Pennsylvania Personal Injury Blog

A 12-year-old girl was critically injured in South Philadelphia on July 19 when the car she was in was broadsided by a drunken, unlicensed teen driver who fled the scene on foot. According to this article in the Philadelphia Daily News, the car accident in Philadelphia occurred at 10th and Bigler streets when a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by a 19-year-old of West Philadelphia ran a red light and smashed into a Hyundai Elantra, two parked cars, and a fence surrounding a football field.

The teen driver was able to free himself from his car and subsequently ran, but was captured shortly after.

A witness said the driver’s side of the impacted car was smashed in and that firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to free the operator.

According to the article, the driver of the Hyundai Elantra, who is in his 50s, and an adult female passenger in the car, were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

A 12-year-old girl in the car was not as lucky. She suffered critical internal injuries and several broken bones. She remains in critical condition since the accident.

The under-aged teen driver who caused the accident by running the red light was found to be intoxicated and is not licensed to drive.

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A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient - twice. According to an article, relatives of the 90-year-old man recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing the dentist of negligence.

The lawsuit that the elderly man’s family filed claimed that the doctor dropped an “implant screwdriver tool” in 2006 and a “mini-wrench” in 2007. The suit also says that the victim underwent several medical procedures to remove the tools but never fully recovered. He died in 2007.

The dentist was fined $17,000 by the state a year later. He was found negligent in a settlement.

When a patient has been treated with substandard care by a doctor or healthcare provider and has suffered an injury or disability as a result, the patient has been the victim of medical malpractice. Misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, surgical errors, prescription drug errors, birth injuries, failure to treat diseases, delay in treatment, and negligence are just a few examples of medical malpractice. People of all ages are at risk for medical malpractice in Philadelphia and throughout the nation, including children, adults, and the elderly.

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On July 16, a driver in University City, PA struck three construction workers — including flipping one onto his hood and smashing his windshield — then drove around the block to argue with them. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the man was driving a Chevrolet Malibu east on Chestnut Street approaching 30th Street in Philadelphia when he got stuck in traffic.

The traffic was caused by a construction crew directing trucks loaded with supplies onto a site next to the intersection. First, the angry driver confronted a 33-year-old flagman who was stopping traffic and screamed at him to get out of the way. He then sped into the construction crew and caused a rare case of a pedestrian and work accident in Philadelphia.

The flagman was flipped over the hood of the offender’s vehicle and hit the windshield head first, breaking it. The driver then ran down two other construction workers and drove around again to confront the construction workers one more time. He was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault.

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Because the number of Simplicity drop-side crib recalls has now reached two million, government safety regulators said that parents should discard drop-side Simplicity cribs sold mostly through Wal-Mart and other mass retailers. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, ten infant deaths in recent years have been blamed on Simplicity cribs' defective products.

A spokesman for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned, “You should not put your baby to bed tonight in a Simplicity drop-side crib.”The agency said its warning did not apply to cribs on which parents had installed special hardware.

The agency recalled an additional 400,000 Simplicity cribs earlier this month, which brought the total number of recalled Simplicity cribs to two million in the last two years. The cribs recalled on July 2 were sold at discount stores between January 2005 and last month.

The Simplicity cribs’ hardware can break or deform, allowing the drop side to detach and create a gap between the mattress and the side of the crib where a small child could be trapped and suffocate.

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The Philadelphia Daily News reported in a story that Synthes, Inc., a medical-device manufacturer in West Chester (as well as one of its subsidiaries and four company executives), was charged by a federal grand jury for allegedly scheming to conduct clinical trials using a bone cement on spinal fractures without the approval of the FDA.

Synthes Inc. specializes in trauma products and devices to treat damaged bone. According to the article, from May 2002 into fall 2004, a subsidiary, Norian Corp. conspired with Synthes and four Synthes executives to conduct unauthorized clinical trials of a bone cement called Norian SRS and Norian XR in surgeries to treat vertebral-compression fractures of the spine.

The article stated that the surgeries were performed despite a warning on the FDA-cleared label for Norian XR against this use. Before the marketing program began, the company knew that the bone cement reacted chemically with human blood in a test tube to cause blood clots. Despite knowing this, the company proceeded to market the defective product Norian XR for vertebral-compression fractures, and didn’t stop until three patients died on the operating table.

