In this case, a neighbor took care of neighborhood children for a small fee. A mother and father left their one-year-old girl with the neighbor while Mom and Dad were working. One morning the neighbor did some ironing, and left the iron where the little girl could reach it. The little girl reached up and seriously burned the back of her hand. The neighbor's house was in foreclosure, and she did not believe that she had any insurance coverage. She had received cancellation notices because of non payment. The parents came to Begam & Marks attorney Steven Friedman for help.  Mr. Friedman thoroughly investigated the case, found coverage, and successfully settled the case for the available policy limits.

On Monday, federal regulators issued a mandatory recall of 1.8 million toy dart gun sets after two separate deaths of children who inhaled the darts and suffocated when the suction cup blocked their airways. The recall has prompted safety officials to rethink an old safety standard that assumes that children over the age of 3 generally won't put something unsafe in their mouth. The deaths occurred nine months apart, but a recall was not issued after the first death because the toy didn't violate a mandatory safety standard at the time, the Chicago Tribune reports. The toy was imported by Henry Gordy International Inc. and sold at Family Dollar stores.

Attorneys Steve Friedman and Serena Montague represented two surviving adult daughters of a woman who was fatally injured when employees of the adult care living center at which she lived failed to properly secure her wheelchair while transporting her in a van.  The Begam & Marks team convinced the living center's insurance carrier to settle the claim for a significant sum. This legacy will help the surviving daughters, who were devastated by Mom's early death, raise their own children - a tribute to the grandma the children will now never know.

Romaine lettuce that was found to be contaminated with E. coli O145, a strain that is primarily found in cattle and wildlife feces and has never before been linked to a food-borne illness, according to the CDC.  The problem may be more wide spread because few labs are able to detect this strain of E. coli.

Begam & Marks settled a case on behalf of 5 family members who were injured while driving on Interstate 10 West of Phoenix.  Partners Steve Friedman and Richard Traulsen recovered a  total of $775,000.00 on behalf of the family.  The family was slowing and pulling into the emergency lane to check their vehicle when an inattentive driver of an 18 wheel tractor trailer slammed into the back of their vehicle.  The impact forced them off the road where their vehicle rolled several times.