Jacksonville Personal Injury Blog

The arrival of a new baby signals a buying frenzy by parents and relatives, but a recently released study reveals that 80 percent of those changing pads, portable cribs, and car seats contain untested or toxic chemical flame retardants. Published in Environmental Science and Technology, the study found flame retardant, TCEP, a known carcinogen, in nursing pillows, along with the chemical tris, which was phased out of children’s pajamas in the 1970s because of concerns about cancer.

The flame retardants are used by overseas manufacturers eager to comply with California’s strict fire prevention standards. Both the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have expressed concern about tris and its link to cancer, reproductive problems, developmental problems, and other health problems.

Only four brands say they meet the California standard for safety, the toughest in the land – BabyLuxe Organic, Baby Bjorn, Orbit Baby and Boppy. Companies are not required to label whether or not their product contains a flame retardant.

Toddlers are found to have flame retardants at three times the amount in adults, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), largely because they spend so much time on the floor and frequently put their fingers in their mouth and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found flame retardants in 90 percent of American’s bodies.

While the goal is to prevent the spread of fires, flame retardants are likely causing more harm than they prevent, contributing billions in childhood illness, learning disabilities, asthma, and cancers.

Ultimately, it is consumers who decide whether or not they want to purchase items with these added chemicals. Buying power is the only thing that every changes a trend. Unfortunately, we cannot rely on our EPA to corral the 80,000 chemicals that have been given a green light and introduced into the environment with no prior testing required of manufacturers under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976.

Sources: http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/19/baby-products-contain-toxic-or-untested-chemicals-are-they-a-danger/, http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/babies/story/2011/05/Toxic-flame-retardants-found-in-80-of-baby-products/47268922/1, http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/04/environmental-toxins-cost-billions-in-childhood-disease/ and http://babies411.com/infant-news/news/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-endorses-safer-chemicals.html

Cosmetic surgery is a growth industry as the baby boomers creep into middle age and beyond. But with the flat stomachs and lifted faces come a downside – at least 32 people died in Florida in the past decade, about the same number that died in the 1990s before the Florida Board of Medicine passed new rules to make cosmetic surgery in a doctor’s office safer.

Young mothers, grandparents and middle-aged men are among the casualties, some the result of medical malpractice were the victims, reports The Sun-Sentinel.

The changes made two decades ago restrict cosmetic procedures from being done in a doctors’ office, now considered some of the toughest restrictions in the nation.

One reason for the continued deaths may be the sheer numbers of cosmetic surgeries and the medical malpractice performed by undertrained doctors, reactions to general anesthesia, extensive surgeries, and heart and breathing problems during surgery.

A University of Cincinnati dermatologist chronicled 26 deaths and 312 hospitalizations from 2000 to 2009 in Florida. Since 2009, The Sun Sentinel, using autopsy and police reports, has found six more deaths and a cluster of five deaths over the last two years in Broward County. Florida’s medical board has not identified any patterns that would mandate another change in the rules.

An estimated 13.1 million Americans underwent plastic surgery last year. There are more than 400 plastic surgery offices in Florida, with half in South Florida.

In Florida, doctors can perform minor procedures if they use only local anesthesia. One problem is the industry underestimates what constitutes “invasive” surgery. For example, liposuction, is considered noninvasive, but with a tube stuck under the skin sucking out fat, it certainly is invasive. Complications have arisen when doctors or their nurses use too much local anesthesia in these procedures.

The board may revisit the idea of requiring an anesthesiologist for office surgeries rather than the nurse or surgeon. That proposal was already turned down once because it increases the cost of the plastic surgery. But when corners are cut, the patient suffers and sometimes bargain priced beauty can carry the ultimate price.

Source: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-06-26/news/fl-hk-plastic-surgery-deaths-20110621_1_cosmetic-surgery-plastic-surgery-fewer-deaths

The consumer group KidsAndCars.org is calling for all models of vehicles to install internal trunk releases after the Friday, June 17 death of a two-year-old and a four-year-old in New Carlisle, Indiana. The boys were trapped in the hot trunk of a 2000 Chevy Malibu unable to get out.

