Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that Minnesota experienced a decrease in the number of fatal injuries at work in 2011. This is promising news, but workplace injuries and deaths still occur too often, and more progress can be made. Minnesota fatal work-injury statistics Preliminary data from the BLS's Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries shows that there were 60 fatalities from work injuries in Minnesota in 2011. This is 10 less than the final number of 70 fatal work-injury cases in 2010. In addition, this year also fell below the average of ...

When lifesaving procedures are necessary, patients put their trust in the sure hands and sound judgment of surgeons. While many of these procedures occur without complication, a new study indicates that serious surgical errors - often referred to as "never events" - happen more frequently than previously believed. Patient safety researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical School examined data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, a federal repository of information about medical malpractice claims from across the country, to track the incidence of serious ...

On Dec. 26, 2012, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that they had ordered the immediate shutdown of Georgia bus company Aglemoarge Services, Inc. Atlanta based Aglemoarge Services is an interstate charter carrier that had operated a coach bus service with routes between Georgia and New York City. Department of Transportation finds multiple deficiencies After an in-depth investigation, federal regulators uncovered numerous safety violations that could have led to passenger injuries or deaths. Aglemoarge Services had failed to monitor its drivers ...

The divorce process is often muddied with a number of issues -- all of which are saturated with heavy emotions and stress. Property division, child custody and visitation rights are just a few subjects that are a part of the process. In the midst of it all, many individuals fail to consider how angry comments on Facebook or Twitter might affect their divorce. If you are dealing with the end of your marriage, you may want to reflect on the online social presence of you and your former partner. According to the president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, ...

Successful business entrepreneurs are naturally focused on getting their commercial endeavors off the ground and running, all the way to the bank. Of course, choosing to create or buy an Arizona business and make it your own requires smart planning from the beginning. But once things are sufficiently underway and business operations have begun to hum, it is never too early to plan for business succession. Even though retirement, disability or death is not likely in the near future, of course the unexpected happens in life and you could suddenly be unavailable to run ...

In October 2012, a three-vehicle crash killed four people in Greene County, Pennsylvania. As police investigated the crash, it became clear that the crash was caused because three of the men had been "huffing" compressed air. As such, the crash is drawing renewed attention to the dangers of intoxicated driving. The accident occurred on Interstate 79 near Washington Township. According to police reports, an SUV left the northbound lanes, went over a median and then rolled into southbound traffic. There, the vehicle was hit motorcycle and a pickup truck. Three ...

Many people have most likely read a news headline that featured a horrific story about an individual who had the wrong body part amputated or had an instrument left inside his body cavity after surgery. These extreme surgical medical errors are known as adverse events, or shocking health-related events that should simply never happen. However, many people may not be aware that adverse events aren't limited to surgical procedures. These events can also happen as a result of taking a particular drug or dietary supplement. Unfortunately, new data shows that some dietary ...

Bail review is your chance to go home after you've been arrested. If you don't go home, it's more of the same: sitting behind bars until trial. The fact is that having an attorney in your corner, who can stand up for you when you need it, can mean the difference going home and staying in jail when it comes to bail review in Maryland. Lawyer-up for Bail Review? The fact is that having a lawyer at bail review - even law students acting as student lawyers - can significantly decrease the number of people who get stuck behind bars after an arrest. According to opinion ...

When consumers shop for a car, buyers often consider a vehicle's safety crash ratings. Many are willing to spend a little extra on a car that will protect passengers in the event of a car accident. However, did you know that many cars listed as "Top Safety Picks" are not as safe as you think? Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released data from a new crash test, which found that only three of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury vehicles earned good or acceptable ratings in the overlap frontal crash test. Overlap crashes are responsible for ...

Many states require the use of ignition interlock devices on all vehicles operated by people convicted of certain drunk driving offenses. Several of these states only require them for drivers who are convicted of more than one DUI or high blood alcohol concentration DUIs. Some say that this needs to change so people are protected from dangerous car accidents involving repeat drunk drivers. What is an ignition interlock device? An ignition interlock device is installed on all vehicles a driver operates. The driver must blow into the device, and if too much alcohol ...

As many people in Minnesota and around the country continue to tighten their financial belts, funds set aside for retirement starts looking pretty tempting. It is estimated that one in four Americans are borrowing from their 401(k) plans. Many workers in the U.S. set aside savings for retirement through employer-sponsored retirement savings accounts. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) created 401(k) plans -- also known as defined contribution pension plans -- as a way for employees to accumulate tax-free money. Contributions to 401(k) plans are deducted from paychecks ...

Most Florida motorists will be extra vigilant if they know that certain roads will have a greater police presence. Being pulled over can often lead to anxiety, because many motorists do not have frequent interactions with law enforcement. If these drivers had consumed any alcohol prior to the traffic stop, officers may decide to check for other signs of impairment. When an officer makes a DUI stop in Florida, there will be certain methods that they use to see if the motorist is under the influence. Officers may make the motorists undergo field sobriety tests, and the ...

The Bay Area is seeing a number of fatal accidents so far this year between motor vehicles and pedestrians. Two separate cars hit one woman as she walked home from work. A car collided with a young girl in a crosswalk and a Muni bus driver struck an elderly woman in another crosswalk in Daly City. A fourth was struck as she crossed in the middle of a Palo Alto road. All of the victims died instantly or very shortly thereafter. Pedestrians do not stand a chance against careless drivers; motor vehicles are deadly weapons when driven negligently. Nineteen pedestrians were ...

