- Pierce Egerton | December 24, 2011 10:57 AM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Happy Christmas Eve! I hope you are ready for the big holiday. If you have little ones who will be scrambling under the tree tomorrow, please keep in mind the importance of checking toys for...
- Pierce Egerton | November 25, 2011 4:42 PM | Greensboro, NC
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is reissuing an alert to parents and caregivers regarding Bumbo Baby Seats. Despite earlier alerts, the CPSC is still receiving...
- Pierce Egerton | November 19, 2011 4:43 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
I’m not big on desktop toys, but I have a colleague who is. You know what I mean, Newton’s cradles, levitating globes and high-powered magnets. It is important to remember...
- Pierce Egerton | November 13, 2011 4:59 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
I’m passionate about safety and justice. You’d probably expect that from someone who chose to represent injured people for a career. But I’m also passionate about the arts and...
- Pierce Egerton | September 15, 2011 4:23 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
The risks of concussion in athletes have received a lot of press lately. Some of the most publicized items include:
Hockey great, Sid Crosby was sidelined by concussion in January and is still...
- Pierce Egerton | September 13, 2011 10:56 AM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
I'm not much of a bicyclist. But a lot of people in my neighborhood are. Every weekend I see a great many bicycles sporting trailers with one or more small child passengers.
Today the U.S. Consumer...
- Pierce Egerton | September 08, 2011 7:08 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
Image: CDC
I recently blogged about a new test to assess concussion in athletes. Most parents of school athletes, like me, are aware of the risk of concussion that our children face. However,...
- Pierce Egerton | May 18, 2010 11:51 AM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
When you think of hazing rituals, perhaps images of drunken college freshmen fraternity pledges running miles around campus at ungodly hours of the night are what first come to mind. Or maybe...
- Rick Shapiro | March 20, 2009 12:48 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
Category:
Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Accidental injury has been recorded as the leading cause of death for children in Hong Kong, amazing as that statistic may seem. Pediatricians there are pleading with parents to take note of hazards...