Category: Children
June is National Safe Driving Month
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Infants, Truck Crashes, Young Adults June is National Safe Driving Month. At Dixon Law Office, we have represented hundreds of clients who have been injured in automobile accidents. In 2009 alone, nearly 5,500 people died from accidents caused by distracted driving. Every single one of theseContinue reading
Consumer Safety Website Launches
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bike Accidents, Children, Infants, Product Liability, Truck Crashes, Young Adults The US Consumer Products Safety Commission has launched a new website to help consumers. The website is called www.SaferProducts.gov. With the new website, “consumers will have open access to product safety information that they have never seen before and theContinue reading
Seattle Bike Supply Recalls Bikes for Headtube Failures
Seattle Bike Supply of Kent, Washington announced it was recalling all of its Redline D640 Bicycles. The company has received reports of the headtube (the vertical tube where the handlebars enter the frame) separating from the frame during use, causing injuries. The bikeContinue reading
Boy Saves His Sister’s Life and Becomes a Superhero
On November 27, 2010, 9 year-old James “ JT” Stone opened the child-proof lock on his parent’s bathroom to let his little sister Lily go into the bathroom. Unbeknownst to JT, Lily decided she wanted to blow out the candle on the counter. Continue reading
Ties that Kill
For more than 20 years, manufacturers have known that the pull cords on window shades and blinds kill children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 130 strangulations involving window blind cords in just the 9 years from 1991Continue reading