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Safety-conscious parents will take every possible precaution when they bring their newborn child home from the hospital.  Careful research and adherence to safety guidelines can ensure that you’ve equipped your infant’s room with a crib that meets the rigorous safety standards outlined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. However, even safety-minded parents might struggle to… read more

With spring weather proving alluring to runners across California, we thought there was perhaps no better time to direct you toward some tips on runner safety that might prevent a potentially serious injury. Although we tend to think of distraction as being a driving hazard, runners are privy to distraction as well.  A cellphone might not… read more

In Utah, a distracted driving-related law has been passed which targets those drivers who might be most at risk given their relative inexperience at the wheel:  teenagers. The Governor of the state signed the bill two days ago, the last day of eligibility for bills hoping to be passed into law.  Now that the bill… read more

Smoked and Pickled Herring have each been recalled by the Little Mermaid Smoke House because there’s a possibility that they could pose a Botulism threat.  These fish were reportedly not eviscerated properly, and as a result, those parts of the fish that typically are susceptible to a contamination by Clostridium botulinum may still be found… read more

Dynacraft BSC, a company based in the California city of American Canyon, has announced the recall of Urban Shredder Ride-On Toys emblazoned with Hot Wheels imagery.  The products were available across the country from this past November to February at Walmart, Toys R Us, and Target, as well as online from those same outlets and… read more

State Farm and the Philadelphia Children’s Hospital recently partnered for a study that sought to determine patterns of teen driving behavior.  There’s good news and there’s bad news.  On the plus side, 54% of the teens queried by the survey in 2011 explained that they wear seatbelts whenever they’re a passenger in a vehicle.  And… read more

On March 16, 2013, a team of more than thirty-five Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys, staff, friends, and family members participated in Public Counsel’s Run for Justice 5K, an event held in conjunction with the ASICS LA Marathon. Public Counsel in the largest pro bono law firm in the United States and provided… read more

The importance of bicycle safety will come into stark relief now that spring has arrived and more and more bikes are seen out on the road.  But with this abundance of cyclists also comes a greater array of dangers.  The Sheriff of Georgia’s Dougherty County is so concerned about the issue that he’s related some… read more

Recently, researchers and medical professionals with NYU Langone Medical Center attempted to get a better grasp of what types of circumstances typically lead cyclists and pedestrians to be involved in a collision with a motor vehicle.  The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery features the eye-opening results, the understanding of which could improve safety… read more

Florida may soon join an ever-lengthier list of states that have passed a ban on texting while driving.  If passed, a violation would be considered a secondary offense, meaning that a police officer could not pull a person over unless the texting led he or she to commit some other illegal act, such as swerving… read more

In Virginia, texting while driving was already considered illegal, but some felt that the measure as it currently stood was not sufficiently stringent.  At the moment, texting at the wheel is only designated as a secondary offense, meaning that a driver cannot be pulled over unless he or she is first shown to be engaging… read more

A study carried out by an organization called the Erie Insurance Group claims that most distractions actually stem not from cellphones and the like, but from the motor vehicle operator simply being lost in their own thoughts while on the road.  By analyzing traffic fatalities reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2010… read more