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Driving While Impaired by Marijuana Standards Begin to Coalesce in United States Automobile Accidents Caused by Pot-Impaired Drivers: As more and more states begin to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes, state legislatures and governors are sharpening their focus on the creation of legislation to address the prospect of individuals driving while impaired as the result of using marijuana. Development of Per Se Impairment Standard is Elusive A preliminary determination that someone is driving under the…

Michael Jaramillo, age 11, was enjoying the July Fourth holiday with his family at Adventureland Park, an amusement park in Altoona, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. Michael and his family were on the Raging River ride when the raft in which they were riding overturned. The boy named Michael was killed and three other people were injured. Another unnamed boy was severely injured in the Iowa amusement park accident.   Three people on the raft were taking to an…

Every year, an incredible number of people are injured in cell phone tower accidents. This includes workers who sustain severe and even fatal injuries. In addition to cell phone tower workers, members of the community are injured in accidents of this nature as well. A stark reality associated with cell phone tower accidents is that time and again cell phone providers or cell phone carriers have proven themselves capable of dodging legal responsibility for these types of accidents. Complex Web…

A 69-year-old woman hospitalized at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood was killed in her hospital bed when a defibrillator being used on her caught fire and then exploded. The niece of the woman killed in the Houston hospital bedside explosion and fire described her aunt’s fatal injuries as included the patient’s entire upper torso being burned beyond recognition. The niece went on to add that “who would ever expect your relative to be burnt to a crisp in a hospital.” The…

The Fourth of July is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the United States. People gather together for family gatherings, parties with friends, Independence Day fireworks, and other types of celebrations. The Fourth of July is also a weekend in which more car accidents occur on roadways and elsewhere than on any other holiday during the year. It is also the holiday in which a higher rate of other types of injury causing accidents occur. The top five…