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A 2-year-old boy was killed after a television that was sitting on top of a chest-of-drawers fell on him reports James Queally for The Star-Ledger. The toddler was apparently watching TV with his brother when he opened one of the dresser drawers causing the dresser and the TV to become unbalanced and fall on him.

Unfortunately, this not an uncommon home accident. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns parents and daycare providers about the danger of appliances -- and especially TV sets -- tipping and falling on small children and seriously injuring and killing them. The CPSC published a report in 2008 entitled Instability and Tipover of Appliances, Furniture and Televisions: Estimated Injuries and Reported Fatalities. According to the report, in one year alone -- 2006 -- 16,3000 children ages five and younger were injured due to TVs or other pieces of furniture or appliances falling on them.

Tipover injuries typically when children climb onto furniture or appliances or when a heavy appliance like a TV is perched on a piece of furniture that was not designed for it. The CPSC recommends using straps to secure TVs and furniture to the wall so they can not tipover. Children injured in these types of accidents often suffocate or suffer severe brain injuries.

Education and prevention are certainly the keys to avoiding this type of injury.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured due to dangerous or defective products and the families of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Seattle Times reports that Joseph Aguilar, 20, of Yakima was has died of injuries sustained from a fall from a Portland hotel window.

According to the report, Aguilar fell from a fourth story window at the Inn at the Convention Center hotel around 3am. He died of his injuries at Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Police believe alcohol may have been involved in the accident and they believe the fall was accidental.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in slip, trip and fall accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Tri-City Herald.com reports that Randall Johnston, 43, of Kennewick was killed after a 500 pound pallet fell on his chest at his place of work in Pasco.

According to the report, the industrial accident occurred at Con-Way freight.

The Department of Labor & Industries is investigating the cause of the industrial accident.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in work-related accidents and the family of those killed.

Nearly 100 people are killed in work-related accidents every year in Washington state. According to OSHA statistics, 50% of construction accidents occur to people under the age of 45.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

An 18-year-old man, Sean F. Crissy, has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and hit-and- run fatality after a 54-year-old Bellingham man was hit and killed while he walked at Chuckanut Drive and Sea Pines.

According a report by Seattle's KOMO News.com, the Bellingham man was reported missing by his wife at 9pm after he did not return from his evening walk which began at 6pm.

Police officers found the missing man lying beside the road only three blocks from his home.

When Bellingham police searched for the missing man, they found a Dodge van, which had been reported stolen, with windshield damage. The van's owner said he reported the vehicle stolen after his son, Sean Crissy, told him that the van had been stolen.

When police officer's caught up with Sean Crissy on Saturday, he reportedly told them that he had been under the influence of mushrooms and had been drinking as well as text messaging when he hit the Bellingham man. They arrested Crissy at the home of a friend without incident.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

December 2009 was a deadly month for home fires as there were 15 deaths attributed to fire across Washington state reports the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Already in the New Year, two mobile homes were destroyed by fire in Kent.

Across the nation, there are approximately 3,320 people who lose their lives in fires every year. December and the holiday season can be especially deadly. Colder weather, more indoor activities and the use of candles, holiday decorations and power outages all contribute to fires in December.

The Fire Marshall, Michael Matlick, reminds everyone to think about fire safety. Click here to see the Fire Marshall's fire prevention tips which include tips on smoking safety, home heating safety, cooking safety, electrical equipment and appliances and smoke alarms.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people victims of burn injuries and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that the Washington State Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Xiao Ping Chen, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Seattle after her husband, Run Sen Liu, was critically injured in a pedestrian accident and then subsequently died.

Liu was hit by a motor vehicle as he crossed the intersection at South Jackson Street and 10th Avenue in South in Seattle, February of 2007. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for two years before he died.

In her lawsuit, Chen alleged that Seattle was negligent in maintain the roadway. Evidence showed that there had been previous serious accidents at the same pedestrian crosswalk where Liu was injured.

In reversing a lower court ruling against Chen, the Court of Appeals said, "a municipality has a duty to all travelers to maintain its roadways in conditions that are safe for ordinary travel."