The patients were dependents of people serving in the U.S. military and died of hypotension, or a rapid drop in blood pressure.In January 2004, Norian and Synthes did not recall Norian XR from the market after the third patient died. Instead, they tried to cover up the details of the patient deaths by lying to FDA regulators during an official inspection in May and June 2004.

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Darla Marshall, the second of two Kentucky widows, settled a federal lawsuit over surgical care she said killed her husband at an Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital. Major surgeries at this hospital have been halted for nearly two years after a spike in patient deaths.

According to an Associated Press article that appeared on Philly.com, the terms of the settlement over 61-year-old James Marshall’s July 2007 blood infection death six days after his lymph node biopsy at the VA hospital in Marion were not disclosed. Marshall sought $10 million in her wrongful-death lawsuit.

Another widow, Katrina Shank of Murray, Ky., settled for $975,000 last year for her lawsuit involving Robert Shank III, an Air Force veteran who was 50 when he bled to death in 2007 —one day after undergoing gallbladder surgery at the Marion site.

Both were patients of surgeon Jose Veizaga-Mendez, who resigned in August 2007 three days after Shank died.

Within a month of Shank’s death, surgeries at the Marion site, which serves veterans from southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky, were halted after the VA found that at least nine deaths between October 2006 and March 2007 were “directly attributable” to substandard care there.

The article said that the VA’s findings of medical malpractice did not put the sole blame on Veizaga-Mendez, but Shank’s lawsuit said many or all of those who died were his patients. According to the article, of an additional 34 cases the VA investigated, 10 patients died after receiving questionable care that complicated their health.

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An FDA advisory panel recommended banning Vicodin and Percocet because they contain acetaminophen, which can cause liver damage if taken at higher-than-recommended doses. According to this article on Philly.com, the panel also urged the FDA to lower maximum doses for acetaminophen (also known as the branded drug Tylenol).

The FDA is not required to follow the panel’s advice, but usually does follow their recommendations. Vicodin and Percocet were recommended for a ban because some research has showed greater evidence of drug injury and liver damage with these medications. It could be because many patients take painkillers over the long term, while also taking other medicines they do not realize contain acetaminophen, such as NyQuil and Theraflu.

If the FDA bans Vicodin and Percocet, doctors may need to explore other ways to manage their patients’ pain. Vicodin contains hydrocodone and acetaminophen. Acetaminophen was included as an ingredient in the two drugs because it acts on different pain receptors than do hydrocodone and oxycodone. Other painkillers like aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs also come with risks, such as kidney problems and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Experts said there are solutions that could reduce the chance of acetaminophen overdose, such as making sure all labels list acetaminophen. This could reduce the possibility that a patient might take too much of the drug. Doctors could also ask more questions about which drugs patients are taking. Doctors need to know how often a person takes Tylenol and NyQuil.

The pharmaceutical industry likely will fight the proposed ban since prescription drugs containing acetaminophen generated $1.4 billion in 2008 sales.

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A temp worker at a Camden chocolate processing plant, died on July 8 in a workplace accident after he fell into an eight-foot vat that was mixing and melting chocolate to be used in Hershey’s candy. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the worker was standing on a platform and tossing blocks of solid, raw chocolate into the tank.

The tank was heated at 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and paddles inside stirred the chocolate as it was thrown in. When the man fell, one of his three coworkers on the platform immediately rushed to turn the machine off. The two others tried to pull him out.

He was struck by one of the paddles and suffered fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The decedent worked at a plant owned by Lyons & Sons, Inc., which is contracted by Cocoa Services, Inc. to process chocolate.

The mixing process was a daily task performed by the workers.

According to the article, the federal Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the incident.

The family of the deceased worker would be well advised to contact an experienced worker’s compensation attorney who can carefully examine the incident to identify any negligence or wrongdoing.

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A transformer explosion caused an underground fire and power outage in a section of Newark, NJ and injured two workers. According to this article on Philly.com by the Associated Press, on June 30 around 11:30 a.m., Public Service Electric & Gas was working on the transformer when it caught fire and exploded.

Workers in the IDT building evacuated the building after they heard a loud boom. Two workers suffered workplace injuries and their conditions are not yet known.

Black plumes of smoke that rose from the ground disappeared as firefighters extinguished debris that ignited. PSE&G has not yet determined the extent of damage and many buildings in downtown Newark were without electricity.