In 2009, two Arkansas children also died in the trunk of a 2000 Malibu. Back then, KidsndCars.org asked General Motors to issue a recall of 2000 and 2001 models to install an internal a trunk release. The organization singled out GM after 11 children died in hot trunks in 1998, but GM did nothing. WNDU-TV reports that over the last 19 years, 44 American youngsters have died in car trunk. That number is now at 46.

Compare GM to the Ford Motor Co. which installed a glow-in-the-dark trunk release in every model by the year 2000, two years before the lighted trunk releases were made mandatory. Adding insult to injury, General Motors will charge today if someone wants to install safety pulls in the trunks of older cars.

It is recommended that all cars are left locked and that the trunk be the first place to search when a child goes missing. About 30 percent of child deaths around cars occur when a child climbs in and cannot get out. None of the reports find that Ford has been involved in any child trunk deaths since its voluntary move to put a release inside the trunk.

The Farah & Farah law firm believes these preventable deaths are due to a design defect that affects all GM cars of this model year. Failing to correct the product defect with so much notice is unconscionable and a jury would find so too. Our product liability attorneys in Jacksonville will hold negligent corporations accountable for their actions, especially when the lives of children are involved.

Sources: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/after-child-deaths-kidsandcars-org-renews-challenge-to-g-m/?hpw and http://www.wndu.com/hometop/headlines/124169434.html

On Wednesday, June 22, First Coast News reported that a 43-year-old man died from a crash near Normandy Acres on the westside of Jacksonville when his 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck left the road between U.S. Route 301 and Normandy Boulevard. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the man was driving west when he drifted onto the shoulder and lost control, driving over an embankment where the pickup rolled over. The man died at the scene and a 9-month old girl in the truck was taken to Shands Jacksonville for treatment. The article does not say whether she was in a car seat and how badly injured she was, although in a 1997 pickup truck she had to be in the front seat next to the driver.

Our condolences go out to the friends and family members of this man. Let’s pray the little girl was not badly injured and pulls through.

Duval County had 14,102 crashes in the county in 2009 with 1,166 alcohol-related, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Additionally, there were 114 fatalities and 10,468 injuries resulting from traffic accidents that same year, according to the statistics.

There can be many causes of auto accidents sometimes having to do with driver error, but in an older model car there may be components of the vehicle that are defective and fail to keep the occupant safe. Additionally, a roadway will need to be analyzed to see if it possesses any inherent flaws that make it dangerous for motorists. The Jacksonville car accident lawyers at Farah & Farah understand the investigation that must take place to identify the at-fault party and find you the compensation you deserve following a car crash in Florida. Call our law offices so we can get started on your case now.

Sources: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/208376/3/One-Dead-One-Injured-in-Westside-Crash?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|t and http://www.flhsmv.gov/hsmvdocs/CS2009.pdf

An independent delivery contractor for The St. Petersburg Times was driving along Starkey Road in Largo as he often did just before 5 a.m. when he hit and killed a 55-year-old man riding a bicycle on a dark section of the road on Saturday morning, June 18. The bicyclist did not have a headlight or tail light on his bicycle and the impact with the 1996 GMC truck was enough to have him pronounced dead at the scene. TBO.com reports the delivery driver had a clean record in the eight years he delivered the newspaper. The article indicates that the speed on the van does not appear to be a factor in this deadly crash.

Bicycle Accidents in Florida
In 2009 in Florida, 100 bicyclists were killed and 4,425 injured in traffic accidents. The same year Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, the most populated in Florida, accounted for half of the state’s 99 bicycle operator and one passenger fatalities. Pinellas County had 10 bicycle fatalities in 2009 and the same number in 2008, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2008, 716 bicyclists were killed in U.S. traffic accidents and 52,000 people were injured. With a population half that of California’s, Florida had more fatal bicycle crashes in 2008 and the highest number of fatal bicycle crashes of any state. This Largo crash represents the 20th bicyclist to be killed in one year on Tampa Bay area roads.

