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Will product recall be enough to protect toddlers?
After a recent product recall, parents in New Iberia may be concerned that their toddlers could have been or may have been injured by a toddler-sized trampoline. The manufacturer of Little Jumpers Trampolines has recently said its trampolines are unsafe products and...
Dangerous airline food causes injury, prompts safety concerns
Louisiana residents were lucky they were not injured in several recent Delta flights after a passenger was injured by a needle in his sandwich. Though this appears to be an intentional mishandling of food, there are people in Lake Charles and across Louisiana who have...
Louisiana seaman files maritime workplace injury lawsuit
Nearly one year ago, a Louisiana seaman was seriously injured while he was working for Noble Corp. and Noble Drilling Corp. off the shores of Louisiana. He said that he was trying to fix a hydraulic pump that was no longer working when he suffered a maritime workplace...
Fatal East Baton Rouge crash claims life of Clinton woman
Any car accident is a tragedy, but when someone is struck by a careless or reckless motorist, it makes it so much worse. When someone is seriously injured or, worse, killed by a driver who just drifted across the center line or smashed into the back of a stopped...
Increase in dangerous product recalls may be overwhelming
Over the past several years, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of product recalls throughout Louisiana and across the country. As consumer safety becomes stricter, there has been a nearly 14 percent increase in the number of dangerous products taken...
Government offers states grants for fewer distracted drivers
The federal government has been behind many of the traffic safety laws that states enact to keep their roads safer. Whether it was raising the legal drinking age, lowering the speed limits or lowering the legal limit of intoxication, the federal government often...
Three-vehicle crash kills Shreveport teen passenger
A 16-year-old girl from Shreveport died on the afternoon of July 6 after the car she was in was involved in a three-vehicle accident. She was a passenger in a 2003 Buick LeSabre driven by a 17-year-old girl who was also a Shreveport resident. The fatal accident took...
Shreveport police say more likely to be in car accident than crime
Shreveport police have been collecting their car crash statistics and have come to the conclusion that it is much more likely that Louisiana residents will be in a serious motor vehicle accident than being the victim of a violent crime. Since the beginning of the...
Company marketed dangerous mesh product without approval
Many women in Rayne may have heard of Johnson & Johnson's problems with their Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh. There have been numerous reports that women who have had the mesh implanted have suffered significant pain and there has also been some organ perforation,...
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