According to one recent estimate, 1 in every 69 Americans suffers a dog bite or an attack by a canine each year. The overwhelming majority of these incidents result in no serious injury, but hospitalizations and deaths do occur. One particularly shocking dog attack occurred…
Mostly because banana peel slips are featured on so many comedy TV shows and movies, many people assume that a slip-and-fall cannot be a serious injury. But the truth is much different. Each year, falls account for more emergency room visits than any other injury.…
On May 31, 2015, a 6-year-old girl drowned in a private pool in Virginia Beach, VA. Very little information was made public about the tragedy, but it prompted the head of the city’s Emergency Medical Services Division to share these backyard pool safety tips with…
The victim of slip-and-fall injury was awarded $38.6 million by a California jury. The victim suffered a brain injury after slipping and falling from the balcony of a hotel. The argument...
With temperatures reaching well above 100 F for the third day in a row, I'm tempted to pray for rain -- lots of rain -- just to cool things off. As a longtime resident of Virginia (VA), though, I...
The big box mart era is in full-swing in the United States and many of us find ourselves in one of these stores at least once a week. These are not standard grocery stores or local drug stores, but...