Washington State has a wrongful death statute which allows the family of a person who was killed due to the negligence of a person or entity to recover damages in a civil action. Wrongful death cases are usually brought on behalf of the deceased by the surviving spouse, child or parent.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury law firm experienced and knowledgeable in handling wrongful death cases

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A car driven by Ronald Eugene Beck, age 58, of Prosser, Washington was involved in a four-car accident on Highway 42 in Oregon in which one of his passengers, a 74-year-old Oregon woman, was killed and two of his passengers were seriously injured.

According to a report by the Oregon State Police, Beck's vehicle, a PT Cruiser, was hit nearly head-on by a Dodge pickup truck that had lost control due to icy conditions. Beck's rear seat passenger Sigrid Wilma Wheeler, of Coos Bay, was killed. Beck's other two passengers, Sarah Helen Beck, age 54, and Amber Nicole Olson, age 22, both of Prosser were seriously injured in the car accident. Ronald Beck received minor injuries in the accident. Prosser is a city West of the Tri-Cities area of Pasco, Richland and Kennewick.

The Oregon State Patrol is investigating the motor vehicle accident and are trying to determine if Wheeler was wearing a safety belt.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed.

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A pedestrian was hit and killed by an alleged drunk driver who then left the accident scene in Marysville reports The Everett Herald Net.

According to the report, the pedestrian was a 26-year-old Arlington man. He was walking in the 10400 block of Smokey Point Boulevard around 2 am when he was hit. Bystanders provided CPR but the man could not be revived.

Later, the Washington State Patrol stopped a speeding driver who asked the trooper what he had hit. The driver's Blood Alcohol Content was measured at .177, more than two times the legal limit of 0.08%. He is being investigated for Vehicular Homicide which can be charged if a driver was driving under the influence and a person in killed.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent victims of drunken drivers and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A 76-year-old Monroe man whose clothes caught on fire last week after he backed his wheelchair into a propane heater, has died of his injures at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

According to a report in The Seattle Times, the man had suffered burn injuries to 40% of his body.

A major cause of home fires during the winter is when people use alternative sources of home heating. People often use alternative sources when fuel prices are high, during power outages and when they need extra warmth in certain areas of their home. However, often alternative sources of heat can contribute to a home fire.

Alternative Heat Source Safety Tips

Following are some safety tips when using alternative heat sources in your home:

Kerosene Heaters

• Make sure the heater is cleaned and has an automatic shut off if the heater is knocked over.
• Be sure to vent the room and use the right fuel as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Store fuel in metal containers in stoarge areas outside of the residence.
• Refuel the appliance outside.

Fireplaces & Woodstoves

• Make sure woodstoves are installed by professionals and have proper clearance from combustibule surfaces
• Clean chimneys annually.
• Do not use accellerants to start a fire.
• Use a fireplace screen in front of the fireplace opening.
• Don't use too much paper in a fireplace.
• Extinguish a fire before you go to bed.
• Do not close the damper when hot ashes are in the fireplace.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We have more than 30 years experience representing burn victims and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Des Moines police department is investigating the death of a 95-year-old nursing home resident who went missing on Monday night. Helen Jensen, age 95, was found dead about 100 yards from the nursing home where she lived.

According to a report on King5.com, Jensen went missing from the Wesley Homes Health Care Center about 11:30pm Monday night. Staff at Wesley did not call the police until about 2:30am. Police searched for Jensen about 45 minutes before they found her lying on the ground about 100 yards away from the nursing home at 100 S 216th Street in Des Moines.

Police looked at video surveillance tapes and saw that Jensen had left the nursing home in her wheel chair at about 11:45pm.

The King County medical examiner has not yet determined Jensen's cause of death. Temperatures in the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma metropolitan area have been below freezing for the last few nights.

If Jensen died of exposure or hypothermia, which is the death of someone who was exposed to extreme temperatures, this may be a case of nursing home neglect.

Families whose loved ones have died because of nursing home neglect may have a valid wrongful death claim. Cases like this one are terrible tragedies but they may be a symptom of a nursing home being understaffed or not having the skill to recognize a patient who is apt to wander or elope. A nursing home's first and foremost responsibility is to insure patient safety.