Our condolences go out to the friends and family members of this man for his sudden passing.

Sources: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/bicyclist-killed-in-largo-crash/1176096 and http://www.flhsmv.gov/html/VulnerableUsersRpts/Bicyclists2010.pdf

We have reported it here repeatedly – the absolute worst thing you can do if you hit a pedestrian, a bicyclist, another motorist, or a motorcyclist – is to leave the scene. People often make that split second bad decision because they have something to hide. It has happened again, according to a report by WTSP-TV in Tampa.

A 32-year-old woman reportedly was driving in downtown Clearwater on Friday morning, June 17, when she struck a 47-year-old court bailiff as he walked in the crosswalk at Court Street and Osceola Avenue. Instead of stopping to render aid, as required by law, the woman left the scene, according to a witness. Later the same day, the woman was found working at a restaurant on north Clearwater Beach. She has now been charged with driving with a suspended or revoked license, for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and with leaving the scene of a crash with injuries. She reportedly did not have a license. Leaving the scene with injuries is a third degree felony, according to Florida Statute 316.027.

The bailiff was taken to Morton Plant Hospital and treated and released. Fortunately, his injuries were not more serious.

Just by leaving the scene of a pedestrian accident in Florida, as many who panic do, this woman may be spending a prison term not to exceed five years behind bars.

Farah & Farah takes the offense of leaving the scene following an accident very seriously. So much so that we have decided to join forces with other American personal injury attorneys to encourage the public to turn in someone who has left the scene of an accident they were involved in. With Florida ranking third in the nation in the number of hit-and-runs, our Florida accident lawyers are members of Hit-and-Run Reward. If you turn in a hit-and-run driver who is later convicted, you could receive a financial reward of $1,000 for, in addition to the $1,000 offered by Crime Stoppers. The number for Hit-and-run Reward is 1-800-644-8678. Send a message to those among us who don’t respect a human life enough to simply stop and help.

Source: http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/197409/8/Restaurant-worker-charged-in-deputy-hit-and-run-

WFTV-TV News reports the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is looking for the driver of a small passenger car, maybe a Honda, who may have been involved in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday, June 14, that killed two 17-year-old parents and their one-year-old baby son. The teens were involved in the head-on crash on Osceola Parkway in Kissimmee when their car crossed the median and hit a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. The crash happened around 11 p.m. and rescue workers first on the scene immediately ascertained there was nothing they could to for the young family and instead pulled two people from the pickup and took them to a nearby Orlando hospital. The Toyota driver and passenger were treated for minor injuries.

FHP says the teens were wearing seat belts and the baby was strapped into a child car seat.

As part of an ongoing FHP investigation, troopers would like to talk to the driver of the small car, possibly red with a loud muffler. The vehicle's involvement is unclear from this story. The public is asked to contact FHP with any information.

Our condolences are extended to the friends and families of this young family for this tragic accident.

Head-On Collisions in Florida
We have no idea from this story why the car drifted into oncoming traffic but once you see an approaching vehicle coming your way, there may be very little time to react, even for an experienced driver. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports 12,713 lives were saved because of the use of seat belts in traffic accident in 2009. But sadly, with or without a seat belt, injuries from a head-on collision can be the most deadly from neck injuries, cuts from broken glass, broken bones, traumatic head injury and death. It is important to avoid jerking the steering wheel to get out of the way because that action may cause the vehicle to rollover. Instead, try to drive to the right and graze the vehicle to avoid a full frontal impact.

If you or a loved one have been injured in a car crash in Florida, an experienced Jacksonville car accident attorney will need to be involved in your case immediately to preserve evidence and interview witnesses to this devastating situation in order to determine the at-fault party so you can receive the compensation you need and deserve.

