Texting and driving serve as one of the most potentially lethal forms of distracted driving currently known. Statistics consistently show that drivers who text end up in more frequent crashes and that these crashes often have a higher rate of severe injury or death....
Most people understand the connection between frequent and more serious accidents with speeding and other aggressive driving behaviors. Vehicles moving at high rates of speed cut down reaction times for the drivers of all automobiles. Unfortunately, traffic officials...
In Pennsylvania, vehicle crashes are among the most common causes of injuries and death. Truck-car crashes are especially disastrous for the occupants of smaller vehicles. A study on truck crashes indicated that safety features installed in large trucks could prevent...
When you think of hospitals, you probably consider them to be clean and sanitary. Usually, this is the case, but sometimes a missed cleaning regime can lead to a hospital-acquired infection (HAI). An HAI is an infection that you pick up during your stay in the...
Halloween is an exciting time for kids. Staying up late, fun costumes and free candy make the holiday a favorite for many children every year, but the night is not without its own risks. The ageless warning of telling parents to check their children’s candy is a...
Losing a loved one due to negligence in Pennsylvania is often devastating financially as well as emotionally. Individuals may bring an action that recovers damages for the death of a loved one due to negligence, neglect or unlawful violence. Claims may result from a...
While every stage of pregnancy carries risk, mothers and babies are especially vulnerable during labor and delivery. One of the most common causes of infant mortality or severe impairment in the U.S. is hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. HIE is a potentially fatal type...
For many parents, it is unfathomable to think about filing a legal claim for the birth of their children. Yet, for parents with children with severe and costly disabilities — disabilities that the mother’s doctor and her medical team could have prevented — a medical...
In the summer of 1967, actress Jayne Mansfield suffered a decapitation when the car she was in ran beneath the back of a tractor-trailer. This catastrophic accident led to the implementation of underride guards, commonly called Mansfield bars, on commercial vehicles...
Congenital anomalies are the fourth leading cause of infant death across the globe. They account for approximately 295,000 infant deaths within 28 days of birth each year. If your family experienced the loss of a newborn due to an undetected congenital anomaly, you...