Nursing home staff need to be educated about patient's who are at risk for wandering. There are steps a care facility can take like using electronic alarms which notifies staff when a patient leaves a safe area. A nursing home or assisted living home should also have an emergency preparedness plan which should be put into place as soon as a patient is missing.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by nursing home abuse or neglect and the families of those who have died.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Two pedestrians were hit by a car while crossing Nob Hill Boulevard at 11th Avenue on Tuesday evening reports The Yakima Herald.com. Brittny Kilpatrick, age 20, died of her injuries on Wednesday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Her companion, Sarah Nelson, age 22, suffered minor injuries in the pedestrian accident.

The two women were in an unmarked crosswalk when they were hit by a Nissan Maxima driven by Monica Barajas, age 20, of Yakima. According to the report, a vehicle in the inside lane stopped for the pair but the Maxima in the outside lane continued and hit the pair.

Police are investigating the pedestrian accident but they do not believe that alcohol or drugs were involved. Vehicle Code RCW 46.61.235 specifies that all vehicles must stop at an unmarked or marked crosswalk when a pedestrian or bicycle is upon or within one lane of the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your injuries.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Amby Baby Motion Beds/Hammocks have issued a voluntary recall of Amby Baby Motion beds after reports that two babies died in the hammock over the summer. According to the media release, both babies suffered suffocation deaths, one was a 4-month old girl from Lawrenceville, GA; the other a 5-month old boy from Gresham, Oregon.

The Amby Baby Motion bed has a steel frame with a soft fabric hammock. The hammock is attached to the steel frame with a spring. Because the hammock moves from side to side, babies can either roll out or shift against the hammock's sling or mattress causing suffocation.

The CPSC advises consumers stop using the product immediately and to contact Amby Baby USA for a repair kit at 866-544-9721.

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This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by dangerous or defective products and the families of those killed. Washington state has a statute called the Washington Products Liability Act which contains tests for determining whether a product is unreasonably dangerous. Consumers who are seriously injured due to a defective or dangerous product may be able to obtain compensation for their damages with the help of a knowledgeable personal injury attorney. Families of those who have died of their injuries may file a wrongful death suit on behalf of their deceased loved one.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Seattle Times reports that two firefighters from Ridgefield, Washington were killed and another passenger -- a 14-year-old boy -- was critically injured in a single-vehicle accident in Montana when the truck they were driving went off a bridge near Butte. Killed in the accident were Douglas Ray Jacobsen, 49, and his front seat passenger, Richard Daniel Streissguth, 45.

According to the report, Jacobsen was driving a Ford F-350 truck and pulling a trailer when he hit a guardrail and the trailer jackknifed and pushed the truck off a bridge. The truck landed upside down. The men were in Montana to pick up an antique fire engine.

The Montana State Patrol believes the weather and icy roads were a factor in the truck accident. Trooper Tammy Perkins said that speed may also have been a contributing factor.

There has been a spate of car accidents in Seattle over the weekend as a a cold front with freezing temperatures has moved into Western Washington. The best advice we can give motorists is to slow down.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those who have been killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Washington State Patrol is looking for a vehicle that hit and killed a 54-year-old Blaine man as he walked on Highway 548 early Saturday morning near Blaine around 2:50am reports Seattle's KOMO News.com.

According to the report, the pedestrian accident occurred just south of Birch Bay Lynden Road. Blaine is a city near the Canadian border about 111 miles north of Seattle along Interstate 5.

It is the responsibility of every motorist to stop and render aid and accept responsibility for their part in any vehicle accident. In Western Washington there have been numerous of incidences of hit and run driving. Nearly one in five pedestrians, or 18%, of all pedestrians killed by vehicles are hit-and-run reports The U.S. Department of Transportation. Hit and Run charges are often accompanied by a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) charge.

The most common reasons drivers hit and run are:

• Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving distracted or driving tired
  
• Driving without a valid license -- this is often the case of an illegal immigrant, an un-insured motorist, an uninsured driver or a driver with a revoked or suspended license
  
• Driving that is prohibited by law including street racing or driving a stolen vehicle
  
• Driving aggressively or road rage
  
• Driving without a conscience -- an amoral person
  
• Driving at a young age where the driver does not have a developed conscience or impulse control

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents or motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The family of Peter Dzioba, age 60 of New Britain, Connecticut, who was killed in a pedicab accident in Seattle in August of 2008, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pedicab company, Cascadia Cabs, and the pedicab manufacturer, Ningbo Nanyang Corporation of China reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Dzioba was killed in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle when the pedicab he and his wife were riding in could not stop at a red light and was hit by a minivan. Dzioba was thrown from the pedicab and he was run over by the minivan. Dzioba's wife Mary and the pedicab driver were also injured in the accident.

