Public Outcry Could Soon Lead to Safer Commercial Trucks
November 21,2017
The recent deaths of four people from a multi-vehicle crash one late July night on an interstate highway in New York were the latest tragedies connected to the absence of underride truck guards – steel guards on the sides of commercial trucks that can prevent cars from becoming wedged underneath these large vehicles in a wreck. The victims – in two separate cars – were all killed instantly when they plowed underneath t...
Is Your Favorite Football Player a Candidate for CTE?
November 15,2017
It’s been 12 years since the first stories about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease better known as CTE, reached the national media. Since then, the news about football's health risks are becoming known among the sport's youngest players. And some parents are beginning to wonder whether they want their kids to play a sport that they themselves grew up loving. But it’s hard to ignore t...
Does Chrysler’s Quick Recall of Ram Trucks Mean More Manufacturer Responsibility?
November 09,2017
In June, one month after issuing its recall, 2017 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles began the program affecting 1.25 million of its Dodge Ram pickups to correct a software error that may have been linked to reports of one crash death and two injuries. The erroneous code could temporarily disable the vehicles’ side air bag and deployment of seat belt pretensioners – which firmly secure passengers in a crash. The error was detec...
One in Four Nursing Home Abuse Allegations Goes Unreported
November 07,2017
More than 25 percent of sexual and physical abuse allegations by seniors about their caregivers are apparently going unreported to police, according to a government audit, which accuses Medicare of failing to enforce a federal law that requires immediate notification of these crimes. The Health and Human Services inspector general's (IG) office issued an "early alert" in August 2017 based on preliminary findings from ca...
Side over Side or End over End, Rollover Accidents are Some of the Worst
October 06,2017
Road conditions and visibility aren't the best, but you aren't having too much trouble. You know you’re a good driver, your car is in decent shape, and you’ve driven the section of the highway hundreds of times before. You might be going a bit too fast or have taken your hand off the wheel for a second to adjust the temperature when your wheels slide into a slippery patch on the road. The next thing you know, you've sp...
