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On March 15. 2008 the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety issued its Status Report on SUV Rollovers, which confirms defect claims made by the Alexander law firm in numerous lawsuits against Ford for Explorer roofs that fail miserably in rollover crashes. The IIHS reports that the Explorer was among the worst of the 11 SUVs […]

Our current approach to teaching young people the truths about alcohol and our efforts to instill in young people responsible attitudes toward drinking simply do not work. The body of evidence that reveals our failures is huge. Binge drinking by college students, fraternity hazings that involve poisonous quantities of alcohol, deaths from massive alcohol consumption […]

It would be comforting to know that the large pharmaceutical companies are wonderful corporate citizens whose primary purpose in life is to develop drugs and medical devices that will improve the quality of life for everyone on earth. And if you watch enough of the drug industry’s incessant advertising and marketing efforts, which now total […]

Air bags and seat belts save lives. But airbags can cause permanent injuries and death from spinal cord and brain injuries, especially in children and anyone of short stature who sits in the front seat close to the steering wheel or dashboard. Massive decelerations in crashes occur in one-tenth of a second. That is faster […]

Contra Costa County was sued on August 1, 2008 for child dumping and breaking California’s law that requires adoption agencies to tell adopting parents everything known about a child’s background. A complete medical, psychological, school and family history must be given to adopting parents before the adoption. That didn’t happen for Mamie and Mark Johnson […]