Sources: http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/28255381/detail.html and http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811392.pdf

The Orlando Sentinel reports that a 54-year-old man from Altoona was driving southbound through the Ocala National Forest on State Road 19 on Saturday night, June 11, when he lost control of his Ford pickup truck at about 8:30 p.m. According to the article, the man died at the scene while his 40-year-old female passenger was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition. The fatal Florida car accident happened just north of CR 445. There is no word from this article why the driver suddenly veered off the road onto the west shoulder, but he reportedly then overcorrected the steering trying to get the pickup back on the road to the left. Instead, he crossed to the east shoulder where the left front of the pickup hit a tree, then another tree, causing the pickup to rollover onto its roof.

Our condolences are extended to this man’s family for his sudden, tragic passing.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that rollover accidents kill more than 10,000 people a year. Like the design for the sport-utility vehicles (SUV), pickup trucks have a high center of gravity, a defective design that makes them about three times more likely to roll than any other passenger vehicle.

Another aspect of defective design is an inadequate roof strength that allows the roof to collapse during a rollover, potentially causing traumatic head injuries or the passenger to be ejected. Finally in 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) required manufacturers to strengthen the roof-crush standard, but that will not begin until the 2012 model year and will be phased in fully beginning with the 2017 model year. However, even then the standard is inadequate.

Heavier vehicles weighting more than 6,000 pounds, which were previously exempt from the roof-crush standard, will have to withstand only 1.5 times their weight when applied to the roof, rather than three times the vehicles weight for lighter vehicles. The NHTSA turned down a request by safety groups to have the higher standard apply to vehicles weighing more than 6,000 pounds.

Sources: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-fatal-crash-sr-19-lake-20110612,0,6252256.story; http://www.safercar.gov/, http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-7908.pdf and http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/04/nhtsa-declines-to-revisit-roofcrush-standard-.html

In the market for a new car? Be sure to check out the blue tooth, the GPS, the satellite radio, and the electronic monitor that talks to you and can calculate your car’s “health.” While these toys are tempting to anyone in the market for a new car, they offer distractions galore. However, the federal government isn’t going to press manufacturers - not yet. U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Thursday, June 9, that more study is needed before the government decides whether or not to regulate all of the communications technology now built into new vehicles.

The government has issued campaigns to discourage motorists from driving distracted by sending out emails, texts, chatting on the phone, and even dialing while behind the wheel. LaHood says Subaru and BMW have added to the conversation by sponsoring public service ads warning against distracted driving. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is going the next step – questioning whether it is wise to build all this whiz bang technology into cars when common sense dictates it takes attention away from the road to change a channel or to put an address into a GPS. The NHTSA says safety matters more than a fast Facebook connection in the car.

Meanwhile, an extensive study is underway to determine how dangerous texting is while driving. Some of the research has already been done. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in 2009 found that for light vehicles:

• Dialing a phone increased the crash risk 2.8 times over a non-distracted driver
• Talking on or listening to a cell phone increased the crash risk 1.3 times
• Reaching for an object increased the crash risk 1.4 times

On the eve of a Distracted Driving summit last September, LaHood said that distracted driving-related crashes claimed 5,474 lives and led to 448,000 traffic injuries across the U.S. In 2009. NHTSA reports16 percent of all traffic fatalities are the result of some form of distraction.

The Jacksonville car accident attorneys at the Farah & Farah law firm encourages everyone to use common sense and keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road. No phone conversation or tweet is worth a loss of life or serious injury. If you have been involved in a car accident in Florida that was caused by a distracted motorist, call our law offices to learn how we can help you.

Source: http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=14879528

As the summer travel season kicks off in June and families plan to hit the road, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is encouraging all motorists to check their car’s tires for wear and tear before they drive in hot weather. This is a problem around the nation in the summer but especially a problem in Florida year round because heat is known to degrade rubber tires.

Tire blowouts are frequently in the news. It was a Florida tire blowout accident that killed two teenagers last July in Jacksonville. Five teens died when a tire blew on their Ford Explorer SUV as they headed to the beach on the last day of school a year ago June.