In Pennsylvania, every company must carry Worker’s Compensation Insurance in case an employee is injured on the job, becomes ill due to circumstances surrounding their job, or even if death results from their job. Benefits can include medical expenses, lost wages and death benefits. Workers’ compensation exists both as a way to benefit injured workers and as a way to protect employers. Workers’ compensation is a no-fault insurance system, which means that no guilt needs to be proved in a case; only that the injury sustained occurred while on the job.

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Two Philadelphia police officers suffered severe injuries after being struck by a car driven by a suspected drunk driver, according to this Fox News report. The two police officers had just arrested another drunk driver when a black Honda Pilot sideswiped their police car and plowed into the arrestee's red Chevy. One of the officers, who was still searching the Chevy, suffered critical head injuries including multiple facial fractures from the car accident in Philadelphia. The other officer, who was standing by the Chevy, suffered injuries to his arm and legs, but is said to be in stable condition. Police arrested the driver of the Honda on suspicion of aggravated assault, speeding and driving under the influence.

Driving under the influence in Pennsylvania has serious consequences on the lives of those who cross paths with the drunk driver in an accident. When a drunk driver injures or kills another person, he or she could be held criminally and civilly liable for the accident and resulting injuries. Drunk driving is the worst form of negligence and causes grief that no family should have to endure.

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Four people suffered serious personal injuries after an out-of-control cab ran on to the curb outside the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, CBS News reported in a story. Eyewitnesses told officials that the cab was speeding when it swerved to avoid another car changing lanes. The taxi clipped the side mirror before completely losing control and running onto the curb. The cab then struck a bicyclist before crashing into a light pole.

The impact of the collision sent the cab spinning into a pedestrian waiting to cross the street. He suffered severe leg injuries and the female bicyclist is reportedly in the hospital in critical condition with a skull fracture. A passenger in the cab was also treated for injuries and the cab driver is apparently in the hospital with serious injuries.

If you are a Philadelphia vehicle accident victim and have been seriously injured as a result of another person's recklessness or negligence, you have legal rights that should be upheld while a valid investigation is affectively conducted to find the cause of the accident. Some factors of determining the cause of an accident include examining road conditions, the condition of the vehicle involved (mechanical problem or auto product defect) or alcohol consumption (DUI).

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Matrixx, the manufacturer of Zicam intranasal cold remedies, is issuing a voluntary recall of all Zicam Nasal Gel and Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs, according to this news report. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an alert warning consumers that these Zicam products were unsafe and unlawfully marketed by Matrixx. FDA officials have received numerous complaints from consumers who say that they have lost their sense of smell as a result of Zicam drug injury.

Matrixx has disagreed with the FDA's assessment that these zinc-containing cold remedies are hazardous to consumers. However, the company has restated that it is conducting this drug recall because it wants to cooperate with the FDA. Matrixx officials also plan on meeting with FDA officials to present "comprehensive scientific and medical data and analyses, demonstrating that these products are safe," the news report states.

Losing one's sense of smell not only destroys an individual's quality of life, but also puts him or her in a potentially dangerous situation if not able to smell smoke or a gas leak. The Zicam drug recall has already sparked numerous complaints and class-action lawsuits across the nation.

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Officials in Norristown, Pennsylvania, are investigating what caused a motorcycle accident, which killed a 19-year-old woman. According to this news article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle had been thrown off the vehicle and off the Route 202 Dannehower Bridge. Divers found the woman's body in the river. According to news reports, officials believe that another vehicle was involved in this fatal accident.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 4,000 deaths and about 76,000 injuries occur every year in the United States as a result of motorcycle accidents. There are a number of reasons why Pennsylvania motorcycle accidents occur. But the most common causes include dangerous roadway conditions, defective motorcycle parts, alcohol, driver error and driver fatigue. Some passenger vehicles simply don't comprehend the rules of the road and hit a motorcycle while making an unsafe lane change. Motorcycle accidents often result in catastrophic injuries including brain injury, broken bones, spinal cord injuries and even death.

If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident, please do not accept a "quick fix" settlement insurance companies may try to talk you into. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident or any auto accident as a result of someone's negligence or wrongdoing, you may be entitled to compensation to cover your medical expenses, loss of earnings, long-term medical care and other related damages.

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Police in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania are saying that a construction worker is lucky to be alive after an 88,000-pound backhoe he was operating crashed through part of a Pennsylvania bridge about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia. According to an Associated Press news report, the backhoe's cab was crushed against the bridge. The worker wasn't seriously injured in this construction accident in Pennsylvania, but a heavyset man would have been killed, officials said. It is not yet clear how or why the crash occurred.

