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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

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Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Drug Maker Mylan Agrees to Settle Medicaid Case for $65 Million

Posted on December 31, 2010
The drug maker Mylan Inc. has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against it by both the U.S. government and the State of Texas. The suit alleges that Mylan artificially inflated prescription drug prices, causing Medicaid to pay the company...

No Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits in 2011

Posted on December 30, 2010
This was a foregone conclusion, but there will be no increase in veterans pension or compensation benefits for 2011. I wrote previously about no increase in Social Security disability or retirement benefits, and because veterans benefits are based on the...

Big Business Finds Friends on U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on December 30, 2010
The New York Times tells us what most lawyers already know ? that the Supreme Court of the United States is very "business-friendly." Not as much so as the Texas Supreme Court, but that would be a hard record to...

Texas Auto Liability Insurance Limits Increase January 1, 2011

Posted on December 28, 2010
Here's a sliver of good news for people who may get involved in a car wreck in 2011 or after. The automobile insurance liability limits that were raised from the decades-old minimum of $20,000 to $25,000 in 2008 will increase...

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Med Schools Flunk at Keeping Faculty Off Pharmaceutical Speaking Circuit

Posted on December 27, 2010
I've written several times about pharmaceutical companies paying doctors to shill for them. Speak-for-fee has gotten enough bad publicity recently that fewer doctors are accepting money from the drug companies to tout certain medications. But, as a lengthy article at...

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2010
Here's wishing a very Merry Christmas (or whatever other holiday you may be celebrating) to all my friends. I love this Nativity Story for the millenial generation:

Friday Fun

Posted on December 24, 2010
This is one holiday song we can all relate to ? the Christmas Can-Can:

The Medical Implants Loophole

Posted on December 24, 2010
"The brief and troubled life of DePuy?s A.S.R. hip points to a medical implant system that is piecemeal and broken on many fronts, critics say." This quote is at the heart of a lengthy article in the New York Times....

Editorial: Preventable Medical Mistakes Take Intolerable Toll

Posted on December 23, 2010
Preventable hospital negligence and medical malpractice cause far too many patient deaths each year. A recent editorial in USA Today put this in perspective. Here are excerpts: If a 747 jetliner crashed every day, killing all 500 people aboard, there...

After Dozens of Deaths, Drop-Side Cribs Outlawed

Posted on December 22, 2010
I know that you, and your parents, and probably your grandparents, used drop-side cribs as infants, and you all turned out just fine. But these cribs are dangerous, and after a couple of years of writing about their dangers, I...

Featured Link - Safest Vehicles for 2011

Posted on December 22, 2010
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its annual list of safest vehicles. You can see the entire list on the Top Safety Picks page.

Allstate Will Increase Insurance Rates Next Month for Texas Homeowners

Posted on December 21, 2010
I have written many, many times, here and elsewhere, about the ridiculous homeowners insurance system we have in Texas. For years Texas has had the highest homeowners premiums in the nation, surpassed for a brief time only by hurricane-prone Florida....

Ten Costly Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for Medicare

Posted on December 20, 2010
The annual enrollment period for Medicare runs through the month of December. For those who have not yet made a decision, here is a list of ten mistakes to avoid, provided by PlanPrescriber, a subsidiary of eHealth, Inc. 10 Costly...

Darvon and Darvocet Painkillers Pulled From U.S. Market

Posted on December 20, 2010
Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc., the manufacturer of the painkillers Darvon and Darvocet has agreed to stop marketing those drugs in the Untied State. A new study has linked Darvon and Darvocet to serious and sometimes fatal heart rhythm abnormalities. This action...

Senate Food-Safety Bill Strengthens FDA Authority

Posted on December 20, 2010
The Washington Post (12/20, Layton) reports, "A bill that would overhaul the nation's food-safety laws for the first time since the Great Depression came roaring back to life Sunday as Senate Democrats struck a deal with Republicans that helped overcome...

