Duck Hunting season is just around the corner. Often there is the combination of hunting and boating. It's a great time to think about hunter safety. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...
As scrutiny of brain injuries in football players escalated the past three years, with prominent professionals reporting cognitive problems, academic studies supporting an association, and autopsies...
Yesterday, a 12 year old bicyclist was hit and killed by a car in Faribault. A vehicle was traveling eastbound vehicle on Seventh Street Northwest when it struck the boy. The collision is still...
Seven consumer groups have joined together to run an ad urging Congress to oppose including medical malpractice limits as part of health care reform. The groups include Alliance for Justice, Public...
Ken Lewis, the soon-to-be “ex” CEO of Bank of America, won’t suffer too much after his departure from the financial giant. In fact, Lewis will likely receive a $125 million...
THE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION
49 U.S.C. §20109 was enacted in 2007 to address railroad company pressure on employees not to report safety problems and injuries. This whistle blower...
In an op-ed in the Charlotte (NC) Observer (10/1), Laurie Sanders, who settled a medical negligence case arising from the death of her son, Christopher, wrote:
Lobbyists for the medical and...
I recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Lansing State Journal on just this topic. The truth is, it's not just my friend and anesthesiologist Dr. Kenneth Elmassian, who takes this viewpoint -...
Internationally, roundabouts are a common road configuration. As time has passed, they have increasingly become an option in the United States as an attempt to slow traffic and utilize limited road...
Politico (9/30, McGrane) reported, Creation of a new consumer protection agency is still uncertain, as Democrats fight over whether federal laws should trump those written by individual states. A...