As the popularity of indoor trampoline facilities continues to grow across the nation, researchers recently undertook to assess the dangers such parks may pose to young children and better understand the types of injuries often sustained there. According to the August issue of Pediatrics, the... Read More

A series of highly-publicized accidents at amusement parks and other popular tourist attractions have led to serious injuries as well as fatalities, causing many to question the sufficiency of the safety rules governing sites of this type. Even a cursory survey of the regulations and... Read More

According to research by an epidemiologist from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention, accidents involving teenage drivers fall into something of a predictable pattern, and that is why adjustments to graduated licensing rules may be in order. The study suggests that understanding what time... Read More

A lawsuit has been filed by the mother and father of a Stony Brook University student who died from a self-administered overdose of anti-depressant drugs, alleging that school therapists and counselors who had been treating the girl did not appropriately address and monitor her condition... Read More

Eight construction workers were severely injured last month in a Brooklyn construction accident that occurred in a decrepit residential structure at 1916 Prospect Place, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Falling from building’s third floor down to the ground floor, several... Read More