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Visitors to our website are aware that, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning accidents are responsible for an average of 10 deathsper day, with many of those deaths occurring in the childhood to young adult age groups. However, there is relatively little data available regarding those whosurvive such accidents and make up a subgroup that we callvictims of near-drowning accidents. In today’s post, the drowning accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will discuss a medical condition…

Federal agencies such as the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) collect, analyze, and report data related to commercial trucking accidents. Although such data is exhaustive and vital to highway safety, these reports have one serious drawback: on a calendar-year basis, most of their data is “old.” Let us explain what we mean by that last statement. When a truck accident occurs local law enforcement, usually with the assistance of the state’s Department…

Although most drowning accidents occur outdoors, many such accidents involving younger children happen indoors in places such as hotels, day care, and recreation centers. In today’s post, we are sad to report yet another death involving a child and an indoor swimming pool. Raymond Whitlock’s drowning was third such accident in four years at Quality Inn and Suites West Waterpark in Knoxville As we have stated on other pages of this website, initial news reports ofany accident are often incomplete…

The NTSB has released their report on the October 6th “stretch limo” accident in New York. Read more about the findings of this report from the experienced accident lawyers at The Doan Law Firm.

In a previous post, we discussed the publicly-available facts regarding the January 29th crash of a medical transportation helicopter near the town of Zaleski, Ohio. In that post we speculated that poor weather conditions may have been a factor in that accident, which resulted in the destruction of the aircraft and the deaths of the three crewmembers on board. On Monday, the NTSB released its preliminary report regarding the circumstances of that accident. Initial Findings of the Accident The involved…