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A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Cape Cora, Fla., police officer after he suffered severe head injuries during a car accident on June 2. The Fort Myers News-Press reported that Officer Damien Garcia was on duty when he was struck by a sport utility vehicle. The driver and passenger in the vehicle are named as defendants in the lawsuit. Damages in the case could exceed $50 million, Garcia’s attorney said. Denes Husty III, Fort Meyers News-Press
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Another lawsuit has been filed against Toyota Motors Inc., this time in Houston after a woman was killed in an accident when her car sped through a stop sign and smashed into a cement wall. The accident occurred on Dec. 18, a few weeks before the recall that would have included Trina Renee Harris’ 2009 Toyota Corolla. The Houston Chronicle reported that Harris told her husband that she felt the accelerator moved on its own at times, but didn’t think anything of it. Harris’ husband is seeking $200 …

Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. announced a voluntary recalled last week of over 200,000 baby playpens due to the threat of “suffocation or positional asphyxiation.” The company said that the floors of the Safety 1st Disney Care Center Play Yards and Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yards could become uneven when jostled, posing unnecessary risks to children. The toys were sold from January 2007 to October 2009 at Babies “R” Us, Kmart, Sears, Target and Walmart. No deaths have been reported involving the playpens.  *
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The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, supported by the Centers for Disease Control, tracks data from a representative sample of hospital emergency departments (EDs).  This dataset was recently analyzed1 to reveal the circumstances of injurious falls and the assistive devices that were involved, yielding estimates that:

Each year in the US there are 47,312 nonfatal fall injury ED visits associated with the use of canes and walkers by people 65+ years of age;  60% of these happen at home.

The injuries sustained in these falls are serious with …