at brain injury lawsuits: Part 1
Readers might expect a brain injury lawsuit arising from an athletic event to relate to bodily impact between players. However, an athletic event also involves the attendance of hundreds or more invitees to an owner’s property. Accordingly, a premises liability...
