Study Shows Fatalities Resulting From Drug Injury or Poisoning Are Up
November 25th, 2014 | Drug injury
Accidents can happen at any time, but there seems to be a disturbing trend in one of the most common causes of accidental injury deaths. Reports indicate there’s been an increase in recent years of drug injury deaths caused by accidental poisoning. Researchers considered a drug poisoning death to be any fatality resulting from taking… Read More
The Role of Measurement Errors in Drug Injury Cases
July 15th, 2014 | Drug injury
Each year, there are hundreds of thousands of Americans who are harmed by errors in dosages of prescription medications, with many of the victims being children. One new study is suggesting a contributing factor that may be playing a part in our nation’s drug injury problem is our society’s standards of measurement. The United States… Read More
Guidelines Created To Help Prevent Drug Induced Liver Injury
July 1st, 2014 | Drug injury
The liver is the organ in the body that is responsible for processing and filtering medications through the body. That’s why taking medications with certain ingredients or taking too much of a drug can have seriously adverse effects on the organ, known as a drug induced liver injury. In order to address these hazards, the… Read More
National Safety Council Announces 2 Leading Causes of Accidental Injury in U.S.
April 1st, 2014 | Personal injury
April 1, 2014 Each day, thousands of American citizens become the victims of accidents that result in serious injuries. While the list of causes to these accidents could be endless, the National Safety Council just released its 2014 list of injury facts that shed some light on the most common causes of accidental injury in… Read More
Missouri auto accident injures two
January 6th, 2009 | Personal injury
January 6. 2009 The Springfield News-Leader reported that a recent Missouri car accident left two people with various injuries. The Missouri auto accident occurred when one car stopped, and the other car rear-ended the first one. The two occupants in the first car were wearing seatbelts at the time of the Missouri car accident, but… Read More
Two killed in Missouri auto accident
October 28th, 2008 | Cofmantownsley
October 28, 2008 The Columbia Missourian reported that two people were killed in a Missouri car accident over the weekend. A man was driving his car down the road when he collided with a pickup truck. The man and his passenger died of injuries sustained in the Missouri auto accident. The driver of the pickup… Read More
Transportation worker injured in Missouri auto accident
July 17th, 2008 | Personal injury
July 17, 2008 A local Department of Transportation worker was injured in a Springfield auto accident while he was tending to a truck, according to the News-Leader. The man had stepped onto the shoulder to go to the front of the truck when another vehicle attempted to pass the stopped truck and hit him. Authorities… Read More
Man arrested after Missouri auto accident
July 8th, 2008 | Cofmantownsley
July 8, 2008 The Columbia Missourian reported that a man was arrested for his involvement in a Missouri auto accident over the holiday weekend. The man was driving while intoxicated at the time of the Missouri auto accident that sent three people to the hospital. He was charged with three counts of second-degree assault and… Read More
Four police cars damaged in Missouri auto accident
May 20th, 2008 | Personal injury
May 20, 2008 A Missouri auto accident involving a run away felon left four police vehicles with plenty of damage, according to The News Tribune. A man with six felony charges and two misdemeanors led the police on a chase early Saturday morning. The man lost control of his car and spun out into a… Read More
Missouri auto accident kills woman
May 15th, 2008 | Personal injury
May 15, 2008 The Kansas City Star reported that a woman died from injuries suffered from a Missouri auto accident. Two cars were involved in the Missouri auto accident that seriously injured one person and killed another. One car taken a wrong turn, and when he turned around, he was going the wrong way on… Read More