Construction sites are extremely prone to risk of injury or death because of the nature of the job and the heavy equipment involved. Workers often do jobs in high-rise buildings, which make them prone to falls. Construction accidents can result in catastrophic injuries such as brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, broken bones and even death. Contractors and sub contractors are required under federal and state law to follow various procedures that will make a construction site safer for workers. All workers are also required to get the necessary training to do their jobs safely.

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A 19 year old employee of Zambelli Fireworks Internationale of New Castle, Pa., was hit and killed by pieces of a sand-filled wooden launching container that was shattered by a ground explosion. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, he died of neck trauma at a July Fourth celebration in Quakertown, PA. His death was ruled a workplace accident in Pennsylvania.

The launching device that exploded on the ground is the focus of federal, state, and local investigations into the July 4th death of this fireworks employee.

According to one State police Sgt., there was a malfunction either from the tube itself that shoots the projectile or the charge at the bottom of the tube that propels the device.

Bucks County officials said the teen suffered blunt-force trauma and was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s Hospital-Quakertown, PA.

State police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and state and county fire officials are all investigating the tragic PA workplace accident.

The employee’s death was one of five on the Fourth of July for pyrotechnics workers. Four others were killed in a single blast while unloading fireworks on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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Two monorail trains crashed early morning on July 5 in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train’s operator. According to this article by the Associated Press that appeared on Philly.com, it was the first fatal crash in the monorail’s 38-year history in the park.

The transit system, which shuttles thousands of visitors around the Disney resort each day, was shut down while authorities investigated the wrongful death accident.

The monorail operator died at the scene of the crash. The other train operator was uninjured, but was taken to a hospital because he was emotionally shaken. Five park guests were treated at the scene.

It is unclear what caused this tragic crash and officials are still sifting through the evidence.
According to the article, the crash happened at the park’s ticket and transportation center.

The family of the deceased operator would be well advised to contact an experienced worker’s compensation attorney who can carefully examine the incident to identify any negligence or wrongdoing.

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The Personal Injury Law Firm of Cherry Fieger Marciano LLP is proud to announce that Kevin R. Marciano has been elected 2009 President for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PaAJ). Formerly known as the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, PaAJ encompasses a wide range of services such as providing opportunities for information to be shared and distributed to attorneys and the community in an effort to support and promote a judicial system that maintains and exercises efficiency and fairness.

Kevin R. Marciano has been an active PaAJ member for 16 years participating as a frequent writer, lecturer, course planner, and has served on the Association’s Board of governors continuously as a Board representative and then an officer since 1997. After being elected as President, Kevin pledged on June 28 to maintain PaAJ’s mission of advocating on behalf of injured victims and their families and take action to strengthen the organization.

As a Philadelphia attorney who focuses his practice on catastrophic personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, liquor liability/dram shop, and premises liability, Kevin fully advocates and upholds the PaAJ philosophy of the administration of justice to defend each individual’s entitlement to trial by jury through the 7th Amendment. Kevin stated: “As a trial lawyer, I have dedicated my career to fighting for justice and helping people in need. Our association is the one voice that speaks for Pennsylvania consumers in the courts and in the Legislature.”

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Dr. Gary Kao, an oncologist blamed for botching cancer treatments at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said he is not the type of physician he’s been portrayed to be. According to this article on www.delcotimes.com Kao testified on June 29 at a congressional hearing at the medical center in Philadelphia. Kao says the treatment, which involves implanting radioactive seeds in the prostate, “was and still is an evolving field.”

According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission report, 92 veterans received incorrect radiation doses at the hospital over a three-year period. The NRC is investigating the cases of medical malpractice in Philadelphia.

Although, Kao said he never falsified results or covered up mistakes, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter called the hearing after learning of the treatment problems. Specter himself is a cancer survivor.

When patients, such has the VA hospital cancer patients, have been treated with substandard care by a doctor or healthcare provider and in turn suffer an injury or disability as a result, the patient has been the victim of medical malpractice.

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The JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley, Colorado voluntarily expanded its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination. According to this article by the Associated Press that appeared on Philly.com, a recall earlier this week involved about 41,000 pounds of products.

On June 28, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that all the beef products in the expanded recall were produced on April 21.

