Teenagers Are Most at Risk of a Nashville Pedestrian Accident
Pedestrians are more at risk than any other group of people that use the roads and sidewalks. Many pedestrians are injured when they attempt to cross a road, especially a road in a built up [...]
Fender Benders –Who’s Fault Was It?
Rear end vehicle accidents, also called fender benders, are the most common type of vehicle accident in Tennessee and across the U.S. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) keeps statistics on all road accidents [...]
South West Airlines Flight 1380 Engine Failure New York to Dallas
South West Airline Protested Against Inspection Order After First SWA Fan Blade Accident in 2016 South West Airlines (SWA) protested against a directive from the manufacturers of its CFM56-7B jet engines to inspect all the [...]
What is the Chance of an Injury on a Nashville Bus?
The MTA bus crash in downtown Nashville last week puts the spotlight firmly back on bus safety here in Nashville and elsewhere in the state. We tend to think of public transport options as being [...]
Johnson & Johnson Lose Talcum Powder Cancer Trial
Johnson & Johnson, the U.S. multinational pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, has lost another major lawsuit filed by a plaintiff who has claimed that the use of the company’s talcum powder over a long [...]
Tennessee Boating Accidents
Tennessee, like other states, has strict boating laws that are designed to prevent accidents, but some boaters either don’t know what they are or don’t care. There is a tendency for some boat operators to [...]
Heart Surgery Infection Risk From Contaminated Surgical Equipment
Patients who have undergone open heart surgery may be at risk of a potentially fatal bacterial infection which appears to be associated with a specific type of device known as a heater-cooler device. Complicating the [...]
7 Injured in Greyhound Bus Crash Bound for Nashville Tennessee
Multiple people were hurt after a Greyhound bus bound for Nashville was involved in a crash with multiple commercial vehicles on southbound Interstate 65 on Tuesday, January 16, 2017. The crash happened at about 8:40a.m. [...]
JetBlue Flight 50 Skids Off Boston Taxiway – Is Air Travel Any Safer Today?
The JetBlue flight 50 accident at Boston Airport on Monday 25th December 2017 was a reminder of just how close to disaster it can be when a modern airplane encounters a problem during flight or [...]
Have You Had a Hip Replacement Recently?
Thankfully, few medical devices have to be recalled because it has been discovered that they were defective, but when this does happen it is usually big news. Although it is normally the Federal Food & [...]