Burn Injury
Silver Spring Gas Explosion Leaves 100 People Homeless and 14 Injured
An explosion at the Friendly Garden Apartments complex on Thursday, March 3 is still under investigation by the Montgomery County Fire Department and county police, with assistance from federal authorities. Investigators did find a cut gas line, but there was a plumber working on the building at the time of the explosion, so authorities are…
Read MoreHot Coffee and McDonald’s
In 1992, a 79-year-old woman named Stella Liebeck was sitting in the passenger seat of her grandson’s stopped car, ready to add some cream and sugar to her McDonald’s coffee. She put the Styrofoam cup between her knees and pulled the lid off; the coffee dumped into her lap, scalding her inner thighs. The burns…
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