The lawsuit claims that the brake design on the pedicab was not adequate. The suit also claims that Cascadia did not properly train their drivers on how to drive and stop safely. The lawsuit cites the Washington Product Liability Act, RCW 7.72 which describes the responsibility of a manufacturer for the sale of defective and dangerous products to consumers.

Mary Dzioba filed the suit as the representative of her husband's estate. The wrongful death lawsuit was also filed on behalf of Dzioba's children, Patrick Andrew Dzioba, Colin Thomas Dzioba, Matthew Joseph Dzioba and Kelly Malarkey Dzioba. Washington state has a wrongful death statute which allows the family members of a person killed because of another's wrongful or negligent act recover damages.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury law firm with expertise in product liability and wrongful death claims.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just released their annual report entitled Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries Calendar Year 2008. The report found that there were fewer toy-related deaths among children under the age of 15 in 2008 compared to 2006 and 2007. In 2008, there were 19 children whose deaths were reported as toy-related. The number of toy-related injuries averages around 229,600 each year.

The CPSC relies on data obtained at Emergency Rooms as to the cause of the injury and the toy involved. This information is not always obtained but it helps the CPSC identify dangerous toys.

Toy-Related Deaths

In 2008, there were 19 toy-related deaths among children under 15 years of age. Most deaths resulted from drowning, being hit by a motor vehicle or choking/airway obstruction caused by a small toy like a ball or a small toy part.

Riding toys continued to be the most dangerous. There were four deaths associated with tricycles: two children were killed while riding a tricycle when they were hit by a motor vehicle and two died when they rode their tricycles into swimming pools and drowned. Four deaths were related to non-motorized riding toys: two children were hit by motor vehicles, one while riding in a wagon and one while riding a toy motorcycle. One child rode his toy into a pond and drowned and the other fell from a toy and suffered fatal internal injuries.

Two toy-related deaths involved balls, one in which a child chased a ball into the street and was hit by a motor vehicle and the other death involved a child drowning when a ball obstructed a bathtub drain.

Toy-Related Injuries

In 2008, approximately 235,300 children under the age of 15 were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms. 47% of the injuries treated were classified as lacerations, contusions or abrasions with 45% of these to the head or face.

Non-motorized scooters were the toy most closely related to injury to children under the age of 15. The CPSC has seen an increasing trend of injuries related to non-motorized scooters for all age children.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by dangerous and defective products and the family of those killed. With our help, you may be able to recover compensation for your damages including hospital costs and for pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Information for this post is from:
Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries Calendar Year 2008
Sarah Garland, Ph.D. Division of Hazard Analysis
Directorate for Epidemiology
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

The King County Medical Examiner (ME) released its annual report on deaths in the county in 2008. The leading cause of non-traffic accidental deaths were falls, primarily in the elderly. The second largest cause of accidental deaths in this category was accidental overdoses of drugs and/or poisons. Highlights of the report are below, or click here to read the full report.

Of the 739 non-traffic accidental deaths, 18% of the accidents occurred outside of King County but the injured person was taken to medical facilities, usually Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, for treatment.

Falls

The ME reported that there were 739 non-traffic accidental deaths in 2008 and that 44% of these deaths were attributed to falls. Approximately 81% of people whose deaths were attributed to falls were 70 years old or over and many of these falls were ground-level falls which resulted in fractures and complications including pneumonia.

Overdose

In 2008, 232 of the 739 -- or 31% -- of non-traffic accidental deaths were caused by overdoses of drugs and/or poisons. In this category, 32% of the deaths occurred in people between the ages of 40-49, 31% occurred in adults between the ages of 5-50. It is interesting to note that there were no accidental drug deaths of children or infants under the age of 15.

Burns

There were 13 fire-related deaths in King County in 2008. Many of these deaths (9 of the 13) were from people who were injured outside of King County but were brought to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment at the Burn Intensive Care Unit.

