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The human brain is a complex and delicate organ upon which most bodily functions depend. As such, it is one of the worst places in the body to receive a traumatic injury, and such injuries to the brain can lead to death. If a loved one has suffered a catastrophic brain injury resulting in death, and this injury occurred through another person’s misconduct or negligence, consult a brain death lawyer to ensure you can claim compensation for this wrongful death.
President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, which stipulated that employers and other organizations could not discriminate based on disability – generally defined as a mental or physical impairment. The act was good news for millions, including those suffering from burns.
Several thousand pounds of metal traveling at high or even moderate speeds can be deadly. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, automobile accidents caused more than 42,000 deaths in 2006. The Burn Resource Center reports car crashes and severe burns are the top two killers in America for accident-related deaths. When these two dangers combine, the results can be catastrophic.
The United States suffered 1,642,500 fires in 2006, causing 3,245 civilian fire deaths, 89 firefighter deaths, 16,400 civilian fire injuries and $11.3 billion in property damage. The National Fire Protection Association also reports fires were up 3 per cent over the previous year. Most civilian fire deaths came from structure fires, followed by vehicle fires, outside fires and other fires.
Skilled lawyer can build case for negligence in construction accident deaths
because construction jobs have more safety risks than desk jobs doesn’t mean they should be fatal. Yet thousands of persons are injured or killed on construction sites yearly, often because an owner or employer has been negligent. Also guilty may be architects, general contractors, sub-contractors or manufacturers of equipment used in construction. If a loved one has suffered a wrongful death on a construction site, contact an experienced wrongful death construction lawyer.
A Government Accountability Office study, due later this week, indicates that more than half a million commercial drivers may be physically unfit to drive. That’s because these drivers are eligible for full disability payments over health issues, as determined by the Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs Department and Labor Department.
Wrongful death by electrocution can occur in the workplace or in the home. Such accidents can stem from defective products or from negligence by an employer. If you have lost a loved one via an electrocution accident, contact an electrocution lawyer to file a wrongful death lawsuit and seek compensation for an extremely traumatic tragedy.
Just as rollovers have given SUVs (sport utility vehicles) a bad name, they’ve done the same for ATVs (all-terrain vehicles).
According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, ATV driving leads to more than 700 deaths and more than 135,000 injuries annually in America, and about 30 per cent of those involve children. Texas is among the top five states for ATV deaths, along with Pennsylvania, California, West Virginia and Kentucky.
Again, a major construction crane collapse has taken lives, this time at the LyondellBasell oil refinery along the Houston Ship Channel. Four workers were killed and seven were injured in the Friday afternoon accident, the third fatal construction crane collapse in America this year.
Construction crane accidents are a towering problem
In less than three months in 2008, two cases of catastrophic crane collapse killed a total of nine people at New York City construction sites. As such crane fatalities show, towering cranes can be extremely hazardous, as can other construction equipment and tasks.
After two years of refusing to issue its most urgent safety warning about Levaquin, Cipro and other fluroquinolone drugs, the Federal Drug Administration has finally ordered manufacturers of the antibiotics to apply the warning to prescriptions for the drugs.
Firework Safety Vital to Prevent Injuries, says Texas Fireworks Lawyer
Parades, cookouts and fireworks help us celebrate the summer season, especially our nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July. However, fireworks can turn a joyful celebration into a painful memory when they injure a child or adult. All fireworks are hazardous and can cause injury. Even the legal consumer fireworks that comply with the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission can harm.
Need a tomato lawyer? Texas is America’s tainted tomato capital
It's now official: Texas is the tainted tomato capital of America. At least, that's the conclusion easily reached by reading the latest on the sticky topic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Washington, D.C.
When a worker is killed on the job, can his/her family sue those responsible?
Once the terrible news of a work related death sinks in, the victim’s family is left with questions about hazardous job conditions and other circumstances that could have caused their loved one’s death. One of their most important questions is whether the company(s) or person(s) responsible for the death of their loved one can be sued. The answer is yes.
Salmonella food poisoning still threatens, whether from tomatoes or not
Salmonella food poisoning remains a very real threat. The rare strain of bacterium known as salmonella saintpaul is lurking in America’s food supply, and it’s making thousands of citizens violently ill with digestive maladies.
Salmonella food poisoning taints too many tomatoes
The United States enjoys the world's safest and most bountiful food supply, says Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Jane E. Henney. But food supplies can be contaminated, as with tainted tomatoes containing salmonella.
