Emergency Rooms Treat Nearly 100,000 Kids Per Year for Stair Injuries

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    May 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emergency Rooms Treat Nearly 100,000 Kids Per Year for Stair Injuries

According to a report published recently in the medical journal Pediatrics, a child under the age of five is taken to the emergency room after falling down the stairs an average of once every six minutes in the United States. Infants age 12 months and younger faced the highest risk, accounting for nearly one-third of the injuries.

The problem is due in part to the fact that many stairways are not designed with child safety in mind, according to one author of the study. In addition, many serious accidents occur when adults fall on the stairs while carrying a child, greatly increasing the chances of hospitalization.

Premises Liability for Injuries in New Jersey

While many stair injuries occur in the home, others happen in places like day care centers, public spaces and at the homes of others. Under a legal theory known as premises liability, property owners and occupants in New Jersey have a legal responsibility to keep their premises safe for visitors, and may be held liable for injuries that occur if they fail to uphold that responsibility.

The extent of the landowner's duty to protect visitors from harm depends largely on the circumstances. Commercial properties like stores, malls and restaurants generally owe the highest duty of care to visitors and can be held liable for injuries caused not only by known dangers, but also by dangers that the property owner could have discovered upon reasonable inspection of the property.

In contrast, owners and occupiers of residential property generally have no duty to inspect their property and are liable only for injuries that result from known hazards. If a homeowner knows about any hidden dangers on the property, such as a rotten step or loose railing, he or she must warn visitors about them.

While landowners generally have a very low duty of care to adult trespassers, in certain cases they can be held liable for injuries to child trespassers. For instance, if a young child is injured by falling into a neighbor's pool when it is not properly secured, the neighbor may be liable for the child's injuries.

If your child has been hurt in an accident outside the home, you may be able to receive compensation for the injuries, medical expenses and rehabilitative costs resulting from the accident. For more information about seeking compensation after an injury in New Jersey, contact an experienced personal injury lawyer.

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Utica and Marcellus Shale Drilling Expansion Increases Risk of Injuries

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May 03, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In Pennsylvania, Marcellus shale drilling is expanding rapidly, with plans to increase revenue by $14.5 billion in 2012. If the expansion continues through 2020, Marcellus could be the largest gas field in the U.S. Meanwhile, Ohio sits over the Utica Shale formation, which potentially holds 55 billion barrels of oil. The state of Ohio expects the drilling of 250 horizontal wells in 2012, and more than 2,250 by 2015.

While many have applauded the increase in domestic natural gas and oil production, what about the environmental and human health costs of this expanded drilling?

According to the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, there have been more than 3,355 environmental law violations by multiple Marcellus Shale drilling companies in the past four years, nearly 2,400 of which were not simple reporting violations. While most of these violations did not cause direct harm to humans, they could potentially cause future health problems for Pennsylvania residents. Furthermore, there were a number of accidents and explosions that caused serious injury.

High pressure gas flowing through a vast number of pipelines could lead to many explosions and injuries in the future. There is a risk of gas explosions, toxic gas leaks that cause illness, tanker truck accidents and other accidents. Lack of supervision and poor on-site safety has also led, and will continue to lead, to injuries and deaths from workplace accidents.

Need for Better Oversight

Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania and Ohio governments -- let alone the federal government --have been unable to keep up with the expansion in shale drilling. There are not sufficient regulations in place to protect both the workers and the public. And while President Obama recently ordered a panel to oversee fracking (the method used to extract natural gas from the shale), it will take time before we see results.

Some recommendations that policy groups have made to prevent further harm include:
-Increasing bonding requirements for drilling companies
-Requiring better preparation for potential accidents
-Limiting drilling to areas outside of the drinking water supply and other public lands
-Requiring plant operators to pay for private well-water testing
-Requiring better safety rules at worksites
-Increasing federal inspection of drilling sites
-Increasing penalties for pollution-causing actions that violate environmental laws

If you have been injured in a Utica or Marcellus Shale accident, including if you were injured on-the-job, contact a personal injury lawyer with experience representing clients against oil and natural gas companies.

