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PARENTS BEWARE: INFANT SEATS FAIL IN SIDE-IMPACT CRASHES

According to Consumer Reports, car seats for infants (the rear-facing seats for infants up to about one year in age) usually fail in broadside crashes — 10 of 12 models tested failed, some “disastrously” (the seat often separated completely from its base). One popular model — the Evenflo Discovery —…

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TO PERSONAL-INJURY VICTIMS AND PAIN-SUFFERERS — OVER-THE-COUNTER PAINKILLERS CAN BE HARMFUL

If you — like many personal-injury victims — are taking over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications, you need to be aware of new proposed FDA (Food and Drug Administration) warnings. On January 2, 2007, the Washington Post reported that the FDA has proposed stronger warning labels on over-the-counter “painkiller” medications, especially because…

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WHY ARE THERE NO MEDICATION ERRORS IN VIRGINIA WHEN MEDICATION ERRORS KILL OR INJURE 1.5 MILLION AMERICANS EVERY YEAR?

In another post to this Blog, I lamented both the bias against any plaintiff and the especial bias against any plaintiff suing a doctor or hospital for medical negligence: Virginia’s not being on this list of “judicial hellholes” is no surprise to Virginia judges or the trial lawyers for the…

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PEDESTRIAN AND MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT IN PART FOR HIGHEST TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL SINCE 1990

Traffic deaths in the United States in 2005 — 43,443 — reached their highest levels since 1990, according to government statistics cited by the Insurance Journal, The increase was more than 1 percent compared to 2004. This increase was attributed in part to increased deaths from motorcycle and pedestrian accidents.…

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