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Deaths Leads Toyota to Recall Defective Cars

Posted on September 30, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to an AP report, "Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash...

Deaths Lead Toyota to Recall Defective Cars

Drivers Increasingly Distracted by Cellphone, Texting

Posted on September 29, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Ashley Halsey III of the Washington Post reports that approximately "90 percent of Americans own cellphones, and one national survey found that eight in 10 drivers talk on their phones while behind the wheel, about 1 million of them at any given moment...

Metro Rail Cars To Be Equipped With Cameras

Posted on September 29, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to James Hohmann of the Washington Post, WMATA "officials are preparing to install video cameras on an unspecified number of rail cars, the first step in what could become a systemwide surveillance network that officials say will help them better manage crowds and investigate criminal activity...

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Hit-And-Run Car and Truck Accidents On The Rise

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Ashley Halsey III of the Washington Post reports that AAA has announced that our area is experiencing an "alarming increase" in hit-and-run accidents. This public statement follows two such incidents last week -- one that killed a pedestrian and another that critically injured a cyclist...

CPSC's "Back to School Safety Checklist"

Posted on September 09, 2009
As a new school year gets underway, President Obama launched a major back-to-school campaign today aimed at keeping kids in the classroom. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) new Chairman Inez Tenenbaum carried the President's message to South Carolina where she met with students and faculty at Rosewood Elementary School in Columbia...

Holiday Weekend Travel Safety Advice

Posted on September 04, 2009
Labor Day weekend is considered the last summer holiday period, that final trip to the beach, that long weekend get-away before getting back to the regular routine activities and travels. AAA projects that about 40 million Americans will be traveling for this year's Labor Day weekend...

Metro Worker Tragically Killed on Orange Line

Posted on August 10, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire William Branigin and Martin Weil of the Washington Post report that a 25-year veteran worker for WMATA was killed yesterday when he was struck by a piece of track equipment, known as a ballast regulator, near the Vienna station on the Orange Line...

Metro System Needs Safety Backup

Posted on July 14, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigation of last month's deadly Metro crash prompted the board to conclude that WMATA's electrical system is insufficient. The Board has "urged the transit agency to add a real-time, continuous backup that would alert train operators to potential problems and stop trains when necessary," according to a Washington Post report by Lena Sun...

FDA Needs to Be More Strict With Bottled Water

Posted on July 09, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore Zambri, Esquire Congressional hearings took place yesterday that were focused on multiple reports that found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates tap-water more carefully than the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does bottled water...

WMATA Officials Speak Out About Metro System Failure

Posted on July 02, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Five days before last week's deadly Metro crash, Metro employees replaced a component of the rail system known as a Wee-Z bond, a device that keeps trains at a safe distance apart, said WMATA's Rail Chief, Dave Kubicek...

Metro System Repairs Days Before Crash Were Inadequate

Posted on July 01, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Lena Sun and Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post reported today that federal investigators confirmed that WMATA personnel attempted to replace a component of the signaling system of the tracks only five days before last week's tragic collision...

July 4th: Common Sense Fireworks Safety Guidelines

Posted on July 01, 2009
Everyone associates the July 4th holiday with fireworks. All too often, it also is associated with injuries. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), approximately 9800 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for fireworks-related accidents in 2007...

Metro Accident Cases Filed

Posted on July 01, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire As you may have heard, lawyers have already filed lawsuits stemming from the recent tragic crash involving two Metro-trains on the red-line. My firm represents injured victims and their families, but we have not yet filed suit for several reasons...

Trucks Are Dangerous: Act Now to Prevent Size and Weight Increases

Posted on July 01, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Trucks account for only 3% of the vehicles on our roadways, yet they are involved in 12 percent of all crash fatalities. According to a Public Citizen report, "Every year, about 5,000 people die and over 100,000 people are injured in large truck crashes...

Young Child Drowns in Local Pool

Posted on June 30, 2009
Posted by Patrick M. Regan and Paul Cornoni A 5-year-old girl tragically died last weekend in an apparent drowning at a crowded College Park community pool operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. This horrible story was published recently in the Washington Post...

