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• Baby Crib Recall Announced After Three Infant Deaths

  David Lowe | September 21, 2007 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of Simplicity and Graco cribs after three infant deaths. According to the CPSC news bulletin announcing the recall, "The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap and lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants... The drop-side failures result from both the hardware and crib design, which...

• Just Say No: Why Giving a Recorded Statement to Insurers May Be a Bad Idea

  David Lowe | July 27, 2009 7:22 PM | 1 CommentMilwaukee, WI

  You’re in good hands, because they’re like a good neighbor, always on your side. Even if you channel surf through commercial breaks, chances are you’ve seen at least one ad for an...

• Survey Points To Economic Challenges Faced by Paralysis Victims

  David Lowe | April 21, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A survey about paralysis victims released today by the the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation reveals that 5.5 million people, nearly 2 percent of the United States population, have some kind...

• Spinal Cord Injury Patients Enjoying Wii Therapy At Milwaukee VA Medical Center

  David Lowe | August 20, 2009 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  My law firm, Jacquart & Lowe, S.C. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was pleased to join over 50 other InjuryBoard law firms nationwide who have presented Nintendo Wii games to physical therapy centers...

• More Traffic Accident Deaths on Rural Roads than Urban

  Paul Jacquart | October 07, 2009 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  An interesting article today from USA Today states that a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study has found that significantly more traffic accident deaths (56% of the total annual...

• Fatal Accident in Wood Chipper Raises Product Liability Questions

  David Lowe | August 17, 2006 7:32 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The tragic death of a Kenosha tree service employee who was pulled through a wood chipper after using his foot to dislodge a log jammed in the machine raises questions about product liability, but underscores once again the importance of employee training about the dangers of working around machinery.Five co-workers frantically tried to depress a safety bar that was supposed to reverse the...

• Two Milwaukee Area Motorcyclists Killed In Preventable Accidents

  David Lowe | May 20, 2009 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  May is motorcycle safety awareness month. Most people seem unaware of this, with tragic consequences. Two Milwaukee area motorcyclists were killed yesterday in what appear to be preventable...

• Workers Injured In Coal Dust Explosion Accident May Have Rights Beyond Worker's Compensation Benefits

  David Lowe | February 04, 2009 9:46 AM | 3 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Yesterday's coal dust silo explosion at We Energies' Oak Creek power plant injured six employees preparing to perform repairs inside the structure. The injured employees work for ThyssenKrupp...

• Wisconsin Nursing Homes Unsafe

  Paul Jacquart | August 02, 2008 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  If you have a loved one in a nursing home in Wisconsin, they may be in danger. This is the frightening implication of a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigative report which shows that...

• Jury Finds U-Haul Tow Dolly Defective and Unreasonably Dangerous

  David Lowe | February 27, 2007 6:51 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A federal court jury in Louisville, Kentucky awarded $10.4 million to a 25 year old Florida woman and her family for injuries sustained when their SUV pulling a U-Haul International, Inc. tow dolly jackknifed and overturned, rendering the woman paraplegic.The Burke family was moving from Indianapolis to Florida to start a new life and was driving though Kentucky pulling a 1999 Ford Contour on a...