Featured Link - ClickCheckAndProtect.org

Posted on December 18, 2010
Click, Check, and Protect is a program by Consumer Reports to help consumers find out if products they are considering obtaining have been recalled for safety reasons. It's a worthwhile effort, and there's a lot of good information here.

Friday Fun

Posted on December 17, 2010
You just won't believe how funny this is until you see it. It's an episode of Judge Judy slowed to half-speed. Everyone looks and sounds totally wasted. And to top it off, the dispute is about a broken toilet!

Hidden Hazard of Crib Bumpers

Posted on December 16, 2010
The Chicago Tribune published an important article about the hazards of crib bumpers. I recommend this story for all parents of young kids. The main point is that babies can suffocate if their faces become wedged between the mattress and...

Social Security?s Online Retirement Estimator Available in Spanish

Posted on December 15, 2010
Announcement from the Social Security Administration: Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency?s most popular online service ? the Retirement Estimator ? is now available in Spanish at www.segurosocial.gov/calculador...

Air Bags May Have Failed In Hundreds Of Fatal Accidents

Posted on December 14, 2010
Here's a disturbing report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as reported by WSMV-TV in Nashville. According to the television station, an internal memo at NHTSA estimates that air bags failed in 576 fatal auto collisions in the six-year...

Seriously? Wizard of Oz Glasses Are For Adults?

Posted on December 13, 2010
This is a decision I would have expected from the previous Administration, but not from the current one. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has reversed a decision it made last month. The original decision was for a recall of sets...

Doctors Disciplined by Texas Medical Board Still Earn Money from Drug Firms

Posted on December 13, 2010
The drug companies never cease to amaze me. When they can't find reputable doctors to tout their products, they hire doctors who have been disciplined by the Texas Medical Board. This behavior was documented in a recent article in the...

Patient Care Compromised by Drug Makers' Price Inflation Scheme

Posted on December 09, 2010
The AP (12/7, Caldwell) reported Abbot Laboratories Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc., and Roxane Laboratories Inc. "agreed to pay more than $421 million to settle allegations that the companies reported inflated prices for numerous products," according to the Justice Department...

Victory for Texas Consumers in Health Insurance Rule Change

Posted on December 08, 2010
In an important and increasingly rare victory for Texas consumers, the Insurance Commisioner, Mike Geeslin, has declared that insurance companies can no longer use "discretionary clauses" in certain policies. This new rule will apply to life, disability, and health insurance,...

Doctor Facing Suits Over Heart Stents Hired as Medical-Device Sales Consultant

Posted on December 07, 2010
The Wall Street Journal (12/6, Mundy, Burton) reports a Senate investigation of the medical-device industry revealed that Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories hired as a sales advisor Mark Midei, a cardiologist who was banned from a Baltimore hospital for implanting hundreds of...

NHTSA Proposes Mandatory Backup Cameras in All New Cars by 2014

Posted on December 06, 2010
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed requiring backup cameras on all new vehicles by 2014 to prevent drivers from backing over pedestrians. This is going to cost automakers (and auto buyers) more than $2 billion, but I think...

Friday Fun

Posted on December 03, 2010
Here's a nifty little site that let's you choose any year in the past 150 years, and click to see a video relating to that year.

Dosing Instructions for Children's Medicines Confusing and Potentially Dangerous

Posted on December 02, 2010
The Los Angeles Times (12/1, Roan) reports that, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "many over-the-counter, liquid medications meant for children contain dosing instructions and measuring cups or droppers that...

Texas Among Worst States at Preventing Drunken Driving Fatalities

Posted on December 01, 2010
Texas ranks among the 10 states that have done the least to prevent alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Most personal injury lawyers have known that for a long time, but the National Transportation Safety Board made it official in a report released...

Texas Legislature Must Cut Homeowners Insurance Costs

Posted on November 30, 2010
I've written about the ridiculously high cost of homeowners insurance in Texas many times, most recently this November 18. Now the Beaumont Enterprise has published an editorial on this subject, and I completely agree with the newspaper. Here are excerpts:...

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