The Mississippi casino industry is a huge tourist draw that employs hundreds of people. Enjoying a little gambling in Mississippi can be a great way to mark a special occasion with loved ones or just turn a boring weekend into a fabulous one. You might go to a casino...
The safety concerns associated with big commercial trucks are different than those that come from smaller vehicles. Big trucks take longer to speed up and stop. They perform awkward maneuvers and wide turns. Commercial trucks can also cause unique kinds of crashes...
Most people have been in the same situation at one time or another: They’re driving and they begin to get tired. If you’re behind the wheel when you start to feel drowsy or distracted, it’s important for you to pull over and take steps to wake up before you continue...
With all of the emphasis today on making sure that every pain pill and dose of cough syrup is tightly controlled, you’d think that medication errors would be virtually non-existent. However, that’s far from the case. In fact, medication errors injure roughly 1.5...
You are driving on a northern Mississippi highway when another driver loses control and crashes into you. Fortunately, you survive the accident, but the impact left you with neck and back injuries. While you are recovering in the hospital, you find out that the other...
When you patronize a business or spend time on someone’s personal property, the owner has a responsibility to help keep you safe from foreseeable harm. For example, a retail store owner must keep the floors in good condition or warn you about possible hazards (such as...
We send our loved ones to nursing homes to ensure that experienced caregivers will look after them and satisfy their medical and personal needs. However, one of the risks of nursing homes is that we cannot be with our loved ones all the time, making it hard to know...
If a serious crash has left you shopping for a new car, you may be surprised at the multitude of safety features that now come standard with a lot of models or as an added safety package to many others. If your last car’s most impressive safety feature was airbags,...
It is not always easy to make the decision to send loved ones to a nursing home. However, at times there is too much care needed to let them continue to live without ongoing assistance. If you have a loved one who is living in a home and has difficulty getting out of...
Last year there were fewer motor vehicles on the road than usual. Working from home increased, removing the need for a daily commute, and travel for other reasons declined. Researchers theorized that, with fewer cars on the road, the number of pedestrian deaths from...
