How Airbags Work, And How They Can Fail

in Accidents, Car Accidents, Injuries, Wrongful Death

Millions of the safety devices have turned deadly. It's been a brutal year for motorists and for an industry safeguard that was, until now, seen as an unmitigated lifesaver. Last spring, several automakers began recalling vehicles because their airbag supplier, Takata Corp., had shipped bags with botched inflators. It turns out the inflators can send shrapnel spewing through a cabin with such force that they leave victims with what police have said look like gunshot and stab wounds. (In one case, cops actually started a homicide investigation.) Global giants like Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Ford, Mazda, BMW, Subaru, and Pontiac were forced to recall 19...

11 October

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More Women are Dying While Cycling in Cities and Urban Environments

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in Accidents, Car Accidents, Cyclists, Pedestrians

Among urban cycling infrastructure experts, conventional wisdom holds that when more women are biking, a city has built a successful cycling network. In too many American cities, though, a gruesome corollary to this rule is becoming apparent: When a city builds infrastructure that creates the illusion but not the reality of cycling safety, more women will die. Urban cycling has long been mostly a male activity. As Evan Friss writes in a new history of cycling in New York City, the bike messengers who helped define the city’s 1980s streets were virtually all men. Today’s food delivery cyclists are predominantly male....

04 October

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$4.9M Awarded to Women Who Allege Sexual Assault by a Massage Therapist

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A Yavapai County Superior Court jury awarded $4.9 million to two women who allege they were sexually assaulted during massages at a Sedona spa. The women say they suffered physical, emotional and psychological trauma after receiving massages from Aaron Frank Orrico at Namti Spa in 2016. The 48-year-old former massage therapist has pending criminal charges related to the allegations. One of the women, who lives in Massachusetts and is identified in court documents as "M.N.," said Orrico touched and fondled her genitals during a massage in February 2016. She told him, "no thanks," and she alleges he whispered in her ear, "I hope I didn't offend you." She reported the incident to the spa and to...

01 October

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Lawsuit Filed Against Top E-cigarette Maker Juul

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in Injuries, Recalls

An Illinois teenager who fell ill with a lung disease after vaping for over a year sued a leading e-cigarette maker on Friday, accusing it of deliberately marketing to young people and sending the message that vaping is cool. Attorneys filed a lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court on behalf of 18-year-old Adam Hergenreder, who was hospitalized at the end of August for about a week after complaining of nausea and labored breathing. The 85-page suit argued Juul Labs conveyed in advertisements and through social media campaigns that kids could boost their social status by vaping. It also said Juul never fully disclose their...

October 2019

How Airbags Work, And How They Can Fail

More Women are Dying While Cycling in Cities and Urban Environments

$4.9M Awarded to Women Who Allege Sexual Assault by a Massage Therapist

Lawsuit Filed Against Top E-cigarette Maker Juul