2016 - Page 11 of 23 - Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

Report: Basic Safety Problem With Takata Airbags Unfixed

Replacements for the nearly 42 million Takata airbags whose inflation problems have been linked to at least 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries still use the chemical propellant that makes their earlier versions unsafe, says a whistleblower. In an interview with Washington, DC, television station WJLA, former Takata senior propellant engineer Mark Lillie claimed the company continues…

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Patient Dies in Ambulance Rollover in Alleghany County, VA

An ambulance crash in Alleghany County, Virginia (VA), left a patient dead and the driver and an EMT hospitalized with injuries. The medical transport ran off Potts Creek Road and rolled over on the afternoon of July 27, 2016.      Virginia State Police identified the deceased patient as 69-year-old Claudette Wince of Covington. Investigators could…

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