The USDA said an investigation by its Food Safety and Inspection Service of 24 illnesses in multiple states prompted the company to re-examine its food safety system. The department says 18 of the personal injury illnesses appear to have the same cause.

The USDA does not currently have an update of what states reported illnesses or received beef products covered by the expanded recall. But the earlier recall covered products that were made April 21-22 and shipped to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.

According to the U.S. CDC, common symptoms of E. Coli infections include stomach cramps and diarrhea and, in rare cases, there have been fatalities. Children may be susceptible to complications.

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Scott Skirpan, a 50-year-old ex-Marine from Easton, lost both his legs three years ago in a gruesome industrial workplace injury accident in Pennsylvania at a Northampton County landfill. According to this article in The Philadelphia Daily News, the firm that owns the landfill, and Caterpillar Inc. (which made the bulldozer that crushed his legs), agreed to pay Skirpan $16.25 million to settle his negligence lawsuit in mid-trial.

It is one of the largest settlements in Pennsylvania history for a single-victim personal-injury case.

On May 1, 2006, five days into his job as a truck spotter at the Chrin Sanitary Landfill, a massive track loader backed around a pile of garbage and ran him over.

Skirpan’s attorney argued that Chrin Brothers, which owns the landfill, had failed to train their client, and that the Caterpillar didn’t have adequate rear vision. Skirpan was airlifted to St. Luke’s Hospital Trauma Center, arriving in cardiac arrest. He had eleven operations. Ultimately, surgeons had to remove his right leg and part of his right hip, and most of his left leg.

Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers’ compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation in Philadelphia.

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A man and a female bicyclist were seriously injured after they were hit by a cab that jumped the curb in front of the Kimmel Center while swerving to avoid another car on June 24. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the injured man may lose one or both legs after suffering serious fractures from the pedestrian accident in Philadelphia.

A police report said that the red Victory cab was headed southbound on Broad Street in Philadelphia and swerved to avoid a car changing lanes. It then jumped the curb and hit a lamp post and the bicyclist before spinning back into the street, striking a man crossing the street.
The bicyclist suffered head injuries and was reported in critical condition.

The driver and his passenger also were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

The police also are viewing videotapes from surveillance cameras in the area to see if they show what happened.

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One of the changes in the workers’ compensation act, which the insurance carriers initiated in 1997, was the Independent Rating Evaluation or IRE. This change provides that if an insurance carrier requests an IRE with a Bureau appointed physician within 60 days after 104 weeks of the date that the injured worker begins receiving total disability payments and if the impartial physician rates the workers’ disability at less than a 50% impairment of the whole person using the AMA Guidelines, then that injured workers’ claim for benefits will be capped at 500 weeks. This change is quite useful for the insurance carrier because a claim whose exposure is capped at 500 weeks is cheaper to settle than a potential lifetime claim. It is also very difficult to under the AMA Guidelines obtain an impairment rating which is greater than a 50% impairment of the whole person.

But what happens if the insurance carrier fails to file for its IRE within 60 days of the 104 week date that the injured worker begins receiving total disability benefits? In Gardner v. W.C.A.B. (Genesis Health Ventures), 585 Pa. 366, 888 A.2d 757 (2005) the State Supreme Court held that where the insurance carrier misses its filing deadline, there would be no automatic conversion of the injured workers’ potential lifetime claim to a claim for 500 weeks. The Supreme Court held that the insurance carrier must instead file a Petition and litigate its case before the Workers’ Compensation Judge.

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A safety foundation has asked General Motors Corp. to recall its 2000-01 sedans and refit their trunks with emergency-release latches. According to this article by the Associated Press on Philly.com, this comes after two Arkansas children were found dead in the trunk of a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu.

Kansas-based Kids and Cars said that although Ford has installed glow-in-the-dark handles inside all trunks since 2000, General Motors offered the latches only as an option on models made before 2002.

GM did not say what action the company might take in the wake of deaths regarding their trunk's auto product liability.

A Washington County Coroner said it appears a 5-year-old and a 4-year-old of Springdale died accidentally in the car’s trunk last week.

Police said it is likely that the children were playing in the trunk when it closed and they likely died of asphyxiation. Temperatures were nearly 90 degrees the day they died. Further investigation of the wrongful deaths is needed.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data for “non-traffic” deaths in January that showed three people died in 2003-04 after being closed inside a trunk. In a one-month period of 1998, 11 children were found dead in car trunks, prompting calls for trunk-release latches.

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