It practically takes a legal background to act as an informed consumer in the American marketplace today. You make a simple purchase and then find yourself confronting - defective products, product recalls, class action suits, waivers, mandatory arbitration clauses and so on. How do you protect yourself and your legal rights? By staying informed - and we will help by providing timely updates to current issues.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, each year about 5,000 people are killed in accidents involving large trucks. Annually, truck collisions account for more than 25,000 injuries requiring emergency room treatment.
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With summer approaching, many famiies soon will be loading up kids and bags and heading out on a road trip. But, over 400 4-to-8-year-olds are killed in traffic crashes every year, and roughly 70,000 more are injured. Research has shown that booster seats are extremely effective in reducing injuries in crashes.
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According to Safe Kids Worldwide, a coalition that aims to prevent injuries to children, drowning is the second-largest cause of accidental death among youngsters. In 2003 alone, the latest year for which statistics are available, 285 children drowned in U.S. swimming pools.
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Lawn mowing is a hobby for some, a dreaded weekend chore for others, but according to a recent article in Annals of Emergency Medicine, it is becoming a potentially dangerous task for more and more folks each year.
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