While a contentious issue, Florida is expected to make juveniles and their parents responsible for damages incurred during the commission of a crime. Florida is taking a tougher approach to juvenile crime by fostering a bill that would make it…
While a contentious issue, Florida is expected to make juveniles and their parents responsible for damages incurred during the commission of a crime. Florida is taking a tougher approach to juvenile crime by fostering a bill that would make it…
If you have narrowed the number of nursing homes you are considering to several or even just one, you should visit in person or have a trusted person visit the facility for you prior to committing to the move. There…
What drives health insurance premiums up is the overall good health or lack of it, in the general population. For example health care spending in the United States ranked at $2.26 trillion in 2007, and amounted to 15.2 percent of…
The “graying” of the United States population – more adults are 65 or older than ever before – means that consumer expectations and needs are also changing to reflect the population shift. One of the places where services are not…
This summer, New York Collaborates for Autism (NYCA) is launching an online campaign to raise awareness and support for Project SEARCH Collaborates for Autism, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 to address the needs of families and individuals living with…
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) there are typically ten common reasons for crashes and interestingly, fatigue ranks at number seven, not number one. The main reasons for commercial truck collisions usually relate to an interruption of…
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has pushed an amendment to grant full immigrations rights to LGTB couples. Leahy told the news site, Politico, in a recent interview that at least one dozen U.S. states now legally recognize same-sax marriage. It…
Bicycle safety advocates recently held the third annual Tampa Hillsborough Ride of Silence in memory of cyclists injured or killed in traffic accidents. Organizers used statistics to highlight the importance of bicycle safety awareness. They said 173 cyclists were killed…
According to an article published this April in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), rather than lose money when things go wrong, hospitals typically profit from the medical mistakes they make, whether or not negligence is involved. Interestingly, hospitals…
This month, we talk about how medical malpractice reform does not lower healthcare cost and commercial truck weight limits are under scrutiny in this months Chicago Injury Alert.