Though automobile airbags are wonderful safety devices for adult drivers and passengers, they can injure and even kill children. Airbags deploy with powerful force because they must be available to protect passengers within a fraction of a second of impact.
That quickness that makes them so effective in protecting adults is the precise feature that makes [...]
A sobering article in today’s New York Times tells the story of a baby killed by a button – a button battery that is. Today’s button batteries, those flat disc batteries often used in watches and other small electronic devices, are more powerful than ever and are responsible for a growing number of deaths and [...]
All you have to do is ensure your child wears a helmet while riding a bicycle. With school letting out for the summer, kids have more time to get outside on bicycles. However, an otherwise healthy activity can turn dangerous all too quickly.
Staying off busy roads is not enough. More than half the 135 children [...]
A highly regarded British medical journal, The Lancet, has issued a rare public retraction of a 1998 paper that sparked a firestorm about potential links between vaccines and autism.
Children in the U.S., Britain and many other Western countries are usually given the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine at age 1. But when researchers, led by Dr. [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tested many of the most popular child booster seats on the market today and found that some actually increase the risk of certain injuries. Many of the offending seats were of the convertible kind – the 3-in-1 or All-in-One models.
It is difficult to do everything well, and this [...]
Stocking hangers have become quite popular the last couple years, but can pose a real danger to young children. Parents may be better off foregoing stockings altogether until their children are old enough to appreciate that danger.
Stocking hangers have become popular as a way to hang those well-loved holiday stockings without drilling holes or using [...]
The Florida Bar prohibits lawyers from guaranteeing results. However, even absent that prohibition I would not guarantee anything, especially in a medical malpractice case. Studies show that medical malpractice cases are among the most difficult type of case to win in court, second only to products liability cases. Depending on the study, only 27-36 percent [...]
Thirteen-year-old Sara Hennarichs was driving a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle (”ATV”) when she lost control, ran into a tree, and died soon thereafter. Sara’s estate sued Roger and Karen Fina, who owned the ATV, and their son Nicolas, who let Sara drive it. The jury found the Finas liable for Sara’s death and the appellate court [...]
Parents worry about their children getting hurt. However, sometimes parents worry about one thing when they should really be worrying about another. Sometimes we don’t have the right information and that leads to both irrational fears and irrational confidence.
For example, some adults are afraid of flying but not driving even though your chances of dying [...]
Here’s a question I heard recently: my 6-year-old daughter got injured pretty badly at gymnastics practice by another girl on her team. My daughter says she told the other girl that the stretch they were doing hurt and that the other girl should stop pushing. My daughter broke her pubic bone and tore some muscles, [...]
