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The American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Guidance on Water Safety and Drowning Prevention

Summer season unfortunately always comes with reports of drowning accidents in pools and at the beach. This season is starting no differently as this past…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 28, 2010

Older Pedestrians Are Far More Likely To Be Killed While Walking Than Younger Ones

Between 2006 and 2008, 290 pedestrians aged 60 years and older were killed in motor vehicle accidents on downstate New York roads. Though comprising just…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 23, 2010

Accident Injuring 4 Herricks High School Students Underscores Importance of Having Substantial Uninsured Motorists Coverage

New York State mandates that every policy of liability insurance issued to a motor vehicle provide Supplementary Uninsured Motorists (SUM) coverage. This coverage protects policyholders…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 20, 2010

Texting While Driving Has Its Dangers, But Being Arrested is Usually Not One of Them

Nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured in vehicle crashes in 2008 connected to driver distraction, including texting, according to the U.S.…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 17, 2010

Pedicabs and NYC Bike Month

May is NYC Bike Month. With the great weather earlier this month, it seemed like pedicabs, a tricycle with a 2-seated wagon, are coming out…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 12, 2010

Will New York City Try to Claim Limitation of Liability on Yesterday's Staten Island Ferry Crash?

On October 15, 2003, the Staten Island Ferry vessel Andrew J. Barberi missed its dock and hit a maintenance pier at full speed. Eleven people…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 09, 2010

Danger on the Tracks: Subway Dead Mans Switch Avoids Catastrophe

The dead mans switch is a handle the subway operator must keep depressed while the train is in motion. If the train operator lets go,…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 05, 2010

Recall of Infant and Childrens Liquid Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl: FDA Provides Advice to Consumers

Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare is implementing a voluntary recall of infant and childrens liquid…

Posted by SEO Admin on May 02, 2010

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