New Hampshire is a perfect place for boating; our state has over 400 public state-owned launch sites for boating, kayaking, or canoeing. But when boaters fail to follow safety laws and guidelines, boating can quickly turn from a fun to a dangerous activity. Earlier this month, a New Hampshire man was killed when in a boating […]
Category Archives: Personal Injury
An 89-year-old Texas woman is suing United Airlines after falling down an escalator, claiming that the company failed to provide the wheelchair assistance they had promised. In February, Thelma Kiger arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas after on her way home from a cruise with her niece. When Kiger departed from […]
This week, a man in Austin, Texas was hospitalized after flying over the edge of a water slide onto a cliff below. He suffered a broken arm and fractured ribs, and had cuts and bruises on his back. Waterpark rides can be incredibly dangerous, causing severe injuries like broken bones and nerve damage, or trapping young children […]
Last month Ikea issued a massive recall of over 29 million dressers after reports of six child deaths and 36 injuries. The dressers can easily tip over and crush of suffocate children. Ikea officials say they have done everything possible to prevent the injuries including warning consumers about the dangers and distributing 300,000 wall-anchoring kits […]
The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is never easy. But when a loved one requires more care than their family is able to provide, nursing homes should provide a safe, trusted, and nurturing environment. Unfortunately, many elders suffer abuse and neglect at the hands of their nursing home caregivers. Approximately […]
A man is suing the City of Pittsburgh for using a hand-held magnetic security wand too close to his pacemaker, causing it to fail. Vince Kelly says that when he arrived at Pittsburgh Municipal Court in June of 2014 2014 he cautioned the guard that the metal detector could interfere with his pacemaker. The guard allowed Kelly […]
Star Wars actor Anton Yelchin was killed by his jeep when it rolled backward and crushed him in his front yard. The actor’s Jeep Grand Cherokee, manufactured by Fiat Chrysler, was singled out last August for problems with its gearshift. Last August, the U.S. National Highway Traffics Safety Administration (NHTSA) began an investigation of 408,000 Jeep […]
Accidental deaths have reached a record high in the United States, according to a new report by the National Safety Council. Accidental poisonings, vehicle crashes, and falls are now among the leading causes of accidental deaths. The report found that in 2014, about 136,000 Americans died from an accidental incident. The new number is 4.2% higher […]
A pharmaceutical company that produces OxyContin, a powerful opioid painkiller, is under investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office for deceptive marketing practices. The Connecticut-based company, Purdue Pharma, has refused to comply with a subpoena for documents that detail its marketing practices in New Hampshire, arguing that the government’s use of a private law […]
Last week a Pennsylvania road worker was denied an appeal to her dismissed case. Alice Ward was working as a traffic controller at a construction site on a Pennsylvania road when she was struck and seriously injured by a driver under the influence of heroin. Nicolas DeSimone, the driver who struck Ward, was driving home from a […]