Those with texting fixations have become such a menace in America that one city has imposed a ban on texting while walking. Fort Lee, NJ now makes it illegal to walk while texting. Read more »
| May 15 |
Texting while walking ban imposed in New Jersey |
| May 11 |
Pool slide recall issued by CPSCWe’ve warned you in the past about playground and pool safety, which is vital as summer nears. Now we have another warning: An inflatable pool slide proved fatal in one case and caused paralysis in another, and it’s been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC advises persons who purchased the Banzai Splash pool slide from Toys R Us or Walmart between early 2005 and June of 2009 to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Those retail chains reportedly have agreed to take them back, according to CNN. |
| May 02 |
Turn Signals Causing Car AccidentsWhich is more dangerous, failing to use turn signals, forgetting to turn them off or distracted driving? Surprise! Drivers who don’t use turn signals at all or forget to turn them off cause more than two million accidents every year. That’s more than double the 950,000 accidents attributed to texting and driving and talking on cell phones while driving, says a recent study by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Read more » |
| Apr 30 |
Bronx, NY SUV roof crush accident claims 7 livesAny auto accident or traffic accident death is tragic, but imagine the grief of a Bronx, NY man who lost seven members of his family representing three generations in an SUV roof crush accident Sunday. |
| Apr 27 |
KFC hit by $8 million ruling in food poisoning caseHow serious is America’s food poisoning crisis? So serious that food poisoning kills 3,000 Americans annually and sickens 17 per cent of us, or about 48 million Americans. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though those 3,000 deaths were less than .2 percent of food poisoning cases, many of these cases involved serious injuries. Just because food poisoning doesn’t kill you doesn’t mean it can’t cause serious — sometimes irreparable — harm. Read more » |
| Apr 25 |
Tylenol liver damage could be a threatWe often hear about exotic defective pharmaceutical drugs sold by prescription. But familiar and seemingly ordinary over-the-counter drugs also can fall under suspicion. One is Tylenol, the pain relief drug that’s previously had high-profile Tylenol recalls due to manufacturing defects and now is suspected of causing liver damage. Read more » |
| Apr 23 |
Actos bladder cancer injuries are risingYou wouldn’t think a Type 2 diabetes drug would cause cause bladder cancer, but that’s what’s happening with Actos, as the Food and Drug Administration now warns on Actos labels. The warning was bolstered by a decade of studies finding that long-term Actos users suffer 40 per cent more bladder cancer cases than non-users of the defective drug. Read more » |
| Apr 16 |
Pradaxa bleeding injury may merit a defective drug lawsuitAmericans who take an anticoagulant medication to reduce the chance of blood clots may experience a horrible defective drug injury as a result. Some anticoagulant drugs, such as Pradaxa, can cause harmful side effects injuries. When used as an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, Pradaxa can help persons suffering from atrial fibrillation, which involves the heart’s upper atria not contracting adequately. Thus, blood does not flow normally, and blood clots can arise. Such blood clots can trigger a stroke and can be fatal. Read more » |
| Apr 09 |
18 wheeler hits tree, Houston woman sparedAn elderly northeast Houston woman escaped possible death when an out-of-control big rig plowed through her front yard but was stopped short of her house by a tree she planted half a century ago. Police said the accident occurred around 5 a.m. Thursday when the driver of an 18 wheeler carrying frozen food from Arkansas to a nearby Walmart store apparently had a heart attack. The big rig veered off the road and onto the property of Alice Wright and her grandson in the 5500 block of Live Oak. Read more » |
| Mar 30 |
Dummies in cars on HOV lanes bring finesSome Houston-area drivers — and perhaps drivers in Dallas, San Antonio and other Texas cities — must think law officers are dummies. If so, they are wrong. Harris County Precinct 5 deputies confiscated an upper-torso male mannequin late Thursday afternoon from a motorist who’d tried using the dummy to drive uncontested on an HOV or high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Katy Freeway. Read more » |