In October 2006, Butler was shocked by a Watsonville police officer using a Taser X-26 after Butler refused to get off of a bus. Butler went into cardiac arrest, and medical personnel needed 18 minutes to revive him. By then, Butler had suffered irreparable brain damage. Today, Butler has no short-term memory, decreased mobility and motor skills, and the need for 24-hour care.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall of a certain brand of baby monitors because some of them have reportedly overheated and started smoking. The recalled product is made by Circus World Displays Limited based in Niagara Falls, Canada. The name of the product is the Levana Wireless Video Baby Monitors with a model number of LV-TW300.
You need to be sure you have an attorney working for your best interests. I’ve heard about attorneys who have absoltely no interest in going to trial and will do anything to settle (even if it is detrimental to you, the client).
If you are involved in a car crash caused by a drunk driver, the first thing you should do is get the proper medical attention. However, if you are able to function without worsening your injuries, or if another occupant in your vehicle is unhurt, there are some steps that can be taken to bolster a future personal injury claim against the drunk driver.
Spinal cord injuries can lead to numerous types of dysfunction such as paraplegia and quadriplegia, where paralysis strikes various parts of the body.
If you see a caregiver employing any of this inappropriate disciplinary activity with your child or anyone else’s, or if you hear a caregiver talking about utilizing such punishment, report this to the facility director or manager.
It is important to seek medical attention whenever an individual loses consciousness, vomits, seizes, or convulses after a head injury or if feelings of nausea or dizziness persist.
Considering that a child can drown to death in the span of five minutes, the delayed response time of some pool alarms could mean the difference between a child surviving the accident or perishing due to a lack of oxygen.
This is the 44th car accident death in Las Vegas this year, according to ktnv.com. Unfortunately, many of these accidents involved someone crossing the street and getting hit by a car, truck, or other vehicle.
There have also been numerous stories of a child wandering into a pool and drowning. If the pool (be it residential or municipal) does not have barriers which are designed to keep young children out, then the pool owners or operators might be found liable in a wrongful death lawsuit.