Posts tagged injury or death

• Billy May and TBI: Another Closed Head Injury Death?

  Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Doctors are looking at a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as the possible cause of the tragic death of TV actor Billy May as Mike Bryant of Minnesota has reported recently in: Doctors Will Be Looking...

• GM agrees to take responsibility for future liability claims.

  Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 2:57 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The AP (6/28, Fowler) reported General Motors has agreed to take on responsibility for future product liability claims, removing what could have been a sizable roadblock on the company's way to a...

• Illinois man Killed in Big Rig Accident On Kauai

  Wayne Parsons | June 28, 2009 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Wesley VanValkenburg was a new father visiting Kauai to pay respects to his in-laws when he became the victim of a freak accident that led to a truck collision. On a warm Saturday morning a woman...

• Railroad Accidents Capture The Public Attention After Tragic Washington D.C. Wreck

  Wayne Parsons | June 24, 2009 12:48 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Trains fascinate all of us _ particularly little boys _ from an early age. The sounds of the train whistle in the distance is also part of the lore of the American country-side. But the romantic...

• State AGs challenging GM's liability plan.

  Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 3:49 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Wall Street Journal (6/22, A4, Spector) reports, Eight state attorneys general are opposing a provision in General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy plan that would free the auto maker from liability...

• Obama makes case for healthcare reform in speech to doctors.

  Wayne Parsons | June 16, 2009 2:59 PM | 9 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  President Obama yesterday outlined his healthcare reform plans in a speech to the AMA in Chicago. The story was covered by all three network newscasts, though it took second billing to reports on...

• Senators Question FAA Administrator on regional carrier safety.

  Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 5:00 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  NBC Nightly News (6/10, story 2, 3:05, Williams) reported, A lot of people, many of them veteran flyers, have suspected there are two sets of safety and training standards, one for the big...

• Visiting Hawaii - Water Safety Tips For Tourists To Avoid A Personal Injury And A Ruined Vacation

  Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 3:51 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yes. Its the water! No ocean water in the world is more beautiful and friendly than the beaches of Hawaii. The water is warm and the sand is soft. But do dangers lurk beneath the surface? Here are...

• Austin, Texas Scaffold Collapse Results In Three Deaths At 21 Rio Condo Project Construction Site

  Wayne Parsons | June 11, 2009 3:21 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Probably the worst fear at a construction site is the collapse of a scaffolding. Today I came across such a story out of Austin, Texas where a scaffolding collapsed at a project called 21 Rio Condo...

• 1st Smart Crosswalk™ system installation in New Mexico.

  Wayne Parsons | June 10, 2009 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have written much about the epidemic of pedestrian crosswalk injury and death in Hawaii this year and have wondered why a system like the Smart Crosswalk™ system hasn't been implemented...