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• Recall Warning: Baby Jogger Strollers

  Chrissie Cole | August 27, 2009 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  Baby Jogger announced a voluntary recall of 41,000 Baby Jogger City Mini Strollers due to a defect in the restraint buckle which can unexpectedly unlatch allowing the child to fall. To this...

• Woman Killed in Motor Vehicle Collision by Driver Fleeing Police

  David Tompkins | February 14, 2008 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  Police Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, Death of Mother, Automobile Collision.Yesterday, a 32 year old mother of two was killed by a 19 year old man fleeing police. The collision occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland on Maryland Route 355 at Goshen Road. Police indicate that they pulled over the driver of the negligent vehicle for not having its headlights on at night. The vehicle then...

• Allstate Tells Missouri Courts to "Kiss-Off"

  David Tompkins | December 19, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  Allstate Insurance Company was ordered by a Missouri trial court to produce documents related to its "McKinsey Study" program, and Allstates relatively new claims handling program.Allstate, refusing to make public just how shady its claims handling processes are for automobile accident victims, has accepted as a business proposition a $25,000.00 per day sanction from Judge Michael Manners. ...

• SUV Rollovers: A Persistent Crucial Problem

  David Tompkins | January 13, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  Steps to take when you are involved in an SUV Rollover:1. Take pictures of the SUV and all vehicles involved in the collision.2. Take pictures of location where the accident took place. These pictures should show the layout of the road and include any scrapes on the road, tire marks or skid marks.3. Keep the SUV even if it is totaled. 4. Take the names, addresses and phone numbers of any...

• Motorcycle Accident in Minnesota Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  A motorcycle driver was killed in a Sherburne County accident on Saturday. The motorcycle accident did not involve any other vehicles. The 54-year-old man was from East Bethel. The victim was driving southbound on Hwy. 169 near milepost 173 when he lost control and left the road and rolled, the patrol said.Speed might have been a factor in the crash, which happened just after midnight, the...

• Wrongful Death Case Filed Against Cruise Line

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  Carnival Cruise Line has been sued for wrongful death after a man became ill from Norovirus and died while on a trans-atlantic cruise. The 76-year-old man was one of hundreds that became ill on the 16-day voyage. The lawsuit alleges he became ill from eating contaminated food. The ship's doctor was also listed in the lawsuit. Norovirus is a highly contagious illness that causes vomiting...

• Belvidere Restaurant Liable for Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  A man that fell in a Belvidere restaurant was awarded $1 Million by a jury after finding the restaurant liable. The slip and fall lawsuit hinged on the fact that the floor in the restaurant was wet and there was no caution sign in place. Daniels broke his arm in several places and says he might require additional surgeries. He has osteogenesis imperfecta, a disease that makes him more...

• Smithtown Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  A car accident in Smithtown this morning killed two teenagers. They were both thrown from the vehicle they were passengers in after it hit another car and a guardrail. The accident happened on Jericho Turnpike. The driver of the car is a 17-year-old student at Smithtown High School West. The two teens were pronounced dead at the scene, Compagnone said. It is not known whether they were...

• Trasylol Marketing Suspended

  David Tompkins | November 05, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that, at the agency's request, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has agreed to a marketing suspension of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery, pending detailed review of preliminary results from a Canadian study that suggested an increased risk for death."It would seem...

• Intersections in Maryland Can Be Dangerous

  David Tompkins | January 14, 2008 7:09 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC

  NBC reported that another pedestrian has been killed in Prince George's County. On January 12, 2008, Rosario Gonzales was killed at the notoriously dangerous intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard.The sad part of this story is that the person that struck and killed Mr. Gonzalez did not have the human decency to stop. The person who hit Mr. Gonzalez fled the scene, and...