Choking hazard leads State Farm to promotional recall teddy bears.

Bloomberg News reported, “State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the biggest property and casualty insurer in the U.S., will recall more than 800,000 toy bears given away by the company’s agents because they pose a choking hazard.” The company received one report that an 18-month-old had placed in her mouth a plastic eye from one…

PLAYGROUND INJURIES

Playgrounds are fun and exciting places for children. They can help to build dexterity, and they are a great place to make new friends. Each year, doctors and hospitals treat more than 500,000 injuries related to playground equipment. The vast majority of injuries on the playground are connected with climbing equipment and swings. Injuries are…

Beginning Teenage Drivers

WHAT PARENTS OF TEENAGERS CAN DO – With or without a strong graduated licensing law, parents can establish effective rules. In particular: Don’t Rely Solely on Driver Education High school driver education may be the most convenient way to learn skills, but it doesn’t produce safer drivers. Poor skills aren’t always to blame. Teenagers’ attitudes and…

ABOUT YOUR AIR BAGS

Virtually all new cars have airbags, and they’re saving lives. They’re reducing driver deaths by about 14 percent, and passenger bags reduce deaths by about 11 percent. People who use safety belts may think they don’t need airbags. But they do. Airbags and lap/shoulder belts work together as a system, and one without the other…

SEAT BELT USE HELPS PROTECT FETUS AS WELL AS MOM

Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid of harming their fetuses if they buckle up, say the authors of a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute study of safety belt use during pregnancy. In fact, if every expectant mother were properly restrained an estimated half — or about 192 — of all reported pregnancy losses in crashes…

Florida Victims of Accidents Caused by Governmental Negligence Face Limited Recoveries

Many of our client’s are surprise to learn that anyone injured by the negligent actions of any employee of the State of Florida, any of its political subdivisions, including those employees of a County or City, is limited, regardless of how seriously they are injured, to a maximum recovery of $100,000.00. This limitation or cap,…