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- Ohio ranks third nationally in alcohol-related boating accidents
Jun 27, 2012
Ohio is home to more than 128,000 linear miles of rivers, streams, creeks and smaller bodies of water. This might be why the number of watercraft operators, including boaters and those operating canoes and kayaks, has increased dramatically in recent years. In fact, last year Ohio had a record number of boating registrations, with an increase of almost 14,000 boaters since 2005. Ohio has also seen an increase in the number of alcohol-related boating accidents...Read More - Fatal head-on motorcycle accident on Route 88
Jun 27, 2012
While no one wants to think about it, motorcycle accident fatalities are a possible reality for anyone who rides a motorcycle. Riders in the Pittsburgh area are not exempted from this. A 37-year-old man riding his Harley Davidson Softail down State Route 88 was sadly killed after he collided with a Chevrolet Malibu. Police who responded to the accident scene reported that prior to the head-on crash, the motorcycle was going very fast. As the...Read More - Dallas Hartman’s New Office Complex Receives National Award
Jun 26, 2012
New Castle, PA, June 26, 2012 – Varco Pruden Buildings, one of the nation's largest providers of metal building systems, has announced Dallas Hartman's new office complex will be inducted into their 2011 Hall of Fame. The 18,000 – square foot office structure was completed in November of 2011 and is the current home of Dallas W. Hartman, PC, Attorneys at Law. Varco Pruden is one of the world's premier building groups. They provide innovative...Read More - ATV Accident killing child is a tragic reminder that ATV’s are not toys
Jun 23, 2012
Last month, 10-year-old Allison Paige Simmons of Ida, Louisiana was killed after being thrown from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). Simmons was one of five passengers, all children, riding on the side-by-side ATV and thrown off after the driver swerved to miss a tree limb. According to the North Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, none of the children were wearing seat belts or helmets-including the 13-year-old driver-and it has now been confirmed that a blow to Simmons's...Read More - Multiple injuries result when driver steers car into Ohio crowd
Jun 22, 2012
A 63-year-old woman drove her car into an Ohio town square where more than a thousand people had gathered for a Friday night music festival. For an unknown reason, the woman drove her car at a rate of 20 mph approximately 50 feet off the roadway, over a sidewalk and through a garden. The car finally came to a rest when it struck a sculpture in the town square, but only after plowing through a...Read More - Alzheimer’s patients at risk during hospital stays
Jun 22, 2012
Patients in Ohio hospitals can be at risk of hospital negligence. According to a new study, those patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease are particularly at risk. In fact, the study found that the consequences of a hospital stay could even be catastrophic. For one, people with dementia are more likely to be hospitalized. Many times Alzheimer's patients go to the hospital for conditions such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, chest pain, dehydration, fainting and falls...Read More - Consumers becoming ‘numb’ to expanding product recalls
Jun 22, 2012
Retailers, manufacturers and government regulators are becoming concerned that the growing number of product recalls is generating "fatigue" in consumers. They worry that this condition could cause consumers to ignore or remain unaware of a recall that could pose health or injury dangers. This is a fatigue that regular readers of this blog may have themselves felt. Recalling a potentially dangerous product has become ever more popular, as manufacturers and regulatory officials try to improve...Read More - $26.1M settlement in Pennsylvania truck accident
Jun 22, 2012
A personal injury lawsuit that was initiated in June 2011, recently settled for what is being called the largest personal injury settlement on record. The root of the civil lawsuit was a truck accident that occurred in July 2010 on a Pennsylvania highway. The serious accident occurred one evening on Interstate 80. The plaintiff in the case was reportedly driving her Toyota Matrix down the road, headed east, when she had to stop for traffic...Read More - Nursing home at fault for resident’s death
Jun 22, 2012
There has been yet another elder group home tragedy. An assisted-living resident living in a state in the Midwest was deprived of emergency resuscitation while he was choking because personnel thought he had a do-not-resuscitate order in his file. An ambulance was waiting outside to help, while, inside, nursing home staffers advised emergency personal to stop CPR because of the suspected order. However, the facility’s operator has now been blamed, as staffers withheld CPR because...Read More - Could cars that talk to each other prevent accidents?
Jun 20, 2012
Wouldn't it be great if cars somehow could avoid crashing into each other, despite driver negligence? Does that idea sound like something out of a Pixar cartoon? Maybe, but preventing serious car accidents in Ohio through the use of vehicle-to vehicle communication, or V2V, may be the future in automotive safety. At a recent transportation conference, cars that can actually communicate with each other and warn drivers of impending crashes were part of a safety...Read More