Approximately 87 children drown in and around their homes every single year under the age of five. 80% of these devastating drownings happen in the bathtub, where babies are often left unsupervised and can easily slip under the shallow water. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a...
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Combatting Concussions in High School Sports
For teenagers all throughout the state of Arizona, sports are a way of life. Many teens are involved in football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, baseball, or another sport at their school, Yet West Valley reports that participating in these sports can very dangerous. Teenagers are at a...
Cruise Ship Liability is Listed on the Ticket!
Summer is almost upon us, and with summer comes vacation time. Many individuals will embark on cruise ships to exciting destinations this summer, but it is important to be extremely cautious when doing so. Cruise ship accidents can be serious. In recent news, two passengers on a Carnival cruise s...
What are Needlestick Injuries?
Hospitals and doctors' offices are places that individuals go to get treated for illnesses, but sometimes they can be the most dangerous locations to obtain devastating sicknesses as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, needlestick injuries are a very real threat in ...
Cautions, Concerns and Cases with Cribs
If you have infants that spend their days with a nanny or in daycare, it is important that you make sure that the caretakers are adhering to the federal standards for baby cribs. Even if your baby is at home, you should take caution to make sure that the child's crib is up to the new safety stand...
The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide is commonly called the silent killer. It is an odorless, colorless gas that can come from generators, cars, and other machinery. When inhaled, this dangerous gas can cause a person to fall unconscious and eventually suffocate in the fumes. In order to monitor carbon monoxide, you ...
Bus Accidents in Arizona
When you are involved in a car accident, there is a probability that you may at fault for the crash. Even in a truck accident or a motorcycle accident, you may be at fault for the injuries that you suffer. Yet if you are injured in a bus accident, chances are that it will not be your fault. Thi...
Attorneys from the Firm Listed in 2013 Southwest Super Lawyers®
When you are looking for a Tucson personal injury attorney, you want to make sure that it is someone that you can depend upon and appreciate. At Kinerk, Schmidt, & Sethi, there are lawyers who have not only been recognized by clients, but by professional organizations. Recently, Ted Schmidt, ...
Dev Sethi Helps Others as a Board Member with Ben's Bells
Ben's Bells is an organization that is focused on spreading care and compassion to those throughout America and specifically in the Tucson area. According to the Arizona Star, Ben's Bells is an organization that starts by making bells for those who have been kind towards others. The volunteers at...
Attorney Burt Kinerk is Honored at the C.A.T.S. Banquet
The legal team at Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi, PLLC is proud to announce that one of our very own, Attorney Burt Kinerk, was recently honored with the Silver Anniversary Award at the Commitment to an Athlete's Total Success (C.A.T.S.) Banquet. The event was held at the McKale Center on April 15, ...
Personal Injury Possibilities: Drunk Driving
Drunk drivers all everywhere out on the road, and most of the time there is a drunk driver on the highway that is not able to control his or her driving habits to the degree that is safe and responsible. Police are vigilant in looking for offenders who may be driving under the influence, but ther...
Common Tucson Malpractice Issues -- Failure to Treat Infections
By: James Campbell, Tucson Medical Malpractice Lawyer Unfortunately, infections are a way of life for modern medical care. In cities like Tucson, surgeries occur in large institutions, and large institutions are breeding grounds for aggressive infections. As a result, getting an infection from a...
Thousands of Surgical Errors Every Year
Sadly, surgical errors happen every day and way more often than most of us would ever imagine. But the fact is that there are over 4,000 mistakes made by surgeons in the United States every year according to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. There is a federal repository (the National ...
What Is Bullying and What Can I Do About It
Bullying is becoming more prevalent today than ever and we as parents need to learn how to recognize it, and stop it. What is Bullying? When one person or a group repeatedly tries to harm someone who is vulnerable or weaker with unwanted aggressive behavior that involves physical or emotional h...
What is Elder Abuse and What Can I Do About it?
Elder Abuse is when intentional or negligent actions by an entrusted caregiver cause harm or create a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult. The caregiver may fail to satisfy the vulnerable adult's basic needs or fail to protect them from harm. Elder abuse can be physical or emotional and of...
Child Abuse and Negligence in Child Care Centers
Unfortunately child abuse and neglect are on the rise in the very places we would least expect it. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds and more than five children die every day as a result of child abuse. This equates to 3.3 million reports every year in the United States according ...
Do I Have a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit?
When we put our trust in medical providers whose primary purpose is to help us, and instead we are harmed or injured, it can be confusing as whether or not we should pursue a medical malpractice lawsuit. What is Medical Malpractice? When a health care provider falls below the accepted standard ...
A DUI with Injury in Arizona
In Arizona there were 3,3533 DUI arrests in 2011, but when a drunk driver causes an injury or a death it can be one of the most devastating of all types of injury and death cases. It is hard to handle when an innocent person's life will be changed forever by another's irresponsible behavior. Alth...
Tucson's Ben's Bells' Kindness Program
Attorney Dev Sethi of Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi PLLC, has worked with Tucson's Ben's Bells Project Dev noticed the impact the program had on his two young children and their friends. Dev's kids are in an elementary school that participates in Ben's Bells' Kind Kids Program. Kind Kids provides ...
5 Safety Tips In School Zones
Now more than ever, Safety Tips for our children are a top priority. The Pima County Sheriff's Department is launching a traffic safety campaign today to help in their effort to ensure traffic safety. It will help to enforce school zone speed limits, seatbelt use and proper use of child restraint...
Be Safe Be Aware- Jogger Safety Tips
Safety Tips are necessary and needed when Jogging - In Tucson on the evening of December 13th a woman jogger was attacked and assaulted while jogging along Rillito Riverwalk between La Canada Drive and La Cholla Boulevard. She was running by herself and also listening to music with headphones on ...
Holiday Safety Tips
It's that time of year for fun, celebration and cheer, but it can also be a time for fighting traffic, bad weather and some over drinking. Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi PLLC would like to offer you a few precautions and safety tips to help keep you protected when you go out on the road this holida...
Open Your Heart The Day After Christmas
The Day after Christmas most of us have had time with family, good food and plenty of holiday cheer and we are waking up in the morning all warm and cozy. It may be hard to imagine but there are homeless people who live all around us that never experience this day the way that we do. Maybe you co...
New Year's Eve Safety Tips
Being Safe during your New Year's Eve celebration doesn't mean you can't have fun it just means be safe while doing it. You can choose to go out to one of the hotels and clubs for a big party or you could have an intimate party at home but no matter what you choose we hope you take some safety pr...
Top Ten Resolutions for a Healthy and Happy New Year
Top Ten Resolutions - I am sure you have heard that advertising slogan you can't win if you don't play....well statistics show that people who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't make any resolutions. So, if we buy into those stats why...