Every year, many people are injured by vicious dog bites.  In case you’ve been bitten by a dog, it’s important to know what your rights are.  Oklahoma and Arkansas have different rules governing dog bites.

Oklahoma Dog Bites Basic Information

In Oklahoma, an owner is strictly liable for the damages caused by their dog as long as a bite was unprovoked and the person who was injured was lawfully on the property where the dog bite occurred.

Arkansas Dog Bites Basic Information

In Arkansas, an owner is strictly liable only if the owner new of the dangerous propensities of the dog or if the dog was of a vicious species.  Otherwise, the owner is only liable if he or she was negligent.

If you’ve been injured by a dog bite, please email the dog bite lawyers here at Carr & Carr Attorneys or call 1-877-392-4878 and let us see if we can help you get the compensation that you deserve.  You may be entitled to compensation for your current and future medical bills, as well as for time off of work due to your injury and pain sand suffering.  Also, remember time limits called “statutes of limitations” are in effect for filing law suits.  If  you want to preserve your legal rights, you must file appropriate law suits before the time limits expire.

Expandable Insulated Lunch Box with Freezer Gel Pack

Approximately 248,000 expandable insulated lunch boxes with a freezer gel pack were recalled.   Manufactured in China, the lunch boxes were sold for about $10 at Costco Wholesale Clubs, Cost U Less and Leon Korol stores between May 2007 and September 2008.

Two incident reports have been filed, both concerning pets who ingested the gel.  One animal died and the other received treatment and recovered.

The recalled product is a Ci Sport expandable, insulated three-piece set which includes the freezer gel pack, an aluminum bottle and the lunch box.

• Lunch Box — The lunch box has the code “1-61731-99-57″ printed on one of the two white labels which are sewn under the white fastener inside the main compartment.  It came in four colors:  red, black, denim blue and navy blue.  The lunch box, which is 8 inches wide, 5 inches deep and 10.25 inches high, is made of vinyl, polyester nylon and crushed nylon.  It has a logo with the words “Ci Sport” attached to the upper left corner above an outer pocket.  The lunch box has a carrying handle on the top and a mesh carrying pouch for the aluminum bottle on the side.
• Aluminum Bottle — The bottle is 2.75 inches in diameter and 7.5 inches tall.
• Freezer Gel Pack — The gel pack, which is 6 inches by 4 inches, is a transparent plastic pouch filled with blue liquid gel.  The words “Cryofreeze” and “Ice Pack/Hot Pack” are printed in white letters on the front of the pouch.

If you have one of these lunch boxes, stop using the gel packs immediately and store it out of reach of children and pets.  If you or your loved one has been injured because of ingesting the gel from this recalled product, email the personal injury lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys today or call 1-877-392-4878.  We have helped many victims who have been hurt by recalled products and would like to visit with you about your situation to see if we can help.  You may be entitled to financial compensation including lost wages if you had to miss work, medical bills to pay for your treatment, and pain and suffering.

Travelin’ Chef Expandable Thermal Food Carrier

Approximately 55,000 Travelin’ Chef Expandable Thermal Food Carriers have been recalled for the same reason:  the freezer gel pack contains diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol.  These toxic chemicals can leak out of damaged freezer gel packs, posing a poisoning hazard if ingested by children or adults.  Although no injuries have yet been reported, the product is being recalled because it has the same type of freezer gel pack as the lunch box.  The food carrier, which was manufactured in China, is also from California Innovations, Inc., of Toronto.  These food carriers were sold for about $22 at Walmart between August 2008 and December 2011.

The four-piece food carrier set includes:

• A light blue thermal carrier with black handles; 18 inches wide, 10.5 inches deep and 4.7 inches high; made of vinyl and polyester; the code “1-38018-69-07″ is printed on a white label on the inside of the main compartment on the left-hand side.
• One medium plastic food container; 9.75 inches by 6.25 inches by 3.5 inches.
• One larger plastic food container; 11.75 inches by 8.75 inches by 3.5 inches.
• One freezer gel pack; 8.5-inch by 8-inch, opaque blue plastic pouch which is filled with liquid gel; “Cryofreeze” and “Ice Pack/Hot Pack” are printed in white letters on the front of the pouch.

If you have one of these food carriers, stop using the gel pack immediately.  Store the damaged gel pack out of reach of children and animals.  If you or someone you know has been injured due to ingesting the gel in the freezer packs, email the product recall lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  Or, call us at 1-877-392-4878.  With offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Springdale, we help families in Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas, as well as across the U.S.  Remember, it does not cost anything for  your initial phone call or visit with us.  Additionally, since we work on a contingency fee basis, you pay for our services only if we settle or win your case.

