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A wrongful death claim in the District of Columbia has netted the parents of 2 deceased children 1.2 million dollars. A man killed them via vehicle while fleeing police in 2004.

Police attempted to use undercover deceit to catch a suspected drug dealer, when they botched the sting, the dealer panicked and fled.

DC officials deny responsibility, claiming that they broke off pursuit prior to the incident.

The parents maintain that there was no reason to pursue the suspect, and even state one officer refused to give up the chase when ordered.

The real tragedy is this, those children were struck in a CROSSWALK, in arms reach of their father, the children were thrown 140 feet through the air, and died in their fathers sight! This disturbs me because as a father, my greatest fear is something liek this or, that i will lose my family to a drunken driver. The words to describe this feeling escapes me, but its a terrible and horrrendous thing to ponder.

When the police screwed up the bust and realized they werent getting him they shoudl have left it alone. Period. Be professional or go back to bed. Drugs? Hey drug dealers wouldnt exist if people didnt WANT the drugs. Go stop terrorism or soemthing!

Ford  recalled more than a half million Escape  Sport Utility Vehicles following knowledge  of fifty   engine fires.

The fires were discoverd to be caused by dmaged brake parts in the Escapes’  brakes.  The recall was for 2001 through 2004 models, and it became active  after a thourogh amount of reasearch by the Natioinal Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2006. Escape Owners will not be made to pay for the replacement of their antilock brakes parts. There was no reports of injuries related to this recall.

U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show figures that approximately 37,000 people are injured by nailguns annually. The CDC figures show that since 1990 these injuries have increase significantly(200%)

When they investigated the demographic of the injured, it was discovered wrokers being injured were about the same value, but the layman was getting hurt much much more. We can attribute the number of nailgun injuries by home users to the fact that nowadays this tool is widely availble and affordable for the non professional builder.  During 2001-2005 time period, about 37000 were treated nationwide in the emergency rooms annually, and 40% of those treated were laymen. More needs to be done to make consumers aware of the dangers of nailguns.

Is there a way to increase the safety of this device? A guard or a safety lock akin to that of a firearm perhaps. Could be we need to give it more attention as a society. Whatever the case, I fear that the avergae consumer is careless in its purchase and its use, i cant help but wonder how often alcohol was a factor.

i think there needs to be a legislation forcing communication between peers on a professional level. So many people have suffered because doctors wont share opinions, data, and other pertinenent information relating to a patients well being.

How would a SWAT team fare if the point man thought “mmm i see the suspect, hes armed, and notices us, but hey! this team is professional and they will obtain their own information in their own way.”

Thats Unthinkable! But so many doctors think , and act in that manner, and their patients suffer and die as simply as that swat team would. Yet, its not being addressed by the medical boards, or any of the regulatory boards governing our doctors and surgeons.

I ask why? of course its rhetorical in the sense that it wont be addressed, but i hope that people see the wisdom in this.

Consider if the anesthesiologist and the surgeon actually communicated prior to a procedure how much less sufferign there would be. What causes this? Arrogance perhaps? Pride maybe?

It would take such small amounts of time, and no cost at all to simply communicate and share facts, and knowledge.

A Florida jury has awarded several million dollars to a man who received brain injuries in a two car collision. 6,500,000 to be precise.

According to the local newspaper, the victim did not seek medical treatment immediately for his brain injuries simply because he did not realize the depth of them at that time. The brain injury changed the mans capability to earn income and his personal behavior.Also, the man recieved a back injury that will require many operations and physical therapy for life.

Things like this break my heart, I wonder how a person with diminished capability finds a way to carry on, and some even do so in a happy and cheerful way. My hats off to them.