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• Bicycle Safety: Make Sure Your Kids Know How to Avoid Accidents

  Craig Kelley | June 01, 2006 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  1. Always wear an approved bicycle safety helmet. 2. Avoid riding after dark or if the weather is bad. All cyclists are at risk when it's dark. 3. Obey traffic signs, signals and pavement marking. 4. Move with the flow of traffic. 5. Stop and check for traffic before you enter a street from a driveway, parking lot or sidewalk. 6. Give cars and pedestrians the right of way. It's an...

• High Gas Prices Lead Consumers to Motorcycles - Please Take a Motorcycle Safety Course!

  Craig Kelley | May 27, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Gas-Price Gouging by Big Oil is leading to a big surge in smaller and used motorcycles in our Region, and most likely across the nation. The Columbus Telegraph has a story today that is one of many documenting this trendFull StoryThese NEW or RETURNING Riders need to learn to ride properly and safely by registering for Motorcycle Safety Course offered by the National Safety Council or the...

• North Platte, NE, Grant Programs Offer Interesting Seat Belt Statistics - BUCKLE UP!!

  Craig Kelley | May 26, 2006 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The Lincoln County Sheriffs Department in North Platte, Nebraska, are currently involved in two different Grant programs that stress seat belt usage, and offer some some strong statistics to show WHY!!PLEASE "buckle Up" this holiday weekend, and TEACH YOUR CHILDREN to buckle up ALL of the time!!Read the Story:

• Nursing Homes are Understaffed - So Neglect, Abuse and Injuries Will Continue!?

  Craig Kelley | May 23, 2006 1:33 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Understaffing at nursing homes appears to be the underlying reason for continued problems and abuses according to a just-released national report examining nursing home abuse and neglect. The study, commisioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform."The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes," commissioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing...

• Can Minor School Bus Accidents Lead to Head or Serious Injuries?

  Craig Kelley | May 22, 2006 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Taking the good old tradional big yellow bus to school has long been touted as the best way to keep our children safe during transport. But is it? Read the well-researched school bus safety article to help figure out YOUR answer, and thus opinions, reagrding this question and issue.

• Everything that Anyone Wants or Needs to Know About the Federal Employers Liability Act

  Craig Kelley | May 21, 2006 1:49 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  My Firm, Inserra and Kelley, is the Union-picked Designated Counsel for Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) claims in our Region of the USA. My Firm has authored and prepared an excellent primer and educational guide about the FELA for new hires on the Railroad and spouse or significant others of Railroad Employees who wnat to better understand the workplace law that covers their loved...

• Boating Accident Statistics Show Continued Need for Life Jacket Awareness

  Craig Kelley | May 20, 2006 1:01 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  in 2004, the last year for statistic complilation, 70% of boating deaths were from drowning, and 90% of the drowning victims were NOT wearing a life jacket. Read ths tory below, and HAVE ENOUGH LIFE JACKETS IN YOUR BOAT!!Full Report:

• Proper Reporting of a Railroad Employee Workplace Injury under the FELA

  Craig Kelley | May 19, 2006 1:50 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Some time back my Law Partner, John Inserra, authored a fabulous article on proper reporting of a workplace injury by railroad employees pursuant to the Federal Employers Laibility Act (FELA):FULL ARTICLE

• 97 Out of Every 100 Malpractice Suits Have a Factual Basis

  Craig Kelley | May 18, 2006 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a study on medical malpractice case statistics. Of course, most media outlets ran it with a headline along the lines of "40% of medical malpractice cases are groundless." But the media got it wrong! HERE are the actual statistics and story:FULL STORY

• Another New Guidant Defib Warning Issued

  Craig Kelley | May 17, 2006 1:04 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Boston Scientific Corp. said it has warned physicians that another 996 defibrillators made by its Guidant corporate unit may quit prematurely, leaving heart failure patients unprotected from sudden cardiac death or other complications.STORY