This piece of legislation increases sales taxes in California in an effort to help with the State Budget, including Court Funding. However, despite the passage of Proposition 30, the Los Angeles Superior Court must permanently cut its budget expenditures by up to $50 million before June 30, 2013. This will have a major impact on personal injury litigants. To deal with this budget cut, the Los Angeles Superior Court is closing ten courthouses: Huntington Park, Whittier, Pomona North, Malibu, West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Pedro, Beacon Street, Catalina and Kenyon ...

Having a written statement of your thoughts and feelings with the record of time is a powerful piece of evidence that can come back to haunt you and be used against you. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers conducted a survey of the nation's top attorneys revealing an increase in smart phone and text evidence during divorces. "A resounding 92% of the nation's top divorce attorneys say that they have seen an increase in the number of cases using evidence taken from iPhones, Droids, and other smart phones during the past three years, according to a recent ...

Electrocutions can happen both at work and at home due to defective products, lack of safety precautions and power company negligence. The Electrical Safety Foundation International, or ESFI, reports more than 30,000 electricity-related injuries on the job in the past 10 years. Some of these may have occurred in Illinois. It is important that victims of negligence or inadequate safety precautions, or families of victims, contact a personal injury lawyer experienced in dealing with such cases. Coming into contact with live wires while working is a common problem Two ...

Holiday Inn Express Simpsonville Hotel offers convenient lodging to guests attending the Steve Kaufman and Gary "Biscuit" Davis workshops. Open to all playing levels, Kaufman is offering a flat picking workshop and Davis is teaching a banjo workshop; both men are 3 time national champions in their discipline. Taking place at Simpsonville Arts Center on Saturday, March 2, 2013, the workshops are scheduled from 1-4pm and a concert will be held at 8:00pm. For reservations and ticket information, visit www.safiarts.org. "We are pleased to welcome anyone attending ...

Hampton Inn Spartanburg SC Hotel (North I-85) offers nearby lodging to athletics competing in the 2013 Race to the Top. This competition run offers a 7.5 and 10 mile course at Table Rock State Park and Pinnacle Mountain, one of the highest points along South Carolina's Blue Ridge Escarpment. The race will take place at 9:00am on Saturday, March 2. For registration and other event details, visit www.runnersworld.com/race/1937753. "Conveniently located off I-85 at exit 78, our Spartanburg hotel is the perfect place for race participants traveling on I-85 to stay," ...

Hotel Evolution, an Atlanta, GA based hotel management company and development group, is honored to have their property, Hampton Inn & Suites Scottsboro, named the #1 Hampton Inn & Suites in the state of Alabama and winner of Hampton Hotels' 2012 Lighthouse Award. Distinguished as a top accolade in Hilton Worldwide's Hampton Hotels system, the Lighthouse Award goes to the top 5% of all Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites properties in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Columbia. Measured by the hotels' 2012 Total Quality Scores ...

While the members of TLC certainly were making a lot of money, they still ended up filing for bankruptcy in 1995. This real-life example of celebrities in the spotlight having to file for bankruptcy is something at which everyday people should take a look. The Chattanooga bankruptcy lawyers from Clark & Washington want others to learn from TLC's situation. Why TLC Filed for Bankruptcy Although a successful group, the members of TLC had debts that reached more than $3.5 million dollars as a result of lawsuits, insurance and paying their managers. Their take-home ...

Atlanta movers A.C. White, a fourth generation, family-owned company, wants to help prevent consumers from falling prey to moving scams where the ultimate fee charged is much higher than the original estimate. They encourage people to get more information on the website MovingScam.com (http://www.movingscam.com), which provides advice to consumers about ways to spot and avoid these scams before hiring an Atlanta moving company. MovingScam.com was started by Tim Walker after his own moving nightmare more than a decade ago, when a bid of just under $1,900 turned into a $5,000+ ...

Bit Refinery today announced that it has joined the Zerto Cloud Disaster Recovery Ecosystem (ZCE) to offer clients cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) services powered by Zerto's award-winning hypervisor-based solution, Zerto Virtual Replication (ZVR). As a member of the ecosystem, Bit Refinery is able to provide unparalleled, real-time cloud DR services, enabling businesses of all sizes to cost-effectively protect production applications both to the cloud and in the cloud. "Companies are increasingly interested in leveraging the cloud for data protection, but cloud-based ...

Hailed as one of Iceland's greatest exports, Sigur Ros, the four-piece band from Reykjavik, have returned from their brief hiatus to announce a triple night stint at London's Brixton Academy. The news has excited the music and entertainment scene as the band plans to play tracks from their latest album, Valtari, as well as their greatest hits catalogue. For three nights only - 7, 8, 9 March 2013 - Sigur Ros' return to the stage also marks their return to the music world. Join the band in the Brixton Academy, part of their European Tour, for what promises to be a wonderfully ...

Renowned for their riotous live performances and catchy anthems, Kaiser Chiefs will appease an Angry Mob from the stage of one of London's most popular live venues as they bid to tie up their UK tour with a bang. Ricky Wilson's Leeds indie rockers - featuring new drummer Vijay Mistry - will perform tracks from the band's last album, 'The Future is Medieval', as well as a medley of Kaiser Chiefs greatest hits to a sell-out crowd at the O2 Academy Brixton on Friday 1st March 2013. Best known for their award-winning debut album 'Employment' and the pulsating number one ...

Intended for use as both a conspicuity light and a driving/riding light, Darla utilizes (3) high power LEDs, an advanced digital PWM power supply and a microprocessor-controlled digital dimmer. Constructed here in the USA from die-cast aluminum and precision machined parts, these lights promise very long life and durability. LEDs can offer long life only if they are designed correctly. Proprietary digital thermal feedback circuits monitor LED temperature and regulate pulsed power to extend life to nearly 50,000 hours. Safe operating temperatures are realized in all conditions. ...