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), from 2005 to 2009 almost 3,400 people died and 116,000 were injured in crashes related to tire issues.

The NHTSA encourages motorists to check tires in hot weather when there are additional people and luggage in the car increasing its weight. Motorists should check for underinflated or overinflated tires by checking the tire pressure before a long trip and regularly. A look on the side of the tire or in your automobile owner’s guide will specify the proper tire inflation for the front and back tires.

An aging tire and hot weather are a particularly bad combination. The sidewall of the tire will tell how old it is. The tire manufacturer or the owner’s manual will tell you how often to change tires. And consumers can save money if their tires are properly inflated. Check fueleconomy.gov to see how much underinflated tires will cost you (0.3 percent lower gas mileage for every 1 pound per square inch).

The numbers can really add up – just a 25 percent drop in tire pressure can reduce fuel economy by 8.8 percent or 2.6 miles per gallon for a vehicle that gets 30 miles to the gallon. Do the math: There is a substantial savings to have your tires properly maintained, not to mention a possible savings in human lives.

Source: http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2011/Consumer+Advisory:+Motorists+Should+Check+Tires+in+Hot+Weather+to+Improve+Safety

Grief counselors were at a Putnam County middle school on Tuesday, June 7, one day after a popular 12-year-old student died when his three-wheel ATV flipped while he was riding on his family’s farm in Palatka. The boy lost control in the middle of making a right turn, reports Jacksonville’s Channel 4, quoting the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).

The young man was a frequent rider of his all terrain vehicle (ATV) and was frequently seen riding in the fields near his cousin’s home doing what he loved. While the community grieves, the family says in this story that the boy had been riding since he was a toddler. He usually wore a helmet but did not on Monday. According to investigators, the boy crashed his Honda while in a turn around 6:30 p.m. but was not rescued until 7 p.m. after someone found him.

ATV Accidents in Florida
Legally, a rider under the age of 16 is required to wear a helmet and eye protection in Florida. Anyone under the age of 16 should never ride an adult size ATV, according to the safety group, ATV Safety. Between 1982 and 2009, there were 447 ATV deaths among riders in Florida with 105 of those deaths involving children who were under the age of 16.

In April 2010 in Putnam County, a man and his 7-year-old daughter flipped their ATV and the little girl died from internal injuries. In St. Johns County last month, a 14-year-old who was a passenger on an ATV, fell and hit his head and was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

The Palatka personal injury lawyers at Farah & Farh extend their sincere condolences to the entire community and friends and family of this young man for his sudden passing.

Source: http://www.news4jax.com/news/28157749/detail.html

One man was killed and another seriously injured when the van they were riding in left the road in Osceola County and overturned on U.S. 192 Wednesday, June 1, around 5 p.m.

The Orlando Sentinel reports a 41-year-old passenger in the 2002 GMC van from Kissimmee was killed in the crash. A 40-year-old Kissimmee man was driving the van and was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition. The FHP says the westbound van was in the left lane when it hit a curb after drifted into the median, causing the driver to lose control and overturn the vehicle on the north shoulder of the road. Charges could be filed pending the outcome of an investigation, according to the FHP.

The article does not say whether or not the driver or passenger was wearing a seat belt. Let’s keep the man who passed in our prayers as well as the other man who is recovering from his injuries.

Unfortunately, some of the most dangerous vehicles on the road are vans, and scarily, they are commonly used by school, church and athletic outings and by hotels. The 15-passenger van is one of the most dangerous vehicles on the road, because it is top heavy with an extended back. Because four people sit behind the rear axle in a sudden move the rear can swing out.

CBS News reports that when fully loaded, these vans are three times more likely to roll over. With about 500,000 of these vans on the road, at least 424 people have been killed in rollovers involving 15-passenger vans since 1990.

While Ford builds most of the 15-passenger vans, GM does too, with a longer wheel base, which lowers the chance of a sideway skid. But the GM van is still top heavy just like the Ford van.

