The number one cause of death for teenagers in the United States is auto crashes, according to federal traffic safety data. Overall, more than 80,000 people died in auto wrecks involving drivers ages 15 to 20 in the 10-year period from 2000 to2009. As a result, nationwide advocates of safer driving are supporting stricter laws…
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Ten people recently filed a lawsuit claiming they were sexually abused as children by Roman Catholic priests and nuns in central and eastern Montana. According to the Associated Press, the defendants include a priest who was on a board that reviews allegations of child sex abuse for the church. It is the fourth sex-abuse lawsuit…
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The family of slain Middle Tennessee State University basketball player Tina Stewart has filed suit against an apartment complex and its management company following Stewart’s murder at the complex. The family believes that the apartment complex and its management company failed to act when they should have and that such failure caused Tina Stewart’s wrongful…
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Earlier this week we blogged about how the first week of February is the American Burn Association’s Burn Awareness Week. Annually, almost half a million Americans are treated in emergency rooms across the nation for burn injuries. But over 90 percent of these injuries are considered minor burn injuries, such as scalding injuries or being…
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On January 18, 2012, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) President Benny Agosto Jr. met with Senior White House and Agency Officials along with other Latino leaders from across the nation to discuss several policy areas affecting the Latino population. Agosto was also among a select group of Latino leaders to participate in an intimate question-and-answer…
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According to a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning, transvaginal placement of surgical mesh might not be the best treatment option in patients suffering from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Transvaginal mesh is a type of surgical mesh that is permanently implanted in patients suffering from POP or SUI to…
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By now, this may be old news – given the rapid media cycle and twenty-four hour coverage by national networks. However, this story deserves being revisited. LaDondrell Montgomery was sentenced to life in prison by a Harris County jury in November of 2011 for committing an armed robbery. The undisputed fact is that LaDondrell Montgomery…
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Three thousand, five hundred. That is how many people die each year from fires and burn injuries. Of those, 3,000 deaths usually occur in residential fires and 500 occur from car crash fires, aircraft crashes, electrocution and contact with dangerous chemicals or hot liquids. Over three quarters of these burn-related deaths occur at the scene…
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