However, an explosion can occur when the pot is refilled with additional gel fuel poured on top of the flaming fuel already in the middle of the pot.  Sometimes the flame appears to be out but it is not.  When this happens and more gel fuel is poured on it, an explosion can occur.  When the pot explodes, the flaming jelly-like fuel splatters on people and objects nearby.  Additionally, the gel is thick so it sticks on skin and clothing, making it more difficult to put out the fire on the victim and their clothes.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has shown concern for firepots with gel fuel and believes the two products used together may present an unreasonable risk of injury.  Many brands of gel fuel have been recalled including a half million containers of Pourable NAPAfire and FIREGEL Gel Fuel and 2,000,000 pourable gel fuels made or sold by nine companies since 2008.      

Here are some victims of firepot explosions, as compiled by The New York Times last summer:

• William Anderson, 8 – April 3, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland – William  was in his aunt’s backyard when a firepot tipped over, spilling flaming gel fuel on his left side and leg, according to a lawsuit.  He spent 51 days in the hospital recovering from his burns.
• Lauren Levitt, 9 — March 31, Encino, California – Lauren was with a friend when the friend’s father started “performing tricks” with a firepot, according to a lawsuit which accuses the hosts of gross negligence.  When the dad poured more gel fuel into the firepot, it erupted onto Lauren.  She was in the hospital for two weeks with severe burns.
• Skyler Kelly, 13, Carlstadt, New Jersey, June 10, 2010 – Skyler was seriously burned on more than a third of her body when a firepot erupted as her mother refilled it.  She spent more than five weeks in the hospital.
• Michael Hubbard, 14, Riverhead, New York, May 28 – When his cousin tried to light a firepot in preparation for a backyard wedding reception, the quart bottle of gel fuel he was pouring burst into flames.  Michael was covered in flaming gel fuel. 
• Nick Stone, 24, Manhattan, New York, June 3 — Nick suffered second- and third-degree burns over much of his body from a firepot accident.  His friend began to refill a firepot that he thought had run out of fuel and burned out when the fire spread.
• Kimberly McCutcheon, her nine-year-old daughter, Holly and family member Jamie Perez, 30, Omaha, Nebraska, June 3 – As Robert McCutcheon tried to refill a firepot that he believed had burned out, it sent a fireball streaming out of the fuel bottle.  It seriously injured his wife, their daughter and his sister-in-law. 
• Sandi Grove, 42, Granger, Indiana, June 10 – Sandi was at his neighbor’s house watching their dogs play in the yard when his neighbor tried to refill a firepot.  It erupted with a fireball into his lap.
• Becky Hart, 44 — May 28, Huntingtown, Maryland — Becky, of Ashburn,Virginia, was visiting  high school friends at a cookout when someone tried to refill a firepot that appeared to have run out of fuel.  The firepot exploded on her.  She was on a respirator at Washington Hospital Center’s burn unit. 

These horrible instances show how dangerous and widespread these firepot accidents are, and it is highly likely more families have been devastated by these dangerous products.  Firepots can cause serious, life-threatening burns and injuries and even death.  If you or your loved one has been hurt by an exploding firepot, contact the personal injury lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  Our experienced national lawyers can help your family no matter what state you live in or where the accident happened.  You need someone to help protect your rights.  And manufacturers of unsafe products need to know that we put the safety of our families as a top priority.  Additionally, you may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages if you were off work due to your injury, and pain and suffering.

Email us or call 1-877-392-4878 to speak with a national lawyer who can help you determine what legal action you need to take.  We help families across the U.S.  Our offices are located in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, and Springdale in Northwest Arkansas.  There is no cost to you for our initial phone call.  Additionally, since we work on a contingency fee basis, you pay for our services only if we settle or win your case.

When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can attract and try to connect in the child’s stomach and result in serious injuries such as small holes the intestines and stomach, intestinal blockage, blood poisoning and death.

Because the super-strong magnets are small enough that they can easily be swallowed, they are prohibited from being used in toys for children younger than 14.  However, they are marketed as stress-reliever desk toys for office environments and often have a couple hundred magnets in a set.  They are sold at office supply, stationery and gift stores as well as on the Internet on many sites.  Costs start around $30.  Some name brands are Nanospheres or Buckyballs.

The problem with these ball-bearing magnets is that young children find these on home office desks or the floor and swallow them.  To make the problem worse, parents might not notice that one or two of the tiny pieces are missing from their set — so the child has dangerous magnets in their stomach causing serious problems for a days or even weeks before an x-ray can reveal the problem.

