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The New York Fire Department (FDNY) began the Modified Response pilot program in Queens in October of 2010 in an effort to decrease traffic accidents and increase safety for civilians and firefighters and other emergency personnel. According to Westport-News.com, fire truck-related Queens traffic accidents decreased by 32 percent as a result of this program. This favorable news prompted the New York Fire Commission [...]

A Sorrento, Florida hit-and-run accident from last December appeared to be over. No one had been charged in the death of a 68-year-old pedestrian out walking his dog, who was also killed. But on Wednesday, June 15, a 26-year-old Lake County man was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and driving without a license. He faces up to 30 years in prison for the felony offense of leaving the scene [...]

Arizona exceeds the national average for injuries, which prompted the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to partner with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to develop a program designed to prevent injuries. This program has four major objectives: Identify injury issues and determine specific needs for programs and policies designed to prevent injuries. Stay abreast of [...]

As an experienced biker and Pennsylvania motorcycle accident attorney since 1979, I understand that warm weather brings motorcyclists to our roadways, but unfortunately this is often coupled with catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths in motorcycle accidents. Over the last month, over a dozen people were injured or killed on Pennsylvania highways in motorcycle accidents. I started building and riding motorcyc [...]

The US government is attempting to prepare for an onslaught of aging baby boomers by passing a new long term care program that assists individuals with severe disabilities. Nytimes.com reports that more and more Americans are going to be earning the title of “Older Americans” as the significant number of baby boomers age. Congress wants to help by establishing a program in the National Health Care Bill that wil [...]

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania reported a possible radiation error involving the treatment of a man for prostate cancer. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a patient underwent a prostate brachytherapy procedure on Jan. 21 to implant 65 radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells in the acorn-size gland. On a follow-up scan on Feb. 23, doctors saw that the seeds were “outside the in [...]