Washington Considers Proposed Statewide Plastic Bag Ban

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/13/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Seattle, WA — In wake of Seattle’s recently adopted ban on plastic shopping bags, a Burien lawmaker plans to take Seattle’s ban and implement it on a statewide level. Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon planned to introduce the bill on Thursday, January 12, […]

Northern California Man Decapitated in Wood Chipper Accident

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/13/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Nevada City, CA — A wood chipper accident left a man dead Thursday, January 12, 2012, when he somehow got caught in the machine and was decapitated. The victim was removing tree branches and other debris from a home along Indian […]

CPSC: Chariot Child Bicycle Trailers, Conversion Kits Recalled for Injury Risks

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/12/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Thule Child Transport Systems Ltd., doing business as Chariot Carriers, has voluntarily recalled Chariot bicycle trailers and bicycle trailer conversion kits for injury hazards the product poses to consumers. The […]

CPSC: Big Lots Recalls Floor Lamps for Shock Hazards

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/12/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Columbus, OH — Big Lots and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have voluntarily recalled floor lamps over shock hazards the defective lamps pose to consumers. The CPSC announced the nationwide product recall on January 12, 2012. The recall was […]

Worker, 19, Killed in Fall From Tornado-Ravaged Merrick Section Home

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/12/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley West Springfield, MA — A 19-year-old construction worker was killed Wednesday, January 11, 2012, after falling from the roof of a tornado-damaged home in the Merrick section of the city. The fatal construction accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the corner […]

Proposed Bill Aims to Accommodate ‘Gender Identity’ in School

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/12/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Los Angeles, CA — A new piece of proposed legislation is aiming to allow students to play on sports teams according to their “gender identity” and not their biological sex, as well as have access to sex-segregated locker rooms. The Assemblyman […]

Santa Cruz Transit District Faces $500K Lawsuit for Fatal Wastonville Bus Crash

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com01/12/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Watsonville, CA — The family of a 79-year-old Watsonville man who was killed in a February 2010 bus crash has filed a nearly $500,000 lawsuit. The lawsuit, which was filed on Nov. 21, named the bus driver and the Santa Cruz […]