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3 Tips for Preventing Dog Bites
Over a week ago, Deseret News reported on an incident involving a rescued Argentine mastiff that bit a reporter in the face while she was reporting on his rescue. As the story goes, the mastiff was walking off leash with his owner when a coyote appeared. The mastiff...
5 Ways To Keep Kids Safe At School
According to KSL5, Utah school zones are becoming more dangerous. The increasing number of parents who wish to drive their kids to school has increased traffic around school zones. I find this information troubling and wish to raise awareness of the issue, thus...
Man’s Best Friend Leads Authorities to Owner’s Fatal Accident Site
According to The Miami Herald, a German shepherd named Simon, found limping on the side of the road by local firefighters, has proven both loyal and heroic. After following the dog for a quarter of a mile, firefighters came upon an accident where Simon’s owner lay...
Idaho Becoming Proactive In Preventing Texting And Driving Accidents
According to KSL, the parents of a Utah State University college student, who had passed away as a result of texting while driving, appeared on the Today show in support of changing Idaho’s stance on texting while driving. Currently there are only 35 states...
New Technology To Diagnose TBI
CBS News reported that "about 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, each year." A TBI is considered stress on the brain caused by trauma, impact, or severe motion. Most TBI's are mild; they come in the form of mild concussions, light...
Personal Injury Attorney Talks About 5 Ways to Protect Yourself
According to KSL, this past weekend there were four accidents that created five deaths and all were within the same evening. Two of the victims were pedestrians who were walking across the street to their vehicle while the others were driving in a vehicle. Our...
3 Ways to Stay Safe on Stormy Roads
A story was recently published by the Huffington Post about a Bountiful Man, Rhee Braby, who caught more than a dozen vehicle collisions on a stormy, snowy street in his neighborhood. He caught the vehicles on video sliding off the road, colliding into trees, other...
Two Possible Methods of Preventing Drunk Driving
Any news of drunk driving prevention measures is big news. One example is found in Utah Representative David Butterfield, who has become a great advocate in protecting his constituents by pushing to discontinue DUI checkpoints all together in the state and replacing...
2 Examples Of Why Utah Drunk Driving Accidents Are Not Unique
Drunk driving accidents occur all too often. One only has to turn on the news to hear about an accident involving alcohol. The fact is that alcohol-induced accidents are sweeping the country. Utah drunk driving accidents are not unique, either. Though the...
Spinal Cord Injury Attorney Gives 5 Tips To Preventing Injury
Deseret News reports that 14 year-old Teagan Marti survived a traumatic incident where she fell from the 100 foot Terminal Velocity ride at a Wisconsin amusement park with no safety nets to catch her. Her multiple injuries include severe spinal cord injuries, pelvic...