Injury News

Recently an intersection in Phoenix was shut down because of a sinkhole caused by a broken water main. As the pavement gave way, it caught the back end of Phoenix Metro bus.

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• Personal Injury
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• Premises Liability
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• Slip & Fall Injury
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The family of retired Phoenix firefighter, Tom Hall, is working to create harsher penalties for distracted driving. Hall was killed in April by a distracted driver that was reaching for her phone.

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• Car Accident
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• Wrongful Death
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Last December, a 22-year-old man reportedly walked into an elevator shaft when the elevator doors opened, assuming the elevator would be there, and fell onto the car that had stopped just a floor below him.

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• Elevator Accident
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At the end of July, 15-year-old Mariah Contreras was hit and killed by a train. According to police, her and three of her friends were “playing chicken” with the trains when she was hit.

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• Car Accident
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• Construction Accidents
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Train Accident
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• Truck Accident
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The phrase “speed kills” gets thrown around a lot, but does it actually sink in? In Arizona, it appears that speeding seems to be out of control, with people driving at least 20-30 mph over posted speed limits.

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• Car Accident
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• Crossing Accidents
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• Motorcycle Accident
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Wrongful Death
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Furniture retailer Ikea has announced a recall of 29 million chests and dressers in the United States after facing wrongful death lawsuits for at least six toddlers that were crushed to death in tip-over accidents.

Topics:
• Personal Injury
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• Slip & Fall Injury
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• Spinal Cord Injury
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• Traumatic Brain Injury
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• Wrongful Death
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Since the app Pokémon Go launched last week it has surpassed Twitter’s 65 million American users. The app takes to the streets and users are able to compete to capture, train, and battle Pokémon characters all through their mobile phones.

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• Car Accident
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• Wrongful Death
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently recalled about 500,000 self-balancing Hoverboards due to fire hazards that cause injury. Hoverboards Recalled According to a statement released by the CPSC, at least 99 incidents have occurred in which the scooters’ lithium-ion battery packs have overheated, causing sparking, smoking, fire and/or explosions of the Hoverboards.

Topics:
• Personal Injury
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• Wrongful Death
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It was just recently announced that 27-year-old actor Anton Yelchin was killed when his car rolled backward, crushing him against a mailbox and security fence.

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• Personal Injury
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• Wrongful Death
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When Phoenix mail carrier John Schmidt put a letter in the mailbox and received a dog bite to his left calf, he was told by the owner, “This has happened before, just file a report.

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• Dog Bite
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