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Posted on May 25, 2016 By David Thomas
SWIMMING POOLS: THE DANGER IN OUR BACKYARDS Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and with it the usual warnings about congested highways, peak travel times, and the dangers associated with speeding, ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2016 By David Thomas
THE ORANGE BARRELS ARE BACK Spring means many things: warmer weather, opening day in baseball, grass growing and flowers blooming, and...road construction resuming. Yes, those orange barrels are back, ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2016 By David Thomas
ROAD RAGE TURNS DEADLY Road rage leading to terrible accidents is an all too common headline. Consider these examples: The driver of a Toyota Highlander calls 911 to report that a pick up truck is ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2016 By David Thomas
"DIY" OFTEN MEANS "IY"-- INJURE YOURSELF It is the time of year when many people undertake home improvement projects. With the arrival of spring, a lot of homeowners decide it is ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2016 By David Thomas
SPRING INTO EXERCISE--BUT BE CAREFUL Spring is here, and for many people that means exercising and getting into shape for the summer months ahead. Great idea because exercise is good for ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2016 By David Thomas
SPRING BREAK...AND BINGE DRINKING...IS HERE AGAIN It is already that time of year, the time when thousands of high school and college students head to warmer locations in the U.S., Mexico, the ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2016 By David Thomas
THE COSTS OF DRIVING When talking about the costs associated with that most American form of transportation, driving an automobile, we most often think of the price of gasoline, the cost of auto ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2016 By David Thomas
A DISTURBING TREND From the 1970s to 2000, pedestrian deaths as a percentage of motor vehicle fatalities declined steadily. But from 2009 to the present, pedestrian fatalities have increased by 15% to ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2016 By David Thomas
BIG RIGS AND BIG ACCIDENTS Approximately 5,000 people die every year and thousands more are are injured in the U.S. in accidents with semi-trucks and 18 wheelers. Most of these fatalities are the ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2016 By David Thomas
THE BILLION DOLLAR SNOW STORM Winter Storm Jonas descended on the East Coast of the U. S. the weekend of January 22-24, 2016 with a fury that will not soon be forgotten. Snowfall totals ranged from 3 ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2016 By David Thomas
PUSHING THE LIMITS... In our continuing series on Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month, the world of Extreme Winter Sports is certainly an important topic. Extreme winter sports have gained in ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2016 By David Thomas
WINTER SPORTS TBI AWARENESS MONTH Winter. Frozen lakes and snowy hills provide the playgrounds used for recreational and competitive sports such as ice skating, skiing, sledding, snowboarding and ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2015 By David Thomas
ONLINE SHOPPING: THE RISKS It is the season for shopping--and for returning. Online shopping has become as much a part of the holiday season as a trip to the department stores used to be. The ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2015 By David Thomas
WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR CHRISTMAS LIST It is all over the news. It dominates the political debate and the upcoming election cycle. It has Congress passing new legislation. It has journalists ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2015 By David Thomas
THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FOOD ALLERGIES According to a study released in 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control, the number of children with food allergies increased by 50% from 1997-2011. Food ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2015 By David Thomas
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR December is the biggest gift-shopping and toy-buying season of the year. Unfortunately, some of those gifts and toys will cause injuries, despite the efforts of various ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2015 By David Thomas
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS...SAFER THAN THE HIGHWAY? The holidays are upon us again, and we can all look forward to a lot of food, football, travel, shopping and...motor vehicle accidents. ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2015 By David Thomas
THE FIGHT GOES DIGITAL As of November 4, 2015, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights was investigating 175 cases involving sexual violence at 146 post-secondary schools. This ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2015 By David Thomas
Today is Veterans' Day, and we at The Thomas Law Firm would like to dedicate this week's post to all the Veterans who have served this country so honorably. VETERANS' INJURIES Due to the ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2015 By David Thomas
HOMECOMING TURNS DEADLY As hundreds of Oklahoma State University fans lined the streets to watch the annual homecoming day parade, a car suddenly drove through police barricades and plowed directly ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2015 By David Thomas
KIDS KILLING KIDS It happened again. This time, the gun was obtained illegally by Michael Santiago, a former Chicago gang member who felt he needed protection for himself and his family after ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2015 By David Thomas
THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT Tyrell Cameron, a sixteen year old football player from Franklin Parish, Louisiana, died from a hard tackle that appears to have caused a broken neck. Ben Hamm, a junior ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2015 By David Thomas
HISTORIC OUTBREAK, HISTORIC TRIAL, HISTORIC SENTENCE On September 21, 2015, Stewart Parnell, the CEO of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America ("PCA"), was sentenced in a federal ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2015 By David Thomas
WHEN IS DEATH A WRONGFUL DEATH? A wrongful death is one that is caused by either the willful act of someone that led to a person's death or the failure to take measures that would prevent ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2015 By David Thomas
SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION-RELATED ACCIDENTS It is that time of year: back to school. While parents are typically glad that their children are back in the classroom, many worry about how to get them to ...
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