The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been rolling out new guidelines discouraging Medicare from levying fines against nursing homes that place residents at grave risk of injury or cause them harm, even in cases that resulted in death. The nursing home industry has applauded the changes,>> Read More

Eleven lawsuits have been filed against the State of Illinois over a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a western Illinois veterans’ home. Three outbreaks have occurred in the facility since 2015, leaving a total of 13 dead and at least 61 sickened. What Is Legionnaires’ Disease? Legionnaires’ disease is a form of waterborne pneumonia.>> Read More

On December 27, 2017, Cook County filed suit against many of the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies in order to recover costs incurred from widespread opioid addiction. This civil action makes the county just the latest of the dozens of government bodies nationwide to have filed an opioid lawsuit. National Opioid Crisis It’s hard to follow>> Read More

Distracted driving has been defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as engaging in activities that involve manual, visual, or cognitive distraction while driving – basically, any activity that takes a driver’s hands off the steering wheel or his or her eyes or mind off the road. One of the most dangerous forms>> Read More

As the year comes to an end, Americans are celebrating another holiday season. The holidays can be a great time to reunite with family and friends. Unfortunately, the holiday season may not be the safest time to be on the road. According to statistics gathered by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), crash fatalities>> Read More

Approximately twenty people have been injured and twelve killed, including eight Americans, in a Mexican tour bus crash in the Yucatan Peninsula. No other vehicles appear to have been involved in the incident, in which the bus left the roadway and flipped over onto its side. Fatal Mexican Tour Bus Crash On December 19, 2017,>> Read More

An Amtrak train derailed off of an overpass in the state of Washington, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others. Inaugural Run of New Amtrak Line On the morning of December 18, 2017, Amtrak Train No. 501 was making the inaugural run of a new train service from Seattle to Portland. At>> Read More