For tweens and teenagers, the problem is typically accidental ingestion or inhaling.  Teen place a magnet on opposite sides of their earlobes, tongue or nose, so it looks like a piercing but is actually two magnets.  The magnets are then accidentally swallowed or inhaled.

Parents with young children should:

• Keep small magnets away from young children who might swallow them.  Remember to check your refrigerator as well as desk toys.
• Regularly inspect children’s toys for missing, loose or broken magnets.
• Seek medical attention immediately if you believe a child has swallowed a magnet.  Watch for unexplained abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
• Remember that in x-rays, two or more magnets may be connected and look like one object.

If your child has been injured due to accidentally swallowing super-magnets — or playing with other items that turned out to be unsafe – you need to contact a personal injury lawyer to discuss your options.  The Oklahoma and Arkansas personal injury attorneys at Carr & Carr are experienced in helping families of children who have been injured.  Email us or call 1-877-392-4878 for a free consultation to discuss your family’s situation.  Our attorneys serve clients from our offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Springdale/Northwest Arkansas.  We can help you no matter where in the state you live.

Rollovers can be caused by:

• Inattentive drivers — talking or texting on cell phones, adjusting the radio volume, eating or drinking, disciplining children
• Unsafe roads — shoulders that drop off abruptly, too-tight curves, damaged lane barriers, construction zones, no traction, too-often patched so the surface is extremely uneven
• Weather — rain, ice, snow or even fog
• Impact from an accident — a side impact, also known as being T-boned
• Swerving to avoid animals or objects in the road — drivers often suddenly swerve to miss animals in the road or items that have fallen off of trucks, and then over-correct.

Injuries to drivers and passengers, as well as innocent bystanders, can be especially severe:

• broken bones, frequently more than one
• damage to internal organs
• severed or amputated arms or legs
• traumatic brain injury especially when the person is not wearing a seat belt
• neck and spinal chord damage as the head is snapped back and forth
• decapitation
• extreme facial trauma
• permanent paralysis
• death.

If your or a loved one has been involved in a rollover accident, contact the Oklahoma and Arkansas personal injury lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  You may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages if you were off work, and pain and suffering.   Email us or call 1-877-392-4878 to speak with an attorney who can help protect your rights and determine what legal action you need to take.   Our offices are located in Springdale in Northwest Arkansas, and Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma and we can help you no matter where your rollover crash happened.

After a 10-day old baby boy died in Missouri, Walmart has removed a specific batch of Enfamil baby formula from its stores nationwide.  Enfamil Newborn 12.5 ounce canisters with lot number ZP1K7g have been pulled from Walmart shelves.

If you have Enfamil Newborn with this lot number, you should contact your pediatrician to determine what is best to feed your infant.  Remove the formula from the kitchen and store it out of reach of other family members who might not be aware that it should not be fed to your baby.  Remember, infants need nourishment every few hours so talk to your doctor’s office immediately if you have any questions.  You can also call Enfamil at 1-800-BABY-123 (1-800-222-9123).

If your baby has been seriously injured or died due to drinking unsafe formula, contact the Oklahoma and Arkansas personal injury lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  We can help you if you live in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma or across the U.S.  Email us or call 1-877-392-4878 to speak with an attorney who can help protect your rights and determine what legal action you need to take.  Our offices are located in Springdale in Northwest Arkansas, and Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma.

In January, the company plans to start notifying affected Goldwing owners, asking them to bring their motorcycles to Honda dealers.  There, mechanics will inspect and, if necessary, likely replace the defective secondary master cylinder at no charge.  For more information on the recall, call Honda customer service toll-free at 866-784-1870.

If you or a loved one has been injured due to a defective Honda Goldwing or other motorcycle that has been recalled, call the recall lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  Also, if you have been injured in a motorcycle accident that was due to someone else’s negligence, you should contact the Carr & Carr motorcycle wreck attorneys.  We can help you determine what steps you need to take to protect your rights.

Additionally, you may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages if you were required to be off work, and pain and suffering.  To speak with an attorney, email us or call 1-877-392-4878.  With offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Springdale/Northwest Arkansas, our personal injury attorneys are available to answer questions and provide guidance.

In 2005, 278,000 hospitalizations were related to MRSA, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Additionally, 94,000 people developed their first serious MRSA infection, and approximately 19,000 of those people died.  Of these infections, around 86% are HA-MRSA while only 14% are CA-MRSA.  As you can see, a hospital stay can sometimes come with unintended consequences.   If you or a loved one has acquired MRSA, it is important to contact a MRSA lawyer in Oklahoma and Arkansas at Carr & Carr Attorneys to see what your rights are.

