InjuryBoard Denver Archives

• Colorado Ballot Initiative Would Require Companies to Provide Health Insurance

  Linda Snyder | January 28, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Tuesday, January 29th, there will be a public hearing on a proposed ballot initiative at the State Capital in Denver."The Fair Share Health Care Initiative" would make an amendment in the Colorado Constitution requiring companies that employ 20 or more to offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents.A Colorado Springs postal worker, Chuck Bader, initially wrote the...

• Two Companies to pay $407 million for Mistakes in Big Dig Project

  Linda Snyder | January 24, 2008 11:43 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Wednesday, January 23rd, two companies that managed and designed the Big Dig project in Boston, MA, will have to pay $407 million to the state and federal governments due to leaky tunnels and a fatal ceiling collapse which killed a woman who was driving through a tunnel to Logan International Airport.The two companies, Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff acknowledged...

• Plane Diverts Landing in Denver due to Severe Turbulence

  Linda Snyder | January 21, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Monday morning, a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had to land in Denver due to severe turbulence.As soon as the plane landed, paramedics came on scene to take two flight attendants and eight passengers that were injured on board to a nearby hospital.The plane landed at 3:00am according to the Denver International Airport and the plane checked out ok for...

• New Colorado Insurance Law Effects Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  Linda Snyder | January 18, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Founding partners Kyle Bachus and Darin Schanker of Bachus & Schanker, LLC, recently worked with numerous others who advocate for Colorado consumers as well as the Colorado Senate in enacting a proposed bill in the field of auto insurance. As a result of all their hard work, this bill became a new Colorado Insurance Law that will impact your un-insured/under-insured motorist coverage...

• F.D.A. says Food from Cloned Animals is Safe

  Linda Snyder | January 16, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Tuesday, January 15th, the Food and Drug Administration stated that food from cloned animals is safe to eat. This makes it possible for milk and meat from cloned cows to be sold in grocery stores.Numerous farmers and cloning companies have been pushing the government to approve products from cloned animals for some time. However, animal breeding takes time so it may be many years before we...

• Medication Abuse a Problem Among Young Adults

  Linda Snyder | January 14, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A staggering new report released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration stated that 3.1 million Americans ages 12 to 25 have used an over-the-counter cough and cold medicine in order get high.Cough syrups and cold pills are being used in large doses to get high and induce hallucinations for young people. The 2006 survey was completed with 45,000 people ages 12 to 25...

• SUV Rollover Accident in Florida kills 1, injures 7

  Linda Snyder | January 10, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An SUV was involved in a crash early Tuesday morning when it went out of control and rolled over on Interstate 4 in Florida. As a result, the accident shut down all eastbound lanes, causing traffic to be backed up 9 miles.A family had rented the 2005 Ford Expedition when the driver lost control and flipped, killing the grandmother who was the driver and injuring the seven passengers. Two of the...

• Arrow Stage Lines Crash Kills 8 Passengers

  Linda Snyder | January 07, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A bus en route from Telluride, Colorado to Phoenix, Arizona crashed in southeastern Utah on Sunday, January 6th. The Utah Highway Patrol stated that the Arrow Stage Lines bus was southbound on State Route 163 when it went off the wet road and rolled numerous times. The crash killed 8 passengers and injured 20 others. There were about 56 seats and 51 passengers on the bus, all returning from a...

• DUI arrests are lower during Holiday celebrations in Colorado

  Linda Snyder | January 03, 2008 12:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  During office party weekend, December 14-17th, the amount of DUI arrests decreased over 40% this year. The Colorado State Patrol reported that during the same 3-day period last year in 2006, there were more than 475 DUI arrests made. This year it was only 285 arrests. "We hope the decline in DUI arrests is a sign that Coloradans are getting the message that driving while impaired is a crime that...