Accident & Injury

ERs missing opportunity to inform parents about car seat safety

Emergency departments in hospitals can be doing much more to educate parents about car seat safety, according to a new study. Although more than 130,000 children younger than 13 are rushed to hospital emergency rooms after being injured in a car accident each year, more than one-third of doctors are not sure if their...

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March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month

Did you know that 1.7 million people, including 475,000 children, suffer some form of a Traumatic Brain Injury every year? More than 3 million people live with a life-long disability as a result of a TBI. March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month. Brain injuries are very serious and can affect a person like...

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5-year-old Akron boy survives hit-and-run accident

By Arthur Elk I was horrified to read about a terrible accident that took place last week involving a 5-year-old Akron boy. Joshua Shaw, 5, and his older sister Jadynn, 9, were walking home from Judith A. Resnik Elementary School when the unthinkable happened. Jadynn crossed the street first and made it safely, but...

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Don’t Drink and Drive: Be Safe This St. Patrick’s Day

Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day and millions of Americans will be heading out to their local bar or pub to celebrate the holiday and drink. It is estimated that $245 million will be spent on alcohol. Every 51 minutes in this country, someone is killed in a drunk driving accident. The majority of the...

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Deaths among youngest drivers surge in first half of 2012

By Arthur Elk I’m a parent of four and I remember well those years when my children were first learning how to drive. Driving is such a huge responsibility and can be such a dangerous thing to learn how to do. As a parent, I was very concerned about my children when they were...

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Failure to Yield accidents 2nd leading cause of fatal crashes in Ohio

By Arthur Elk I was not surprised to hear that excessive speed is the leading cause of fatal motor vehicle accidents in Ohio. It also didn’t surprise me to read what the second leading cause of fatal accidents is: Failure to Yield violations. In 2012, motorists running red lights, stop signs or failing to...

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Quick settlement helps client pay medical bills and realize her dream

At Elk & Elk, we are focused on getting our clients and their families the maximum compensation they deserve. Sometimes a client has plans and dreams that go far beyond simple financial numbers. Elk & Elk attorney Gary Cowan recently was able to help his client pay her medical bills and make her dreams...

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Falling TVs pose a danger to young children

By Arthur Elk With tax season upon us, you may be considering using part of your tax refund to buy a new TV for your family. If you do, what are you doing with your old one? Putting it in one of your children’s bedrooms? Most of us would never consider a TV as...

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Lorain woman survives train-car accident

By Arthur Elk Did you know that every two hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train somewhere in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there were about 2,000 vehicle-train crashes in 2011 causing 271 deaths and about 1,000 injuries. This weekend, an Ohio woman was lucky enough...

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Winter weather causes multiple accidents, closing I-90

By Arthur Elk Whiteout conditions and icy roads caused more than 22 accidents Wednesday afternoon on a 20-mile stretch of I-90 in Northeast Ohio. According to the Chardon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, lanes in both directions were closed at State Route 44 in Concord Township. Hundreds of motorists were stranded for...

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