- Staff Writer | January 31, 2007 9:22 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you are planning to host a Super Bowl party this weekend, be sure your guests who are driving home haven't had too much to drink. According to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), many states hold party hosts liable for motor vehicle accidents involving their guests who are driving under the influence. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) point...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 25, 2007 3:19 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Nebraska Legislature is working to allow doctors to apologize to their patients and families without worrying that it is an admission of guilt that could be used against them later in a medical malpractice case.Sorry Works! is an apology advocacy group trying to bring bill LB373 to reality in Nebraska. Their spokesman Dennis Wojcieszak says that in the 29 states that have a similar law, it...
- Shannon Weidemann | January 25, 2007 2:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA fatal accident happened on Interstate 80 near Kearney on Saturday. JoDee Hasting, age 28, of North Platte was driving her Toyota westbound on I-80, when she lost control of the vehicle, went across the median, and was hit in the side by a semi-trailer truck going eastbound. Hastings, as well as two of her children LynDee Hastings, age 5, and Paiton Hastings, age 3, were killed. A third...
- Staff Writer | January 25, 2007 10:13 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsGraco is recalling 100,000 of their highchairs after more than one dozen reports of collapse and one child getting injured as a result. The defective product is the Graco Contempo Highchair. According to an article from the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Graco Children's Products Inc., a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., has voluntarily recalled the Graco Contempo Highchair because of 18...
- Christina Cole | January 23, 2007 8:40 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDS Waters of America Inc. are recalling their "Contact" water coolers. A water leak inside the cooler can create an electrical arc that can pose a fire hazard.To date, DS Waters has received twenty reports of the water coolers making a crackling noise or catching on fire. Five reports include property damage but no injuries have been reported.The recall involves the Contact Hot and Cold Water...
- Staff Writer | January 18, 2007 1:42 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesUNI global union reports that there has been an recent increase in electrocution deaths among technicians at American companies, and many union leaders are pushing for employers to offer greater protection against these worksite injuries and deaths.CWA and the IBEW have met with Verizon, AT&T and others to discuss and encourage positive changes in training, education, equipment and other areas....
- Staff Writer | January 18, 2007 1:22 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA report from Des Plaines, Illinois, says that The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will host a discussion of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Healthy Administration (OSHA) Hexavalent Chromium Standard this month. OSHA created the standard to improve the safety, health and environmental profession. Hexavalent chromium (CR(VI)) exposure can be detrimental to workers' health in a...
- Staff Writer | January 15, 2007 1:24 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA motor vehicle accident in Omaha injured four people, including a Nebraska State Trooper, last month.The trooper was investigating a one-car accident on I-80. Both the driver of the car involved in the accident and the trooper were in the patrol car on the shoulder of the Interstate when another car rear-ended them. The two people in the other car, along withe the trooper and driver of the...
- Christina Cole | January 13, 2007 4:02 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOne person is in the hospital after a car and a fire truck crash. The accident happened on Sunday morning at about 8:00 on the Belt parkway at Sunrise Highway. Firefighters were responding to a car accident when another car crashed into their truck.One person in the car was taken to the hospital and no one on the truck was injured.
- Christina Cole | January 06, 2007 3:38 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsKids II Inc. has recalled 375,000 Bright Starts Star Teether Beads and Bright Starts Teether Beads. The flexible plastic rings that hold the teether beads in place can break or crack which can cause the beads to detach, posing a choking hazard to babies and toddlers. Kids II Inc. has received 24 reports of the plastic rings breaking or cracking and the beads detaching from the ring, but no...
- Staff Writer | January 02, 2007 3:08 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA touching story from Omaha's KETV 7 covers the story of a man who saved a baby from drowning in a bathtub less than two weeks before his own death in a motor vehicle accident on Christmas Eve.The man performed CPR on a 10-month-old who had stopped breathing after going underwater in a bathtub where the mother had left the room. He performed CPR on the baby and saved his life, according to...