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• Personal Injury Claims and Insurance Companies

  Ed Van Dorn | September 11, 2007 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  In the movie "Sicko" there is a scene where Ehrlichman says to Nixon: "The less care they give 'em, the more money they (the insurance companies) make." That is the universal truth concerning all insurance companies. Witness the insurance industries miserable performance in covering the claims from Hurricane Katrina. And even in the 9/11 tragedy some insurance companies have made desperate...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Neck Injuries

  Ed Van Dorn | September 11, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Anyone who has been unfortunate enough to have been in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a serious neck injury knows that insurance companies will most often assume that the victim is exaggerating the extent of the injury and try to down play the case. This is so even though study after study has demonstrated that serious neck injuries can occur in motor vehicle accidents even at lower...

• CPSC Warns Of Rise in College Dorm Fires

  Courtney Mills | August 21, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the prevalence of fires in college dormitories, fraternities, sororities, as well as barracks. The CPSC referred to some stunning basic facts on fires in college dorms.According to CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord, "Going to college marks an important milestone, and the CPSC doesn't want that to be marred by a potentially tragic...

• Botulism and Legal Liability

  Ed Van Dorn | July 25, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Yesterday I blogged on a recent discovery of botulism contaminated food products. Today's Washington Post has more on this story. Now there are 92 products manufactured by Castlebury Foods that should be avoided. The Post story leads with this warning.People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked...

• Canned Meat and Botulism

  Ed Van Dorn | July 24, 2007 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Our firm regularly tracks news of consumer product safety concerns to pass information on that will be a benefit to public safety in our community. A recent development in consumer saftey involves botulism in canned meat. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism....

• Auto Accidents and Insurance

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Did you know that where you live is important to insurance companies when they set your automobile insurance rates. When assessing risk of auto accidents insurance companies usually look at how often car accidents and theft occur close to your home and this helps them determine your rates. Studies by the insurance companies show that most accidents occur close to home. One company asked 11,000...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents on Rural Highways

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  To those of us living in Northern New Hampshire its no secret that automobile accidents on rural highways can be deadly. A recent study by the University of Minnesota confirmed that rural auto accidents are statistically more deadly than accidents on urban roads. University of Minnesota research by the Center of Excellence on Rural Safety found rural roads deadlier when it comes to car crashes...

• Motorcycle Week and Head Injuries

  Ed Van Dorn | July 03, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Every June New Hampshire has motorcycle week. This is where thousands of motorcycle riders come to the state to celebrate all things motorcycle. It's a great sight to be riding on one of our rural highways and see a hundred or so motorcycle riders coming down the road in unison. The vast majority of bike riders these days are law abiding and careful. Many of them seem to be approaching senior...

• Listerine Agent Cool Blue Rinse Recalled

  Christina Cole | April 17, 2007 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Johnson & Johnson has recalled Listerine Agent Cool Blue Plaque-Detecting Rinse after concluding the product's preservatives did not effectively control certain types of micro-organisms.Johnson & Johnson said their McNeil-PPC division recalled approximately 4 million bottles, which comes in Bubble Blast and Glacier Mint flavors.In a release, J&J said "the company had conducted a thorough...

• Candia Man Killed in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 3:43 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Police say a fatal car crash in Candia, New Hampshire earlier today was followed by a brief police chase.State Police say a Candia officer had attempted to stop the driver for erratic driving just minutes before the car sped off Rout 43 on a curve, crashing into a tree.Police say the officer had just broken off the chase right before the crash due to the roads being slippery with ice.The driver...