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New iPhone App Targets Injuries from Accidents

piattorney — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:58:07 +0000

The iPhone is one of the world’s most popular devices and one reason for it’s popularity is both the quantity and types of “apps” users can download for use on the device. There are literally a million of them available that provide as many different functions. Recently one personal injury firm in the UK got creative with their law practice by releasing an app designed for accidents. The app records data and encourages the user to take pictures and log other information that may be helpful in building a case. It then allows the user to forward the information to the firm’s lawyers.

The app is available for free from the App Store and its creators Bott & Co say that Car Incident Assessment will provide the user with the information and advice they will need to help them to deal with the accident effectively.

The app will encourage the user to take photographs of the crash site, but significantly allows them to then automatically pass these details onto their solicitors immediately after the accident.

A spokesperson for Bott & Co said that once the pertinent details had been recorded and emailed over, a personal injury lawyer would immediately begin to build a claim if the fault of the accident lay with the other party.

Source: Top 10 UK

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Stores Trying to Quell Black Friday Crowds

piattorney — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:34:26 +0000

The deals are eye-popping and create quite a feverish response from consumers. But the excitement can lead to disaster, as evidenced by last year’s trampling death of a Wal-mart employee in New York. When the mob mentality kicks in, personal accountability goes right out the window. This was evidenced in our last post about a woman trampled in Clarksville. So who’s at fault? The crowd? The store? Both? In order to avoid problems, stores are creating new safety measures.

Last year, authorities said, a crowd of about 2,000 shoppers pushed into a Walmart outside New York City and trampled a maintenance worker shortly after the doors opened at 5 a.m. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the retailer a citation, asserting it failed to provide training for employees on how to handle such large crowds. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is contesting the citation, according to OSHA.

The incident prompted several sets of Black Friday guidelines from OSHA, work force regulators in states, and the National Retail Federation. The guidelines call for retailers to develop detailed crowd-control plans, let in small groups of customers at a time when the doors open and use Internet lotteries for popular items.
Source: The Tennesseean

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