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A New Jersey man was on vacation at the BSR Cable Park surf resort in Waco, Texas, when health officials suggest that he became infected with Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba. An amoeba is a single-cell animal that can be parasitic in some instances. Naegleria fowleri is a parasitic amoeba that occasionally infects a human being. It routinely is called a “brain-eating amoeba.” An individual with questions about their legal rights following a water park infection or injury can…

Another tragic accident occurred involving a child and an inflatable “bounce house”. A sudden gust of wind trapped a young boy in the attraction at JK’s Pumpkin Patch. The attraction was then lifted 30 to 40 feet in the air, resulting in the death of the young boy.

Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternities again kicked off campuses As we have previously reported on this website, many college fraternities seem to routinely snub their collective “Animal House” noses at both their host institutions and state law. In today’s post, the fraternity hazing lawyer at the Doan Law Firm presents two recent examples of how college fraternities continue to pose a significant risk to the safety of their members and pledges. Monmouth (NJ) University suspends all campus fraternities…

Wisconsin’s only oil refinery not expected to resume full operations until 2020 Calgary, Alberta-based Husky Energy has stated that it does not expect its Superior WI unit, the site of an April fire and explosion, to resume normal operations for at least 18 to 24 months, which would place the restart at between January and July 2020 at the earliest. Initial estimates indicate that that repairs and site cleanup following the April fire and explosion at the only oil refinery…

A series of explosions and fires, believed to have involved at least one natural gas leak, tore through the Boston suburbs of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover late Thursday afternoon. Initial, unconfirmed, reports stated that an “overpressure” situation with a gas line may have started a chain reaction of explosions and subsequent fires. In an overpressure accident one gas line will rupture, usually after being damaged during earlier construction work. Once that rupture occurs, automatic safety valves will shut down…