If you have been injured or lost a loved one in a 15-passenger van accident in Florida, contact Farah & Farah. Our Florida van rollover attorneys can help you understand your legal options during your free consultation. Call us today so we can get started on protecting your rights.

Sources: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-06-01/news/os-fatal-rollover-crash-on-192-20110601_1_van-fhp-crash and http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/17/60II/main506479.shtml

An estimated 124 million people visit a hospital emergency room every year and unfortunately it is the place where you are most likely to encounter a medial error. An unfamiliarity with the patient, a lack of communication between doctors and nurses, no medical background on abnormal vital signs, a failure to access timely radiology or lab reports all cause mistakes.

Half of all medical malpractice claims against emergency rooms occur because someone was misdiagnosed and sent home too early like the person complaining of indigestion who was really having a heart attack. The Wall Street Journal reports that because ER errors cost hospitals about $1 billion in claims in 2009, insurers are insisting on tightening standards to keep patients safer and to reduce the cost of errors.

What can be done? According to the insurer Crisco/RMF, which is working with 16 hospitals to improve outcomes:

• The Huddle: Doctors and nurses confer to make sure nothing is overlooked upon arrival in the ER and before a discharge. Poor doctor-nurse communication often leads to mistakes.
• Triaging Patients: Dividing the ER into pediatrics, obstetrics and psychiatry separate areas.
• Don’t Assume: That patients under the age of 55 are not having a heart attack. Insurer CNA Financial suggest everyone who comes in with chest pain be admitted to the hospital because the rate of death when heart attack is missed is double those who are admitted. Strokes are often missed too because of the younger age of the patient.
• Time Out: Allow for a time before the patient is sent home to check vital signs and see if symptoms are getting worse.
• Intervene Quicker: Especially among those patients who have abnormalities in five vital signs including an elevated blood pressure or heart rate.

For patients – bring as much information about your medical history as is possible to the ER along with information about your primary care doctor. Be prepared to share that information with personnel on the next ER shift. Don’t assume they have shared it among themselves.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576307060330715004.html

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently recalled about 1 million pool and spa drain covers because of the injuries that have resulted when the defective covers caused swimmers to become entrapped and drown. The move could result in the closure of thousands of swimming pools around the country, including the Jacksonville city pools, which were closed over the Memorial Day holiday following the recall notice but reopened Wednesday, June 1, after the city’s review found that none of the recalled drain covers are found in the city pools. Instead they have a gravity feed drainage system which does not present a danger, according to a report in The Florida Times-Union.

An investigation by the CPSC found that the defective drains were certified and put in use based on faulty and inaccurate flow ratings that can result in suction so strong that it can entrap and disembowel a swimmer. According to a May 2011 report by the CPSC, there were 97 reports of entrapment between 1999 and 2010, 79% of the incidents involved children under the age of 18. Included in the incidents were 11 fatal entrapments of children and one adult.

Pools that have multiple main drains or a gravity system do not have to be replaced. The following drain cover manufacturers are recalled: A&A Manufacturing of Phoenix; AquaStar Pool Products of San Diego; Color Match Pool Fittings of Surprise, Ariz.; Custom Molded Products of Tyrone, Ga.; Hayward Pool Products of Elizabeth, N.J.; Pentair Water Pool and Spa of Sanford N.C.; Rising Dragon USA of Sweetwater, Tenn.; and Waterway Plastics of Oxnard, Calif.

The Farah & Farah law firm commends our city leaders for taking immediate action to investigate the city pools for defective drain covers. Their investigation found the city’s 33 pools did not contain these defective drain covers that have killed so many children. If you or a family member is harmed by a defective product, an experienced Florida defective product lawyer can conduct a thorough product liability investigation into the cause of the accident and determine the at-fault party or parties that will be responsible for the costs associated with your injury or compensation for a wrongful death.

Sources: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11230.html and http://jacksonville.com/community/mandarin/2011-06-01/story/pool-drain-cover-recall-doesn-t-affect-jacksonville-city-pools