Blog Archive - September, 2011

School children throughout Atlanta are back at school. Because many children walk to school, the number of pedestrian accidents involving children are expected to spike. The Atlanta police department has announced that they will be conducting stepped up school crosswalk and speed enforcement efforts.

Recently released reports provide an analysis of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. for both pedestrians and vehicle occupants. The good news is that no Georgia city ranks in the top 10 most dangerous cities for "pedestrian accidents." Unfortunately, the rest of the news is mostly bad.

A massive recall has been announced which applies to over 240,000 Chrysler Ram Pickups because of a defect that could result in a loss of directional stability.

There are tradeoffs that we have to make in life. With the recent rise in gas prices, many automobile owners are trading in their large cars for smaller cars. While this may seem like a great idea, a person has to make sure that they are not sacrificing safety for good fuel economy.

The risk of accidents at spectator sports arenas and stadiums exist, but the responsibility of how to deal with the risk of injury from such an accident weighs heavily on the spectator's own shoulders. When you buy a ticket to a baseball or hockey game, there is usually little print on the back of the ticket stub that states, in effect, "buyer assumes all risk of danger when attending this sporting event..." But there are exceptions where liablity will be imposed on the venue or others.

Aluminum bats have long been a standard piece of sports equipment in Atlanta high schools and little league baseball leagues throughout Georgia. The bats are lighter than wooden bats making it easier for high school athletes to hit home runs.

In Atlanta, 3 people were arrested this June for leaving a two-year-old girl in a day care van for nearly two hours when the temperature outside was in the mid 90's. The women responsible are being charged with cruelty to children, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless conduct. This is the second death of its kind to happen in the Atlanta area in less than a month. Another child, five months old, died after she was left in a hot car for five hours outside of a day care center in Kennesaw on May 25. The 21-year-old girl responsible is being charged for her death.

With the school at University of Georgia and other colleges and universities having recently started, your college-bound young adult may be asked to join the Greek System and become part of a fraternity or sorority.

Anyone who lives near Buford Highway and walks or bikes on the road knows that it is extremely dangerous. Buford Highway is so dangerous for pedestrians that PBS has done a documentary on dangerous roadways that focuses on Buford Highway, the most dangerous roadway in Georgia for pedestrians.

The tragic death of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in Northwest Atlanta recently is another sad reminder of the potential danger posed to pedestrians by unsafe drivers. The fatal Atlanta pedestrian accident, which is currently under investigation by the Atlanta police department, indicates that the pedestrian was struck by a vehicle traveling by after stepping out into the roadway.

New knee implants provide a new lease on life to many that need knee replacement surgery, but a recent wave of lawsuits filed against Zimmer Holdings, the manufacturer of NexGen knee replacements, suggest that many patients may have been implanted with defective knee replacements.

Vehicle ejection accidents are the most likely types of vehicle crashes to result in catastrophic injury or to cause a wrongful death. One of the most common causes of a vehicle ejection in a collision is a defective door latch mechanism.

The popularity of plastic surgery just keeps growing, even with the high risks associated with many of the procedures.

A new FDA study recently released reveals an increase in the number of complications associated with surgical mesh that is designed to reinforce vaginal tissue which has had its strength compromised during child birth.

Here we go again. It seems that a story of serious dog attacks involving pit bulls appear regularly in the media all over the U.S. A 32-year-old pregnant woman was fatally mauled by a pit bull in the San Francisco area according to media reports.