HA-MRSA or Healthcare-Associated MRSA

Most MRSA infections happen in people who have been in hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers or other healthcare settings.  This type of MRSA is typically associated with invasive procedures (for example, a patient’s skin is cut as in for surgery) or devices (for example, IVs or artificial joints).  In the hospital, patients who have been infected with HA-MRSA are usually placed in isolation to help prevent the spread of the MRSA.  Visitors and healthcare workers who take care of people in isolation might be required to wear protective garments and precisely follow infection-reducing procedures.

Risk Factors for HA-MRSA

• Being hospitalized – Hospital employees have mandated steps they must follow to help reduce infections.  However, HA-MRSA continues to be a problem for patients whose health is already poor, leaving them more vulnerable to infection.
• Having an invasive medical device – If you physician prescribes devises that enter your body such as a urinary catheter for emptying your bladder or intravenous line (commonly called an IV) to put medicine in your body, you may be at higher risk for contracting MRSA.  The entrances for medical tubing can provide a pathway for MRSA to travel into your body.
• Living in a long-term care center – Any time people are living in close quarters such as nursing homes, there is a stronger chance of MRSA being spread.  In fact, carriers of MRSA can spread it to others, even if they are not sick themselves.  For example, a physical therapist who treats a dozen residents in a large nursing home could spread the infection to each of his or her patients, who might stay in different areas of the facility and not even know each other.

CA-MRSA or Community-Associated MRSA

This type of MRSA has occurred more in the general community among healthy people.  This can begin as a painful skin boil and is then spread by skin-to-skin contact.  Groups of people who might be more affected include close-contact athletes such as wrestlers, child care workers and those who live in crowded conditions.

Risk Factors for CA-MRSA

• Participating in contact sports – MRSA can easily spread through cuts or abrasions and skin-to-skin contact.
• Living in unsanitary or crowded conditions – Living areas where many people are housed together with little privacy are more likely to be areas where CA-MRSA can be spread.  This includes child care centers, military training camps and jails.
• Men having sex with men – Homosexual men have a higher risk of developing MRSA infections, according to the Mayo Clinic.

If you or someone you know has been contracted MRSA due to a stay in a medical facility, you may be entitled to compensation.  Such compensation can include your medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering.

Contact the MRSA lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys today to discuss what options you have, and learn how to protect your rights.  We have offices in Northwest Arkansas in Springdale, as well as Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma, staffed with caring, knowledgeable professionals who can help you determine the best plan for your family.  Call us at 1-877-392-4878 or contact us via email.

Risks of Avastin include:

• severe high blood pressure
• hemorrhaging and bleeding
• heart attack or heart failure
• the development of perforations in different part of the body including nose, intestines and stomach.

The prescription medicine is manufactured by Genentech.  Used for metastatic breast cancer, Avastin has not been shown to provide a benefit – in terms of delay in tumor growth – that would justify its serious and potentially life-threatening risks.  Additionally, the FDA says there is no evidence that Avastin will either improve the quality of life for women with breast cancer or help them live longer.

If you have been prescribed Avastin for metastatic breast cancer and have had serious medical problems which you believe have been caused by taking Avastin, you should contact a pharmaceutical lawyer at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  With offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Northwest Arkansas in Springdale, we can discuss your situation with you and help you decide on a course of action.

There are two main common defects seen in ATVs.  They include

• Mechanical failure
• Design failure

Mechanical failure can include defective steering and breaks.  Design failure can lead to ATV rollover accidents.  ATVs are supposed to adequately and safely respond to changes in incline, turning and speed.  When the ATV does not adequately respond, it can lead to a rollover incident.

Unfortunately, ATV accidents and collisions can lead to severe injury, some of which include:

• brain injuries
• spinal cord injuries
• broken bones
• paralysis

If you or a loved one have been injured by an ATV, it is possible that the injury occurred because of a defect in the ATV.  If so, you may be entitled to compensation from the manufacturer, designer and seller of the ATV.  This compensation can help pay for medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

To see whether the ATV was defective, please email the Oklahoma and Arkansas ATV lawyers at Carr & Carr Attorneys.  Or call 1-877-392-4878 to talk with an attorney today.  We have nearly 40 years of experience in helping thousands of injured citizens.  With offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Northwest Arkansas (Springdale), we can help you get the compensation you deserve.