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• How about a cup of coffee with that Twinkie?

  Laura Mackie | December 27, 2006 11:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A Twinkie alert was issued at 2:47 a.m. on December 20, 2006 when 50,000 pounds of Hostess bakery products were dumped on Hwy. 99 just south of Eight Mile Road in Stockton California. The unfortunate "spill" was just one aspect of a traffic accident in which a tractor-trailer overturned after the driver lost control of the big rig and crashed through the highway divider. Debris from the...

• Drunk Driving....the Aftermath

  Laura Mackie | December 27, 2006 11:27 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  When an individual chooses to mix alcohol consumption and operation of a motor vehicle, the results are often tragic. The repercussions of drunk driving are not measured solely in terms of fines and jail time. All too often, innocent bystanders become the unwitting victims of the alcohol impaired driver. On December 26, 2006, Joanne Dues was sentenced to four years in prison for gross...

• Lack of Sleep....a factor in Trucking Accidents

  Laura Mackie | December 17, 2006 9:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  According to an article published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine about 5,600 people are killed each year in the U.S. in crashes involving commercial trucks. Many of the crashes happen when the driver falls asleep at the wheel. The article is titled, "Impaired Performance in Commercial Drivers: Role of Sleep Apnea and Short Sleep Duration."According to a major...

• Consumer Alert - Treadmills pose a danger to children

  Laura Mackie | December 17, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Health conscious parents beware, especially if your health routine includes using a treadmill. A retrospective study was performed by the Shriners hospital in Sacramento California (covering the years 1998 to 2002) which dealt with the characteristics and treatment of treadmill related burn injuries in children. Ten patients sustained injuries associated with treadmill use. Their average age...

• Burn Injuries associated with Automobiles

  Laura Mackie | December 17, 2006 8:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Automoible burns still account for a significant portion of hospital burn unit admissions. Despite efforts on the part of the medical community to increase consumer awareness of the dangers associated with regular use and maintenance of vehicles, burns associated with motor vehicles accounted for as much as 10% of all burn admissions to hospitals in 2006. The most common burn injuries...

• Product Liability and Children's Toys

  Laura Mackie | December 07, 2006 8:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On December 7, 2006, the U.S. government reported at least one child has died and 19 others have needed surgery since 2003 after swallowing magnets used in toys. Researchers have found that most of those cases involved tiny (but strong) magnets that became linked together in the children's digestive tracts, squeezing the intestines and in some cases even causing perforation. Jonathan Midgett,...

• When a Welbilt Cooker isn't....

  Laura Mackie | December 04, 2006 9:35 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On-line retailer QVC has issued a voluntary recall of an electronic pressure cooker sold via its telemarketing channel, web page and toll-free number from March 2001 through April 2001. The cooker was sold for $120. Selling under the name "Welbilt", the pressure cooker measures 11-inches-high, 11-inches-wide and 15-inches-long and was sold in white. The recalled electronic pressure cooker was...

• Auto Accidents and Burns

  Laura Mackie | December 03, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Burn injuries are second only to motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. There are, however, instances where victims suffer injury and/or death as a result of a fire that was part of an automobile accident. The fact is, fires occur in about three out of every one thousand automobile collisions. Each year thousands of people sustain disfiguring or...