HBO’s documentary, Hot Coffee, which premiered on June 27, 2011 is an inside look at the famous McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit in 1994, and how the media portrayed the facts of the case to the public. Stella Liebeck filed the product liability lawsuit after she was burned heavily and severely from a cup of hot… read more
If you have ever been downtown in a city and turned the wrong way down a one-way street, you might have found the experience both comical and a bit scary. Driving the wrong way down the interstate, though, is no laughing matter. State Troopers received a multitude of phone calls late Friday night reporting an… read more
Nebraska has already experienced an unfortunate amount of motorcycle related traffic deaths in 2011, more than in either of the two preceding years. Eighteen people have died in 2011 thus far, up from 14 in 2010 and 15 in 2009. Thirteen of the 18 deaths occurred over the summer. While the head of the State… read more
A Denver garbage truck driver died this September after running himself over with his own garbage truck. 40-year-old Brian Rojas was driving his Eagle Waste Services garbage truck standing up, which is a typical practice, when he found himself blocked by a garbage can. Instead of getting out of the truck to move the wheeled… read more
A Colorado Springs man thought he could run from authorities on his motorcycle, almost killing his female passenger in the process. 24-year-old Kyle Miller was riding with a female passenger of the same age on September 23 when he split lanes in front of a Sergeant from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The Sergeant… read more
Mining authorities are proposing new rules for a mining machine that killed its operator this summer in a Washington coalmine. Bobby Smith Jr., at 29, already had 12 years of experience in the industry. While operating what is known as a continuous-mining machine by remote control, Smith was caught between the machine and the wall,… read more
A careless decision to pass in rainy weather led to the death of a former Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairman last weekend outside of Cortez, CO. 65-year-old Ernest House was driving home from a motorcycle convention in Arizona on his 2009 Harley Davidson when he was hit head-on by a 1989 Volkswagen Jetta. Natoniba Dance,… read more
Over the past year, the military removed around 9,000 service members from combat for short evaluations, looking for signs of brain injury when no obvious wounds were present. Most were all right, but those with symptoms of dizziness, headaches and difficulty processing thoughts authorities kept out of combat until their symptoms subsided. The new rule… read more
In a grisly example of the perils of reckless driving while on a motorcycle, a Missouri man died after he crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer, trapping himself between the dual rear wheels. 56-year-old Victor Leutwyler of Jefferson City was riding his Harley Davidson through Fairplay, CO, when the motorcycle accident occurred. Investigators say… read more
The Brain Injury Alliance of Wyoming filled the streets of Casper with brain-eating zombies September 3 in an attempt to raise awareness about brain injury among young people. According to Larry Plemmons, a psychiatrist and chairman of the alliance’s board of directors, teens and young 20-somethings are the group in which brain injuries most often… read more
