Spring has only just arrived and the weather is getting warmer, but already in the first few months of 2011 there have been 37 reports of drownings and 38 near-drowning incidents. In light of these alarming numbers and with the summer swimming season just around the corner, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is highlighting water saftey in hopes of saving lives. The agency has launched a public service campaign and provides safety tips at its website, www.PoolSafely.gov.
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Each year, millions of people in the United States sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from falls, motor vehicle traffic crashes, collisions with moving or stationary objects, and assaults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates TBI will affect 1.7 million people, resulting in 1.365 million emergency room visits; 275,000 hospitalizations, and 52,000 deaths every year. In order to bring awareness to brain injury and the lives of those affected by it, March is designated as national Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Julia Beasley, a lawyer with the Montgomery based law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Lee County teacher who was injured in an incident that occurred on the campus of Auburn University. Frankie Askew Bell, an Auburn-area teacher, was severely injured when she was struck by a car while crossing the street on campus in November.
Julia Beasley, a lawyer with Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Laura Pullam, a paramedic who was killed Dec. 15 while on the job with Care Ambulance. Ms. Pullam was working the scene of a vehicle accident on Interstate 65 in Montgomery County, Ala., when she was struck by a pick-up truck.
The holidays, celebrated all over the country with strands of lights and glowing candles, can turn from joy to tragedy in an instant if some key safety measures are overlooked. Grim facts about injuries and deaths are not what consumers want to hear this time of year, but it's important to understand how you may be at risk and what you can do about it.
Concussions in football aren't anything new, but a growing awareness of just how dangerous these seemingly innocuous head injuries can be may change the rules of the game on all levels. Yesterday the National Football League announced that it would immediately begin suspending players for "egregious and elevated hits" that violate games rules, especially those governing helmets.
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Barbour County against Saxio Algermany Strothers and two insurance companies. The firm represents Jeff and Sandra Richards after a collision with Strothers on July 24, 2010.
Montgomery law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Calhoun County, Alabama, on behalf of the family of Barry Sloan, who was killed July 24 when the radio tower on which he was working collapsed. Beasley Allen attorneys Jere L. Beasley, J. Cole Portis, Chris D.Glover and James D. Walker are representing the plaintiff, Alyson Cornelius Sloan. Defendants named in the suit are Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co., Inc., and David Stephens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants consumers to put safety in play if fireworks are part of Fourth of July celebrations. A new CPSC study indicates that in 2009 there were two deaths and nearly 9,000 emergency room visits for injuries resulting from fireworks related incidents. Most fireworks injuries occurred to consumers younger than 20 and resulted in the loss of a limb in many cases.
The energy industry fought federal regulators, safety advocates, and environmental activists for promoting policies that would enhance the safety of workers and reduce the risk of environmental harm before the massive Deepwater Horizon rig exploded last week and sank into the Gulf of Mexico.
