Posts tagged injury

• Consumer Groups Push for Bumbo Seat Recall

  Kevin Dean | March 15, 2012 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the last decade Bumbo® seats have become wildly popular for parents of infants. Priced between $30 and $50, nearly 4 million Bumbo seats have been sold in the United States since 2003 when...

• Secrets of car insurance adjustors

  Tad McLeod | September 28, 2011 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After an accident, expect a claims adjuster to try to settle the case as inexpensively as possible. That's good for the insurer, but you'll need to look out for your own interests. The light...

• NAPA Home & Garden Honey Firelite Candle: Is It Safe?

  Pete Strom | June 01, 2011 3:13 PM | 6 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As summer rolls on, many of us are forced to deal with pesty mosquitoes. Citronella has been used as an insect repellant for over fifty years to help keep the bugs away. If you've been in your local...

• Some Insurers Low-balling Bodily Injury Claims

  Brad Hewett | March 09, 2011 10:17 AM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It was reported recently in the Insurance Journal that some insurance companies that use computerized systems to process their claims are making unfair, “low-ball” claims offers to...

• The Man Who Was Fitness Before Fitness Was Cool

  Gray Ervin | January 24, 2011 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Sunday, we lost a very underrated icon. Jack LaLanne, the man most recently seen on TV promoting his Power Juicer, used for making healthy drinks from raw fruits and vegetables, died at the age...

• New Law Signed to Aid Those Exposed to Toxins on 9/11

  Gray Ervin | January 19, 2011 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  On January 2, 2011, President Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. James Zadroga was a Detective with the NYPD who passed away on January 5, 2006 from illnesses related...

• NFL doctor sacked with negligence fine, again

  Gray Ervin | January 07, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

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• 3-D Alert - Danger May Outweigh Entertainment Value

  Gray Ervin | January 04, 2011 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  3D is the hot new media trend as of late -- but is it safe? Not for children under 6, warns Nintendo. In anticipation of the impending Nintendo World 2011 and the launch of its upcoming portable...

• First-Ever Chewing Tobacco Settlement

  Gray Ervin | December 08, 2010 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  We all remember the huge tobacco settlements stemming from cigarretes. Now, the lid is off of another product that could result in more trouble for tobacco companies. The maker of Skoal and...

• How to Save a Life....New CPR Guidelines Released by the American Heart Association

  Will Parker | November 29, 2010 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Imagine you are entertaining friends at your house. Suddenly, someone grabs their chest and collapses. There is not a doctor in the house. What do you do? These critical seconds before...