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Health Hazards in Hospitals Due to Approved, Dangerous Equipment

September 30th, 2010

Medical equipment health hazards in hospitals

More health hazards in hospitals as we learn from a recent investigation. Federal inspectors from the Department Of Health and Human Services have reopened an investigation into the approvals granted to medical scanners.  The investigation is based on complaints by Food and Drug Administration scientists, who say that they were pressured to approve some of these high-tech medical scanners in spite of evidence that they could cause harm to patients.

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Concern over Landing Gear Problems with Aircraft Manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace

September 30th, 2010

Landing Gear Problems Bombardier

Over the past week, there have been two separate incidents involving landing gear failures in two separate aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace.  Fortunately, in both cases, there were no serious injuries or fatalities.  However, these incidents underscore a history of landing gear-related issues with the CRJ 200 Jets.

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Feds Probe Large Truck Accidents and Fatalities Decline

September 30th, 2010

Large Truck Accidents and Fatalities

 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is hosting a webinar to discuss the substantial decline in large truck accidents and fatalities in 2009.  The agency’s Office of Analysis Research and Technology hosted a webinar this week to determine the reasons for this decline.  In 2009, there was a 20% decline in the number of large truck accident-related fatalities.

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American Motorist Safety Continues to Be at Risk From Failure to Implement NTSB Recommendations

September 29th, 2010
American Motorist Safety

Icing on planes has been a major issues for many years now.

Thousands of people have been killed in automobile accidents, truck accidents, plane crashes, train accidents and other disasters caused because the federal agencies responsible for safety of Americans delayed acting on recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board.  It is a matter of frustration not just to the NTSB, but also to California personal injury lawyers that these agencies continue to fumble over safety measures, exposing Americans to risk.

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NHTSA Reports Drop in Distracted Driving Accident Deaths

September 29th, 2010
distracted driving-related deaths

NHTSA has some shocking statistics regarding distracted driving accidents.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported a decline in the number of people killed in distracted driving-related deaths in 2009.  Last year, these accidents kill 5, 474 people and left 448,000 people injured.  That was a decline of about 360 deaths compared to 2008.

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What’s Causing an Increase in Bicycle Accidents in Santa Monica?

September 29th, 2010
Santa Monica Bicycle Accidents

What's with the increased amount of bike accidents?

There has been a shocking increase in the number of bicycle accidents in Santa Monica, which has long prided itself on being a city friendly to bicyclists and pedestrians.  According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, in a study of 103 California cities of similar size, Santa Monica ranked at number three in the number of bicycle accident in 2008.  Not only that, the city also saw higher numbers of serious pedestrian accidents in 2008.

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In Spite Of Awareness, Fatigue Car Accidents and Others Increase

September 28th, 2010

fatigue car accidents and others on the rise

It’s not as if California car accident lawyers, transportation experts and auto safety groups are unaware of the risk from pilots, motorists, truck and bus drivers who operate their vehicles in a fatigued state.  There is defiantly enough evidence to document these risks that operating a vehicle in a fatigued state poses.  However, in spite of this, transportation agencies have not been able to come up with strong and effective proposals that can help prevent fatigue  car accidents.

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Death Points to Injury Risks of Segway Scooters

September 28th, 2010

Segway Injury Risks After Recent Death

Segway injury risks have become of recent focus. The death of a British businessman who owned the company that manufactures Segway scooters this week, has once again underscored the vastly underestimated injury risks from using these high tech devices.  A new study also released this week confirms that persons injured using Segway scooters have a higher chance of being admitted to hospitals, than pedestrians involved in collisions with automobiles.

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Two Injured in Suspected DUI Accident in Long Beach

September 28th, 2010

Suspected DUI Accident Injures Two

A <strong>suspected DUI</strong> driver may be to blame for a multi-vehicle accident on the Long Beach Freeway that left two people injured last week.  The California Highway Patrol believes the accident was caused by an intoxicated driver.

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Food Safety Legislation Would Strengthen Penalties for Violations

September 27th, 2010
Food Safety Violations

Patrick Leahy introduced the Food Safety Accountability Act.

A new piece of legislation just introduced in the U.S. Senate would hold food safety violators accountable for their actions, and would strengthen penalties for these violations.  The bill was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy Democrat-Vermont, and is called the Food Safety Accountability Act.  The bill will provide for the creation of criminal offenses for any individual or company that knowingly distributes contaminated or dangerous food products.

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