Officials with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued a statement saying there were over 2 million units of violative or dangerous toys seized last year. These dangerous products never made it into children’s hands. Even with the good news,…
The 12-year-old daughter of Sen. Marco Rubio’s was involved in a golf cart accident over the weekend. Rubio was campaigning in the state with Mitt Romney. Just before 7:00 p.m. Romney’s campaign bus pulled over on the side of Interstate 4 between Land O’ Lakes and Kissimmee to drop off…
Your child is more likely to be killed in a pedestrian accident during Halloween than during any other night out of the year. Giggling ghosts and goblins will be trick-or-treating in neighborhoods across the area. Because kids are focused on the fun and not on traffic safety, we’re reaching out…
Go through any neighborhood in South Florida and you’re bound to see trampolines in the back yards of many houses. What you don’t commonly think about when seeing these trampolines are the dangers that accompany them. According to NBC News, there were about 100,000 injuries reported in 2009. Because of…
You know what you’re supposed to do when you get into your car: sit down and buckle up! Unfortunately, drivers aren’t buckling in and many of them aren’t buckling in their young children. That’s one of the main reasons why there are close to 150,000 children who find themselves in…
Just last year, there were nearly 50 children under the age of 14 who were killed in heatstroke-related accidents in Port St. Lucie and elsewhere because they were left in a hot car. We live in Florida, it’s hot and it’s the summertime. All of these factors greatly increase our…
Every day, there are nearly 400 children under the age of 20 who are treated in emergency rooms across the United States as a result of unintentional poisonings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to these injuries, two kids are killed every day because…
Halloween is one of the most dangerous holidays of the year for small children, often leading to a trip to the emergency room. Not only are children at risk of a pedestrian accident in Pembroke Pines, but children can also sustain a burn injury from a flammable costume in Weston…
If you live in a big city, the opportunity to ride an all-terrain vehicle is probably few and far between. Yet, just a few minutes out of town, they remain a popular recreational activity. In other cases, they are used on the beach and even as part of some jobs.…
A woman and her son are lucky to be alive after being struck by a pickup truck crossing the street, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. In a previous post to our South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog, our Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyers reported that Florida is the most…