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Toxic mold and paint lights and stairs lead broken: injuries against the owners of New York

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NEW YORK, NY, may 5, 2012 /24-7PressRelease / -tenants living in buildings and towers condominiums in New York are protected by several State and local laws of the city of New York. Regulations on the rental to the obligation to maintain safe living and in good condition, media owners of New York have a number of responsibilities to their tenants. And when these responsibilities are not properly met, the owners are in the Court.

Housing court is the most common, it is not uncommon that the owners be sued for injuries caused by negligent maintenance.

Continue the owners of NY for injuries

Owners and the owners of the apartment building are responsible for the safety of their buildings. Negligent maintenance can occur in any number of ways. Often the stories of this negligence involve falls in the broken stairs and slips on the icy sidewalks that were not eliminated. But there are more building negligence than accidents slip and fall.

Owners have a duty to:
-Inspect the apartments where there are children to the risk of lead paint and repair the
-Install approved carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors near sleeping areas
-Take precautions to protect tenants against aggression as the appropriate installation locks, two-way intercom systems, mirrors in lifts, door peepholes and adequate lighting in the entries and along sidewalks
-Install window guards in the apartments with children less than 10 years

When owners do not well maintain sites with working lights, smoke detectors, and other repairs and an injury occurs, tenants can contain their owners responsible for their injuries.

Recent pursuit of toxic moulds against owner could be a landmark case

A recent decision of the Court of appeals of New York provides an example of a case against an owner, even if with a bit of a unique key, such as implies toxic mould. Generally, toxic mold litigation have not been treated very well by the courts because there is controversy as to whether if mold can be proven to be toxic.

But if the case occurs and proves to be a success, it can have huge consequences for the tenants who seek to continue their owners for issues related to toxic mold.

A resident of apartment of New York questioned the owners of a building in which she used to live because of physical ailments such as dizziness, skin rashes and respiratory problems she suffered after having been exposed to mold in his apartment over a period of six years. It was believed that the mould, discovered under the floor of the apartment, were caused by old water damage.

The trial court dismissed the case, doubtful that the mold is "toxic" and that his respiratory problems were actually caused by exposure. But an appeal against the dismissal, the Court of Appeal examined by a medical expert information and a number of scientific studies suggest that mold in the apartment has, in fact, create the health effects suffered by the tenants. Find reliable testimony, the Court accepted this evidence and allowed the prosecution to go forward.

While it is difficult to determine exactly the consequences of this decision, that the case has not yet been found, it certainly seems to pass power to those who have suffered from exposure to toxic mold and can decide to take action accordingly. In view of the millions of people living in New York and the Bronx only, this could lead to of many other proceedings related to toxic mold exposure.

If you are a tenant in New York who has been harmed by toxic mold or lead paint or in an accident in an apartment building, spoke to an experienced injury NY lawyer to learn your rights.

For more information on the rights of the tenants after injury in apartment, contact counsel for Trolman injuries, Glaser & Lichtman by visiting the Web site of the company at http://www.tgllaw.com or by calling 212-561-5036.

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What you need to know about the birth injuries

May 4, 2012 /24-7PressRelease / -birth injuries, sometimes known as the trauma of birth, are physical injury, the baby receives while being born. These injuries can be caused by the process of work and the delivery itself, but they can also be the result of a medical malpractice.

Causes of trauma at birth

Birth injuries are more likely to occur if the birth is difficult. A difficult birth is generally caused by the size or position of the baby during labour and delivery. Difficult births are usually one or more of the following:

-Premature babies (born before 37 weeks)
-Labor extended, especially if the mother water breaks early in the process of
-Large babies (the more than eight pounds, 13 ounces)
-The size and shape of the basin of the mother makes it unsuitable for a delivery vaginal, also known under the name cephalopelvic disproportion - but a caesarean section was not informed or was unduly delayed
-Breech births and other cases where the baby is in an abnormal position of the uterus or birth birth canal

Common birth injuries

Some of the most common birth injuries are:
-Substitute Caput - swelling severe scalp of the baby that develops as the birth of the child. This condition can cause bruising around the area of the contusion. If the baby is delivered by vacuum extraction, it is more at risk of developing this disease.

