Congratulations to all 2012 high school graduates! You have reached another milestone in you life. Over the next few months, you will most likely be attending graduation parties of your…
Massachusetts banned texting while driving in September 2010. The state law prohibits the “use of a mobile telephone, or any handheld device capable of accessing the Internet, to manually…
Everything was going right. The school year had just ended; graduation was less than13 hours away. Then tragedy struck. Two students from the Brunswick High School graduating class of 2012 and…
Foodborne illness outbreaks are not only devastating for the people who suffer illness, but also for the companies involved,” says Bill Marler, food safety attorney who has sued hundreds of…
In 2009, a two-year-old child suffered extensive brain damage after the car he was riding in was struck by a repeatedly convicted drunk driver. The toddler was strapped in his car seat when a…
Much attention has been given to the dangers of distracted driving, but what about distracted walking? According to the online journal of “Injury Prevention,” the injury or death rate…
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the death of a 101-year-old woman who died from injuries sustained when an 18-year-old barreled through the wall of the woman’s room at a nursing…
There are dangerous products on the market all the time. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes serious injuries or death to protect innocent people from defective products and negligent…
Abuse of K2 (also known as Spice), a form of synthetic marijuana has exploded this year. K2 is popular among teens; it can be purchased in most smoke shops, gas stations, party stores, and on the…
Michigan lawmakers are considering more medical malpractice reform that would make it even harder (trust me; it is difficult enough!) to successfully sue doctors. Senate Bills 1115 – 1118, known…
I am not talking about a list of the most popular adult beverages. The Beers list, formally known as the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, is a list of…
A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly gave as many as fifty children Tamoxifen, a powerful cancer fighting medication, instead of the prescribed fluoride tablets. Although some children ingested…