Drowning

There were 23 drowning deaths in King County in 2008. 18 of the 23 drowning victims were male.

Aspiration

Ten people died from choking in 2008. All of these deaths occurred in adults over the age of 50 and 40% were in the 50-59 age group.

Complication of Therapy

In 2008, there were 81 "complication of therapy" deaths. These are deaths of people who die while being treated using a medical therapy and a complication arises which kills the patient. Complications of therapy sometimes involves medical malpractice and it includes hospital falls or injuries in hospitals, wrong-site surgeries, and prescription errors such as overdose or allergic reaction to a medication.

Of complication of therapy deaths, 37% were related to a medical procedure, 25% were drug related and 38% were surgery related.

Other accidental deaths

Other accidental deaths include:

• 14 people who died of asphyxia
  
• 2 people who died after being hit by an object
  
• 3 people who were struck by trains
  
• 4 people who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning
  
• 4 people who died of of hypothermia
  
• 1 person who died after being electrocuted

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in accidents due to the negligence of another. We also represent families who have wrongful death claims when they have lost a loved one due to the negligence of another.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Information for this posting is from:
King County Medical Examiner's Office - 2008 Annual Report prepared by David Fleming, MD and Richard Harruff, MD, PHD.

The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is warning consumers to be on the lookout for counterfeit electrical products including Christmas lights. Counterfeit electrical products cause fires, cause severe burn injuries and kill.

The counterfeiters have become very skilled in creating knock-off products, products that look authentic but are actually very dangerous. Often counterfeit electrical products don't provide shock or electrical fire protection.

Counterfeiters have been knocking off all different kinds of electrical products including circuit breakers, fuses, extension cords, power strips, toasters, hair dryers, decorate lights, irons, space heaters, and cell phone batteries. These counterfeit products have been known to catch on fire or even explode and they pose an enormous safety hazard.

Consumers need to be very savvy to avoid counterfeit and dangerous products. Here are some tips from the ESFI:

• Only buy electrical appliances from reputable retail stores. Avoid buying electrical products at flea markets, dollar stores or unknown web-sites.
  
• Avoid deeply discounted products.
  
• Buy branded products that you know and avoid brand-less products.
  
• Read the packaging and make sure they list the manufacturer name and address and a UPC code.
  
• Make sure the packaging is professional and doesn't have grammatical errors. Examine warning labels.
  
• Look for certification labels and make sure that it has a UL certification.

Underwriters Laboratories

The Underwriters Laboratories® Inc. (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization. The UL is committed to product safety and evaluates products and their components and allows acceptable products to carry a UL certification mark.

Currently, UL warns of that the following products have counterfeit UL marks and do not comply with UL safety requirements: "Santa's Magic Christmas" decorative lighting string and "100 sphere light" decorative outfit have a counterfeit UL Mark and do not comply with UL safety requirements.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by dangerous or defective products and the families of those killed. With our help, you may obtain compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Two women in their twenties were killed and a 24-year-old man was seriously injured when they were involved in a single-car accident in Bremerton early Sunday morning.

According to a report on Seattle's KOMO News.com, the man was driving a 2004 Dodge Stratus south on National Avenue South and the women were passengers when the car went off the road, went airborne and down a ravine, crashing into an embankment.

A 27-year-old woman and a 28-year-old-woman were both killed in the car accident. The 24-year-old man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Department is investigating whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident. They are asking anyone with information about the accident to contact Deputy Steve Martin at 360-337-4634.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed.

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The parents of Donnie Wade Jr. have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Prairie View A & M and others claiming that their son's death was a result of the fraternity's hazing reports The Seattle Times.

Wade, who was a junior and transfer student collapsed and became ill while running track, doing push ups and other physical activities with other fraternity members. Apparently the fraternity members waved off calling an ambulance when Wade collapsed but later put him in a car and drove him to the hospital. Wade either died in the car or upon arrival at the hospital. An autopsy has been performed but the results are pending.

Fraternity hazing is a crime in Texas.

Wrongful death is the death of a person caused by either the negligence or a wrongful act of another. In Washington state, the family of a person who was wrongfully killed may recover damages in a civil action brought against the person or entity whose negligence caused their loved one's death.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury law firm with more than 30 years experience successfully representing families with their civil cases.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.