-Bruises/pliers brands - sometimes, bruises on the face or head is caused by contact with the pelvic bone and tissues of the mother. If the clips are used to deliver the baby well, they can cause temporary as bruising or marks. Babies by vacuum extraction, the risk of cuts on the scalp and bruises.

-Facial paralysis - pressure on the face of the baby in the delivery process has sometimes damage the facial nerves, causing the face become paralysed. The paralysis is usually temporary, but it can be permanent. Forceps-delivered babies have a higher risk of developing this injury.

-Paralysis of Brachial Plexus injury/Erb - occurs when the bundle of nerves run from the neck up to the arm are damaged, causing the baby to be unable to flex or rotate the arm. Nerves can heal over time, but sometimes they require surgery. These injuries frequently occur when the provision is complicated by the shoulder dystocia - difficult to deliver the shoulders of the baby because of the pelvic bone mother - particularly if the obstetrician does not use due diligence to meet this complication of delivery.

-Fractures - the baby bones clavicle (collarbone) and (femur) are particularly vulnerable during labour and delivery, because they are subject to pressure and forces of torsion during childbirth.

-Cerebral palsy - damage to the brain due to a lack of oxygen to the brain. There are many reasons, that this can occur during labour and delivery but signs of fetal distress on the fetal heart rate monitor can alert the obstetric team that the baby is at risk of brain damage and perform a cesarean section delivery of emergency can prevent it.

A lawyer can help

Although some birth injuries naturally during the birth process, others are the result of medical negligence. Whatever this is an obstetrician from the use of forceps or a vacuum extractor irregularly during labour, the absence of a physician to recognize the signs of fetal distress can cause these types of trauma at birth.

If your baby was injured during childbirth and you believe that the injuries were due to the negligence of the doctor, please contact an experienced medical malpractice lawyer in your area. A prosecutor can investigate the cause of the injury, inform you of your rights under the Act and the work to hold responsible parties accountable.

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Is Your Home Child-Safe? Avoid Liability for Visiting Children's Injuries

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May 03, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Many of us remember childhood as a time bountiful of skinned knees, cuts and bruises. Most kids love to play, despite an underdeveloped sense of coordination, and sometimes this translates into minor injuries borne of a little healthy roughhousing.

Yet, children, especially younger children, are at an acute risk for far more serious injuries from a variety of seemingly innocuous items found scattered throughout many homes. Unlike the bumps and bruises that are endemic to childhood, these injuries are not a part of growing up -- they are more commonly the result of adult carelessness.

Often Overlooked Dangers to Children Include Standing Water, Tip-Overs and Exercise Equipment

Homeowners with a pool probably know that young children need to be kept away from the water, or strictly supervised when engaged in aquatic play. However, swimming pool accidents are not the only risk to kids from standing water.

Buckets, pails, bathtubs and other receptacles can pose a risk of drowning when filled with as little as one inch of water. It is not uncommon for very young children to lean over and look into a tub or similar vessel, then trip and tumble in headfirst. Don't forget the washing machine either -- in addition to drowning, burns or injuries to limbs can result when unsupervised children play on or within a washing machine.

A television is another common threat to small children; no, not watching too much of it, but being pinned underneath it when allowed to pull it over. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that from 2000 to 2010, 169 children were killed by falling TVs (another 65 deaths during that time period involved other furniture falling on children, mainly chests, dressers or bureaus). As if the fatalities aren't bad enough, injuries are even more common: in just two years, from 2008 to 2010, more than 22,000 children 8 years old and younger were treated in emergency rooms for injuries resulting from tip-over incidents. The easiest preventative step is placing TVs only on low, sturdy bases; TVs and other furniture can also be anchored to the wall or floor. Nothing that may appear attractive to children (remote controls, toys, etc.) should be kept atop TVs or any other piece of furniture that could potentially tip over.

