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Supreme Court Hears Case of 13 Year Old Girl Strip Searched at School

Posted on April 21, 2009
By Catherine D. Bertram, Esquire and Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The United States Supreme Court will hear the case of a 13 year old girl from Arizona who was strip searched at school. The Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether school officials violated this child's Fourth Amendment rights...

What Not to Do After An Auto Accident

Posted on April 21, 2009
Posted by Jacqueline T. Colclough, Esquire, R.N. As reported in a recent article in the Washington Post, a young woman escaped from her overturned vehicle onto the Interstate, only to be killed by another car while sitting on the highway. According to witnesses, she escaped from her overturned car and sat down in a traffic lane...

Are We Safe? U.S. Has a Patchwork of Food Safety Inspection Systems

Posted on April 20, 2009
By Catherine D. Bertram, Esquire and Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Your chances of getting sick from tainted food may depend on how diligent your state inspection system is, according to an article in the New York Times this week. 'The longer it takes you to nail an outbreak, the more people are going to get sick,' said Dr...

Accidents in Minicars Can Be Deadly

Posted on April 20, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire When buying a car, you need to know what you are getting into. Although they provide relatively better gas-mileage, certain minicars may be more dangerous to drive. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested three different minicars--the Honda Fit, the Toyota Yaris and the Smart Fortwo...

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Tipover Danger Increases with Big Screen TV

Posted on April 15, 2009
As more households acquire or upgrade to big screen televisions, more dangers for children are associated with them. Although many of these TVs are lightweight, their bases and stands used to hold them frequently are much smaller. SafeKids Worldwide, a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent unintentional childhood injury, recommends securing bookcases, shelving, televisions and appliances to walls with brackets and anchors...

Medical Device Safety Act

Posted on April 02, 2009
Today, medical device patients and attorneys from around the country will travel to Washington, DC for a Lobby Day to ask Congress to support HR 1346/S 540, the Medical Device Safety Act (MDSA). American Association for Justice member law firms and their clients will be joining in support of this important action...

Legal Times: Plaintiff's Bar Pushes Hill Agenda

Posted on March 30, 2009
March 31, 2009 marks the beginning date for Congressional hearings for legislation designed to protect consumers. Legal Times recent edition summarizes battles facing patient advocates, including the attorneys at Regan Zambri & Long, who fight for patients and their families who have been injured or lost their lives as a result of unsafe medical devices, medication and other consumer protection issues...

Supreme Court Ruling in Wyeth v. Levine: Victory for Justice

Posted on March 04, 2009

National Burn Awareness Week 2009: Focus on Scalding

Posted on February 06, 2009
Each year during the first week of February, the American Burn Association selects a relevant topic to kick off their media campaign to educate the general public about burn prevention. For 2009, the focus is on scald prevention and treatment. According to the American Burn Association’s Scald Prevention Information, nearly 24,000 children are treated for scald injuries in emergency rooms annually...

FDA Announces Expanded Recall by Peanut Corporation of America

Posted on January 29, 2009
Previously, the DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog reported the FDA press release specifying details of the recall of bulk packaged peanut butter and peanut paste produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Those products are generally distributed by institutional and food service industry use...

Contaminated Peanut Butter - Likely Source for Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on January 15, 2009
During the past several months, 434 reported cases of Salmonella, a serious bacterial infection, has led to the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement of a voluntary recall by Peanut Corporation of America. We have reproduced the FDA Press Release in its entirety below: Recall -- Firm Press Release FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties...

Tire Valve Update

Posted on November 20, 2008
A previous DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog posting discussed Safety Officials Urging Drivers to Inspect Tire Valve Stems Distributed by Dill Air Control. Since then, according to a Detroit Free Press article, a new investigation into Ford Motor Company has been initiated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), prompting additional warnings...

Insurance Fraud: Common-Sense Advice to Protect Consumers

Posted on November 17, 2008
The term "insurance fraud" is usually attributed to the consumer but a recent article by the American Association for Justice has outlined an increasing problem of Insurance companies committing the insurance fraud.We learn from an early age that everyone needs insurance...

Drunk Driving: A Major Safety Concern on Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2008
Although everyone wishes that Halloween could just be a night of carefree fun, there are many dangers that both children and adults face on Halloween. Topping the danger list is probably drunk driving. The DC Metro area participates in SoberRide service, providing free taxi rides for drunken individuals on Halloween between 10 p...

Road Rules: Safety Tips for Motorists, Parents and Children on Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2008
Halloween can be a very dangerous night for children who frequently become young, and not always very street-smart, pedestrians as they trick-or-treat. AAA provides the following tips for motorists, parents, and children when making Halloween plans...

Common Sense Safety Tips for Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2008
DC Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog recently posted an article on the Halloween hazards that young children face every year. Since this Halloween falls on a Friday, condensing all the party-going and trick or treating to one or two nights, instead of spread out over a week...

