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Yet again, explosives at a gender reveal event have resulted in considerable destruction. In this instance, family and friends gathered for the announcement of a soon to be born child, an event with a focus on a highly explosive substance known as Tannerite. Someone associated with planning the “big” event purchased 80 pounds of Tannerite, which is available over the counter. When the Tannerite was detonated at the gender reveal, a significant explosion accident ensued that impacted homes and business…

April 24, 2021 was National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This is a day set aside for people with unused prescriptions to return the leftovers to designed return centers, including certain pharmacies. With the focus on prescription medications and how to dispose of unused drugs, this represents a good moment in time to consider mistakes made in prescribing prescriptions in the first instance. Medication errors represent one of the major underlying causes of medical malpractice across the United States in…

The California Department of Public Health, CDPH, utterly failed to protect vulnerable nursing home residents in the San Diego area. The CDPH is the state agency responsible for protecting nursing home residents from abuse, including sexual assault. Despite multiple reports of a certified nursing assistant committing sexual assault at San Diego nursing homes, the CDPH allowed the perpetrated of nursing home abuse to job-hop from one skilled care facility to another for years. Certified nursing assistant Matthew Fluckiger was reported…

John Kody Ray was driving his boat along the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway in the vicinity of Myrtle Beach, just south of the Arrowhead Country Club. Unfortunately, Ray evidently got behind the wheel of his boat after drinking and while intoxicated. Additionally, Ray had five passengers on board at the time of what became a drunk boating accident. While moving down the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway at about 8:15 at night, Ray either lost control of his boat or failed to see…

The multi-day Seacor accident search and rescue effort by the U.S. Coast Guard and others will come to a solemn end on Monday at sunset, with eight of the 19 original crew members left unaccounted for and presumed dead. Six of the Seacor Power crew members were rescued directly following with capsizing of the oil rig lift boat. The remains of five crew members were retrieved from the waters of the Gulf but not from inside the overturned watercraft. As…