Detroit News: GM down to 1 million cars that need ignition switch fix GM: Ignition Recall Safety Information GM: 2014 Year-to-Date North American Recalls Including Exports GM: Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility FINAL PROTOCOL GM: GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility Announces an Extension of the Claims Filing Deadline GM: … Continue reading
Year: 2023
Work in Texas oil fields is physically demanding and potentially hazardous, whether you’re a roustabout, roughneck, technician, engineer or supervisor. The danger is much greater when workers cannot depend on oil rigs and other machinery and equipment to function properly. When drills, pumps, seals, tongs and other equipment on rigs … Continue reading
Texas has thousands of miles of interstates and rural highways that big trucks travel each day delivering goods. Here’s an alarming statistic: 12 percent of the fatal accidents involving large trucks in the U.S. in a recent year occurred in the Lone Star State. In 2013, the most recent of … Continue reading
The scandal involving defective air bags has grown steadily and today encompasses about 7.8 million vehicles made by 10 different automakers and may be headed to court. The massive recall first exploded upon the public consciousness in October with a recall of 4.7 million vehicles made by six manufacturers. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
For many years, glass covers on certain types of fireplaces have been a potentially serious, yet widely unrecognized safety hazard to people of all ages. Due to the fact that these glass covers can reach temperatures between 500° F and 1,000° F, it only takes a matter of seconds for … Continue reading
IKEA Recalls Crib Mattress over Baby Entrapment Danger Owners of IKEA baby cribs need to know that certain IKEA mattresses sold with the Swedish retailer’s cribs pose a potential suffocation danger and that the allegedly faulty products have been recalled. This Consumer Product Safety Commission says the recall involves about … Continue reading
Car accident fatalities across the U.S. dropped 3.1 percent and have fallen almost 25 percent in the past decade, reaching historically low levels, according to the 2013 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) report recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Despite the decline in fatalities, 32,719 people … Continue reading
A patient’s most precious resource is often his or her own knowledge. When patients conduct research on potential care providers, they easily empower themselves with information available within the public record. Unfortunately, too few patients opt to take advantage of this readily available information. However, patients will soon be provided … Continue reading
Deep in the heart of Texas, you can find both bustling cities and rural areas so quiet and sparsely populated that you can travel for miles and miles without encountering gas stations, grocery stores, and hospitals. The unique living conditions inspired by rural areas attract many Americans for various reasons. … Continue reading
In an entertaining episode of the show “Grey’s Anatomy,” the chief of surgery tries to lure a promising pediatric surgeon away from her specialty by purchasing a da Vinci multi-armed surgical robot for her to use as a general surgeon. The promising surgeon delights in playing with the gadget and … Continue reading