Coffee Better Than Green Tea for Colon

Posted on June 29, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. Researchers reporting in the National Journal of Cancer believe that coffee – not green tea – reduces the risk of colon cancer. When researchers reviewed data on the beverage-drinking habits of more than 96,000 Japanese men and women over a 10-year period, they found that coffee significantly lowered the risk of colon cancer in females...

Metro Control System Fails

Posted on June 26, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. According to the Washington Post, a train control system that should have prevented Monday's deadly Metro crash failed in a test conducted by federal investigators, officials said yesterday, suggesting that a crucial breakdown of technology sent one train slamming into another...

Metrorail System "Anamolies" Discovered

Posted on June 25, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to a recent Washington Post article by Lyndsey Layton, Maria Glod and Lena Sun, "Federal investigators said yesterday that they found 'anomalies' in a key component of the electronic control system along the Metro track north of Fort Totten, suggesting that computers might have sent one Red Line train crashing into another...

Perverse Laws Make Location of Metrorail Crash Critical In Analyzing Relief

Posted on June 24, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Earlier this week, the nation's capital experienced the deadliest Metrorail collision in WMATA's 33 year history. Numerous lives have been lost, and dozens of other have been seriously and permanently injured...

Emergency Brake Failure May Be Cause of Metro Rail Collision

Posted on June 24, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Lena H. Sun and Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post reports that federal officials have announced that "[t]he operator of the Metro train that slammed into a stationary train in front of it apparently had activated the emergency brakes in a failed effort to stop before the accident...

Metro Train Should Have Never Been On Tracks

Posted on June 23, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to a recent Washington Post article, city officials announced today that the Metro train that collided into another yesterday "was two months past due for scheduled maintenance on its brakes, and the car was an older model that federal officials had recommended be replaced because of concerns about its safety in a crash...

WMATA Metro Accident Kills Many, Injures More

Posted on June 23, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (commonly referred to as WMATA) is a quasi-governmental entity created through a compact between the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland governments. This Authority is responsible for the rail service and bus service in the Washington-DC area...

Wrongful Death Settlement Against Metro

Posted on June 23, 2009
Posted by Patrick M. Regan and Paul Cornoni In the District of Columbia, and the surrounding areas, the public bus system and Metro train cars are operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). WMATA is a quasi-governmental agency, also known as Metro...

Metro System Failure, Operator Error May Have Caused Red-Line Tragedy

Posted on June 23, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The death toll from yesterday's horrific Metro collision continues to rise. As of now, nine have been pronounced dead, and many dozens more are seriously injured. As mentioned in yesterday's blog, system failure and operator error could be two causes of the incident...

Death Toll Rises From Redline Metrorail Collision

Posted on June 22, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire In our nation's capital, two Metro trains on the redline violently collided during the height of rush hour earlier this evening, killing at least 6 people and injuring many more. According to AOL News, "One official said the accident was a 'mass casualty event' as crews cut apart the trains to get people out...

FDA Recommends Continued Use of ADHD Drugs

Posted on June 16, 2009
By Victor E. Long, Esq. Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration recommended that children shouldn't stop taking drugs that treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, despite a study showing the stimulants may be associated with sudden death...

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act: What Does It Mean for Consumers?

Posted on June 14, 2009
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act is a federal law that protects buyers from any product that has a value over $25 and a written warranty. The requirements and guidelines established by the law are to protect customers who buy products that have written warranties...

4th of July - Independence Day Impaired Driving Prevention Campaign June 21 - July 5, 2009

Posted on June 14, 2009
Drunk Driving is a Deadly Problem Every 40 minutes and nearly 40 times a day, someone in the United States dies in an alcohol impaired traffic crash according to research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is why highway safety, community health and law enforcement officials are reminding everyone this Fourth of July that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving and to designate a sober driver before the celebrations begin...

Jobs Cause Cancer For Thousands of Americans Each Year

Posted on June 13, 2009
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire According to NIOSH, "Based on well-documented associations between occupational exposures and cancer, it is estimated that approximately 20,000 cancer deaths and 40,000 new cases of cancer each year in the U...

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