FDA Warning: Dairy Based Candy and Melamine

Posted on October 30, 2008
Globalization has lead to many great advancements, including our food supply here in the US. However, globalization not only makes information travel faster it can also lead to disease and illnesses traveling faster. An unfortunate example of such a consequence is the Melamine scandal in Chinese dairy products...

Maryland Enacts New Law to Assist Efforts to Curb Underage Drinking

Posted on October 29, 2008
Some parents believe that, to ensure their teens' safety, they should allow their children to drink at home with parental supervision so that they won't try to do it in a dangerous environment. Maryland recently enacted a law that will now fines such parents $1,000-$2,500...

Halloween: Think Safety First for Your Children

Posted on October 26, 2008
Stories of Halloween hazards are usually concerned with some sort of spiked candy but it turns out that though the possibility of contaminated treats should not be ignored, the incidents of finding such candy is extremely rare. A more realistic hazard to children on Halloween is the increased chance of them getting hit by a car...

Warning: Do Not Allow Children Under Five To Have Contact With Exotic Animals

Posted on October 10, 2008
Previously on DC Metro Personal Injury Law Blog, the risks associated with keeping baby chickens and ducks as pets were highlighted in an April, 2007 posting. Unfortunately, it is becoming evident that many other popular animals pose the same threat of passing salmonella, as well as other diseases, on to humans, according to an Associated Press article about a recent study about the dangers of owning exotic animals...

October Is Fire Safety Month: Do You Know Why?

Posted on October 08, 2008
October is National Fire Prevention Month in commemoration of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871, that lead to the deaths of 300 people and the destruction on 18,000 buildings. In spite of modern fire -resistant designs for cities, fires are still the third leading cause of injury related deaths in homes today, according to the Home Safety Council...

Safety Officials Urge Drivers to Inspect Tire Valve Stems Distributed by Dill Air Control.

Posted on October 01, 2008
Dill Air Control, a subsidiary of the Chinese company, Shanghai Baolong Industries, has approximately 30 million potentially faulty tire valve stems in North American distribution. The faulty valve stems are thought to be cracking, causing a slow leak that may lead to tire failure at higher speeds – a situation that has proven to be fatal for at least one Florida resident in 2006, according to an article by Consumer Reports...

Annual Report Names Cheerleading as Most Dangerous Sport for Female Athletes

Posted on September 17, 2008
Over the last 25 years, a single sport has been responsible for more than 2/3 of all catastrophic sports injuries to high school and college female athletes in the United States. That sport: cheerleading. The finding recently was published in the 25th Annual Report of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Lack of Consumer Response to Recalls Leaves Children and Adults Vulnerable to Injuries

Posted on August 22, 2008
NewsInferno.com reports that although product recalls are considered to be a powerful way to ensure consumer safety, sometimes recalls are just not enough. Despite recall notices and warnings, consumers continue to use products that have the potential to seriously injure or kill, according to the U...

FDA Warning: Henna Tattoos More Dangerous than Most People Realize

Posted on August 05, 2008
Late Summer is a season of carnivals, festivals and open-air malls -- all venues where thousands of young people receive popular black henna tattoos each year. While popular opinion holds that the brushed-on tattoos must be safer than traditional needle-and-ink versions, that isn't necessarily the case...

Recent Death Highlights Bike Safety Concerns

Posted on August 01, 2008
As gas prices rise, more commuters are relying on bicycles. The recent death of a bicyclist when a garbage truck turned into her lane has prompted a heightened public awareness regarding bicycle safety. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) calls for increased safety measures due to an influx of bike traffic...

Government to Revamp Vehicle Safety Tests

Posted on July 22, 2008
As reported by the Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the first major update to its vehicle safety ratings (which grade vehicles on scale of up to five stars) in seven years. The new program will continue to assess passenger cars, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans on the five star scale, but will add an overall safety rating that combines the scores from several crash tests...

Beef Recall Highlights Weaknesses in Reporting System

Posted on July 21, 2008
The recent beef recall because of possible contamination with E. coli highlights weaknesses in a recall system that often experiences delays in informing consumers. The significance of this recall is emphasized when considered in conjunction with the separate salmonella outbreak sickening nearly 900 people...

"Deny, Delay, Defend" Strategy Prevalent Among Ten Worst Insurance Companies: Comprehensive Investigation Reveals Tactics Against Consumers

Posted on July 11, 2008
American Association for Justice (AAJ) recently released a comprehensive research report, "The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America: How They Raise Premiums, Deny Claims, and Refuse Insurance to Those Who Need It Most." The top ten list includes Allstate, UNUM, AIG, State Farm, Conseco, WellPoint, Farmers, UnitedHealth, Torchmark, and Liberty Mutual...

Free Alcohol For Teens? Almost Half of Teen Drinkers Receive Free Alcohol from Adults: New Study

Posted on July 05, 2008
More than half of American teens report consuming alcohol, and more than 40% of those underage drinkers say they often get their alcohol free from an adult. One in four report receiving free alcohol from an unrelated adult, one in 16 report receiving it from a parent or guardian, and one in 12 say they have received it from a family member...

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