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Living here in California is a boater’s paradise. In the southern part of state, we enjoy recreational boating year around. Moreover, we have 3.5 million recreational boat owners here in California, second only to Michigan. That’s a lot of people driving boats without any licenses. Yes, that’s right, you do not need to have a license to drive a boat in the state of California, but that may be changing soon.
Assemblyman Michael Duvall, R-Brea introduced new legislation this year. AB 1458, which stalled last year in the legislator, is now resurfacing this year due to many reasons; one is increasing accidents rates among boat owners. We at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie, have also noted a significant increase in personal injury cases due to boating accidents in the last 5 years. Please see our web site for more information at http://www.allenflatt.com.

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Imagine driving, almost flying down the road, at 300-plus mph, and ending up in a fireball. That’s what happened to 14-time Funny Car champion, John Force last month that kept the audience holding its breath until they discovered he was o.k. Well, o.k. is a relative term; he had a broken ankle, foot and hand, plus a damaged knee and wrist, but basically, he was going to live. The crash happened in a split second so how could anyone know what really went wrong? It’s not like cars have devices like airplane’s black boxes, right? Well, yes they do, some cars do in fact have black box-like devices that help investigators.

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Last week, Joseph McPhatter, a family man from Maryland was involved in a terrible motorcycle accident. Typical situation; cut off by a motorist, was ejected 100 feet from the site of impact and hit the ground at 140 mph. No, he did not die, but in fact, he had minor injuries and was able to return to his family that evening. How is this possible? He was wearing a new “impact jacket”. This new jacket essentially gives the motorcycle driver an “airbag” around them when they crash.

This was the first case in the US where an impact jacket has saved the life of a person. However, police departments in Japan, Spain, Brazil and Taiwan have recently benefited using these devices to save officers’ lives. Motorcycle accidents are the third killers of law

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Just as we are entering the peak cold and flu season, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with its Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee issued a public health advisory for children under 2 years taking over-the-counter cold medicines. Specifically, this warning is for cold and cough remedies such as, Dimetapp, Little Colds, Pediacare, Triaminic, Tylenol and Robitussin. For a complete list of products that are being voluntarily recalled, visit the Consumer Healthcare Products Associations (CHPA) website at www.chpa-info.org.

The FDA has received reports of 54 infant deaths due to improper use of decongestants and 69 deaths due to antihistamines since 1969. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in a recent 2006 study confirmed that over 1500 babies experienced serious health problems

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Last Thursday, Governor Schwarzennegger signed into law AB 478, which requires all bicyclists to use lights on sidewalks and other pathways. That’s great news for you nighttime bike riders, and for the cars that share the roadways with you.

The author of bill AB 478 is Assemblywomen Lois Wolk. She felt that the existing bicycle laws didn’t quite go far enough to keep cyclist safe after dark. The current law only required that the bicycle user use lights on bikes operated on a highway during the early morning, evening, and night hours.

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Nancy Matthews was walking with her two children one day in her San Diego neighborhood when she was viciously attacked by two boxers. These types of stories used to be a rare occurrence, but now we seem to hear about attacks more frequently. In fact, every 40 seconds, someone in the United States seeks medical attention for a dog bite. Unfortunately, the death rates of dog attacks are on the rise.

In an average year, over 4.7 million people get bit by dogs and 800,000 people are sent to an emergency room with more severe bites. Most of the attacks are in the facial/head area

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Prescription medicines unquestionably help people on a daily basis. However, in California alone, 150,000 injuries have resulted from misunderstood prescriptions; either by the doctor prescribing or the pharmacist reading the instructions. More than 1.5 million Americans have been injured each year by medication mistakes and 7,000 people have died. E-prescribing is one area of healthcare reform that can save the taxpayers money and prevent needless injuries to patients.

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When your kids are telling you that they want “crocs”, it isn’t a new pet crocodile they would like, but a colorful, somewhat ugly plastic shoe. (The shoe actually gets its name due to the shoe profile that looks like a crocodile’s snout). Since 2002, the company, Crocs, Inc has sold more than 50 million of these must-have shoes to kids and adults alike. However, some of the shoes best features, flexibility and grip, have caused several escalator injuries both here in the US and around the world. These types of claims can typically be categorized as a product liability claim. For more information on these types of claims see our section link above,

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