Three Commercial Trucks Involved in Fiery I-77 Pileup
Road construction on I-77 in Chester County created stop-and-go traffic conditions that resulted in a fiery six-car pileup in early September. The multi-vehicle wreck closed the highway for more than 8 hours while first responders worked to literally put out fires and save more than a dozen victims. The accident was so large that the…
Read MoreSmaller Commercial Trucks Can Cause Fatal Accidents, Too
Truck accidents are always serious. The underlying cause varies; truck drivers can be distracted, fatigued, drunk or unlicensed, but the overriding cause is always the same. Big trucks cause big accidents. Commercial vans and small trucks can outweigh passenger vehicles by almost 10 times, while fully loaded tractor-trailers can be 40 times heavier than a…
Read MoreSamsung Screwed Up a Smartphone AND a Recall
In case you missed it, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has officially recalled 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after dozens of the devices caught fire while charging. The defective devices caused a reported 92 instances of overheating so far, of which 55 involved property damage and 26 involved burns. Unfortunately, these problems…
Read MoreMan Paralyzed After Medical Errors Highlights “Systems Problem”
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in this country. Sometimes those errors are so egregious, such an obvious case of medical malpractice, that it is hard to understand how they could have occurred in the first place. Take the heartbreaking case of August de los Reyes. He is the design head for…
Read MoreWhy You Might Not Know When Your Implant Is Defective
Headlines are made when major medical device or drug manufacturers issue massive recalls that affect hundreds of thousands of people. The US Food and Drug Administration handles the announcement of every recall differently, regardless of how many people were affected. However, most medical recalls have a common theme; the burden of informing patients is generally…
Read MoreWhat You Need To Know About South Carolina’s Dram Shop Law
Drunk drivers are a danger to everyone on the road, including themselves. For that reason, many states pass what are known as “dram shop” laws, or “social host” liability laws. In essence, dram shop and social host liability statutes say that if an establishment (like a bar or restaurant) or a person (like a party…
Read MoreVA Department Faces Three Times More Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Than Just Five Years Ago
In 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid out $98 million for medical malpractice claims. Just four years later in 2015, that number rose to a truly staggering $338 million. The VA downplayed the number, but the abysmal care that veterans receive at the hands of the mismanaged agency coupled with the massive spike in…
Read MoreCarcinogenic Personal Care Products: Toxic Toothpaste
The multi-million dollar awards against Johnson & Johnson in regards to talc have caused many of us to take a longer, harder look at the cosmetics industry. In our research, we came across a report by the Cornucopia Institute, a public interest group that started out looking into farm policies. But after 11 years, what…
Read MoreLack of Regulation Means Carcinogens Often End Up in Your Cosmetics
If you’re anything like the average American, you use somewhere between 5 and 12 personal care products every day. Every product that is part of your morning routine, from shampoo to deodorant to mouthwash, falls under this category, and not a single one of those products has been evaluated for safety by any federal agency.…
Read MoreThe VA Problem with Its Priorities
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been plagued in recent years for its systematic failure to address the health and wellness concerns of our nation’s veterans. In essence, the system is failing at the very thing it was designed to do. While new leadership is supposedly working to address the long wait times and crumbling…
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