Exercise is important for kids, but they should never be allowed to use adult equipment. More than 25,000 kids under the age of 14 are injured by exercise equipment every year. Moving parts, hard edges and dangling cords make mechanized items like treadmills or stair climbers particularly hazardous. Personal gyms should be kept off limits to children -- and just to be safe, whenever not in use, treadmills and similar equipment should be unplugged and locked with the safety clip removed.

Homeowner Liability for Children's Injuries

You can take measures to make your own home safer for kids. But what about times when your children are visiting the home of a family member, friend or acquaintance?

When you notice deficiencies in any domestic environment that your child may be exposed to, you can point out your safety concerns to the adult responsible for the home. Of course, you are unable to entirely control what dangers your child could be introduced to outside of your own home.

Premises liability is a branch of law that incentivizes owners or occupiers to ensure that dangerous conditions do not exist on their property. In a nutshell, premises liability means that people permitted onto property can sue the owner for injuries caused by a dangerous condition that he or she negligently created or failed to correct.

Premises liability in not unique to children's injuries -- for example, an adult who slips on an unattended spill may recover damages from the homeowner who negligently failed to clean it up -- but the required standard of care may be different when there are children involved. For instance, it may not be negligent for a homeowner to fail to secure his or her TV on a sturdy base when only adult company is present; on the other hand, this same deficiency may in fact amount to negligence with children in the vicinity.

If a homeowner's negligence results in injury to a visiting child, the homeowner may be held liable for monetary damages arising out of the injury, often including payment for medical expenses and a premium for the child's pain, suffering and mental anguish. Most homeowners' insurance policies include coverage to pay for premises liability legal claims.

If Your Child Has Been Injured in Someone Else's Home, Contact an Attorney

Growing up can be hard -- but its difficulty should not be compounded by a serious childhood injury. If your child was hurt outside your home, he or she may be entitled to monetary compensation. Get in touch with an attorney to learn more about premises liability claims and homeowners' duty to keep their homes safe for children.

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New Method Discovered for Monitoring Traumatic Brain Injuries

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April 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Traumatic brain injuries are some of the most troubling consequences of a motor vehicle accident. They can cause severe damage, especially if left unchecked, but are sometimes very hard to detect. Further, until recently, doctors have not had a safe way to monitor the intracranial pressure that follows a severe head injury.

Head trauma can lead to elevated pressure within the skull, crushing brain tissue and cutting off blood supply to the brain. Doctors have long thought that the only way to monitor this pressure was to drill a hole in the skull though which they could insert a catheter into the damaged tissue. This procedure is invasive -- and sometimes quite risky -- so doctors have traditionally reserved it for only the most critically ill patients.

Unfortunately, this meant that doctors could not track the progression of head trauma in non-critical patients. Even for these patients, increasing pressure comes with significant risk of long-term brain damage.

New Method to Track Intracranial Pressure

Recently, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new method for monitoring the progression of intracranial pressure after a concussion or other traumatic head injury.

The researchers found that intracranial pressure could be accurately measured by inserting a catheter at the wrist to measure radial arterial pressure. That pressure reading is then run though a computer model that uses the arterial blood flow to determine pressure on the brain.

Accessible Technology Still Needs to be Developed

Researchers are now working on a way to translate this discovery into an easily accessible tool for doctors and hospital staff. They also hope to develop a non-invasive continuous monitoring system that head injury victims can wear.

If their efforts work out, the innovation could have striking effects on the prognoses of brain injury victims in Denver. Since most of the negative effects of traumatic brain injuries are related to tissue damage caused by pressure on the brain, knowing when a patient is in trouble can help doctors intervene appropriately.

Treating brain injuries can be an arduous and costly experience. Victims may suffer long-lasting consequences, even if their injury was detected and treated early. If you have been the victim of a traumatic brain injury caused by a traffic accident or other negligent act, a Colorado personal injury attorney can help you understand your options.

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