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Construction Accident and Death at New Dallas County Stadium Site

Posted on June 17, 2008
A second construction related accident at the Dallas Cowboy stadium in less than a week ended in a fatality. Timothy Mackinnon, 45 years old, of Arlington, Texas died on Saturday when he touched a high-voltage line. He was performing an electrical test when he touched the power line and became wedged between the ladder and a wall...

Contractor Sued After Daughter's Death

Posted on June 16, 2008
A 12 year old Shasta County resident died in a subdivision construction site incident last summer. Tess Marie Stevens jumped to grab a metal bar which hooks onto front-end loaders and are used to pick up equipment. When she grabbed the bar, it toppled back on her, crushing her skull...

Assisted Living Facilities

Posted on June 10, 2008
Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) are a welcomed alternative to nursing homes for many families. However, there are issues which arise with these facilities and expose their owners to liability. The most common problem, I have seen in the cases I have handled, are that the needs change for the resident and the ALF is no longer able to adequately provide for the needs of the individual yet the ALF continues to allow the resident at the facility and the ALF continues to receive a large monthly check...

Deadly Intersections

Posted on June 09, 2008
Three major accidents have happened in the last week at the intersection of Vance Jackson and Border Mill. The city is taking action and putting a 4-way stop to hopefully decrease these deadly accidents in this area. A woman was killed crossing the street and the latest accident took a homeowner's fence down...

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FIRMS TO PAY $3M IN CAR WRECK DEATHS

Posted on June 04, 2008
In Robertson County, the families of four victims killed in a construction related car wreck were awarded a multimillion dollar judgment. T.J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc. out of Fort Worth, Young Contractors, Inc. out of Bryan and W.W. Webber, LLC out of Houston were ordered to pay $3,036,800...

HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA (HIT)

Posted on May 30, 2008
Wikipedia defines Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) as: "Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) with or without thrombosis (HITT) is thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts) due to the administration of heparin. While it is mainly associated with unfractionated heparin (UFH), it can also occur with exposure to low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH), but at significantly lower rates...

Elderly Dementia Patients Given Antipsychotic Drugs

Posted on May 29, 2008
Canadian researchers said on Monday that elderly patients with dementia that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs are three times more at risk for serious health problems or dying within a month of treatment. Some of the health issues include infections and heart problems prompting the U...

End for Anti Bleeding Drug, Trasylol

Posted on May 28, 2008
In November of 2007, after initial reports were given to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Bayer AG, the maker of the drug Trasylol (also know as aprotinin), agreed to temporarily suspend sales and marketing of Trasylol. The New England Journal of Medicine released the results from the Blood Conservation Using Antifibrinolytics in a Randomized Trial (BART) study...

Motorcycle Deaths Increase

Posted on May 27, 2008
Already this year the deaths from motorcycle accidents have almost doubled the amount from last year in San Antonio. Police have tallied 13 deaths this year compared to 8 for entire year of 2007. Although statewide statistics are not immediately available, Texas Department of Public Safety's Motorcycle Safety coordinator John Young reports that he has heard of an increase throughout the state...

Top Ten Accident Locations in San Antonio

Posted on May 23, 2008
A report was recently released by the San Antonio Police Department regarding crashes and fatalities in San Antonio in 2006. The following is a list of the top 10 locations with the most accidents: 1st: U...

Rise in Construction Accidents Prompts OSHA Investigation

Posted on May 21, 2008
OSHA, a federal or state agency under the Department of Labor that publishes and enforces workplace safety, is under review due to recent construction accident deaths in Las Vegas and other cities. A workforce protection subcommittee will review whether the safety standards of OSHA are acceptable and being followed...

Construction Accident Crushes Worker

Posted on May 20, 2008
Juan Manuel Barron of Tyler was working on a scissor lift installing drywall at the Lane's Chapel United Methodist Church when he was crushed against a ceiling beam. A scissor lift is a type of platform which usually only moves in a vertical plane...

Tort Reform Benefits Insurance in Texas

Posted on May 19, 2008
Conservative Fox News investigated the benefits of Tort Reform in Texas and finds it was not needed, hasn't worked but has sure made a lot of money for the insurance companies. According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, companies selling medical malpractice insurance in Texas made $807,325,106 profit in the first three years following tort reform...

Construction Accident Kills an Austin Man

Posted on May 16, 2008
A 40 year-old man who worked for L&O Electric, Inc. was killed this morning at the Chatsworth Products plant. He was crushed between a wall and a metal cage on the front of a fork lift. Employees administered CPR until Georgetown firefighters and Williamson County EMS arrived...

Squeaking Hips - Is It Grandpa's Ceramic Hip?

Posted on May 15, 2008
Artificial hips have a basic design: a socket implanted in the pelvis, into which a spherical head is fitted. A spike is attached to the head which his driven into the femur, or thigh bone for anchorage. Hip replacements are very common and more than 250,000 Americans get hip implants each year...

Accountability for Trooper in Daughters' Death

Posted on May 14, 2008
A mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an Illinois State Trooper who was involved in a car wreck during a police pursuit that killed her daughters. She is seeking $24 million in damages and hopes to hold law enforcers accountable. The lawsuit is about justice...

Class Action Lawsuit on Kitchen Stoves

Posted on May 13, 2008
A huge class action lawsuit was settled by Sears involving as many as 4 million customers and costing the retailer $546 million. Most customers are not aware that stoves without safety brackets are dangerous. The facts are as follows: 1...

Nurses with Criminal Records

Posted on May 12, 2008
A television station research licensed nurses in Texas and found that more than one in 20 had a criminal record. The station compared the records with the licensing board and Texas Department of Public Safety criminal database. Such offenses included murder, kidnapping, and arson...

Dangerous Contraceptive Patch

Posted on May 09, 2008
Public Citizen has filed a petition with the FDA requesting that the Ortho-Evra patch be removed from the shelf within six months. The patch has been found to release dangerously high levels of estrogen which pose an increase risk of blood clots...

Border Patrol's Family Sues GM and Tire Company

Posted on May 08, 2008
In November 2006, Agent David Webb was killed in a rollover accident while driving a border patrol vehicle. There were no other vehicles involved and Agent Webb was wearing his seat belt. He was driving a 1997 Tahoe when the tread separated from the right rear tire...

More Suits Filed in Heparin Case

Posted on May 07, 2008
Lawsuits are being filed every day regarding the tainted doses of the blood thinner Heparin. Another fatality involved a Missouri retiree who died as a result of an allergic reaction to the tainted drug Heparin on the day the company Covidien, Inc...

Public Alert for the Mentally Ill

Posted on May 06, 2008
After a month of anguish, a San Antonio family has found their mentally ill mother in Dallas. Marguerite "Margie" Hockley, age 48, was reported to be schizophrenic. The missing person alert was cancelled April 8th after Hockley was located and interviewed by San Antonio police who concluded she was not a threat to herself or others and did not exhibit mental problems warranting taking her in for a competency exam...

Patient Dies at Nursing Home

Posted on May 05, 2008
Felicia Ann Engle of Boaz, 20 years old, was placed in Golden Living Center due to terminal kidney disease. Her elderly father was unable to take care of her needs. On April 3, 2008 at approximately 3:00 p.m. she began yelling for the nurses to come help her as she was in excruciating pain...

Four Dead After Head-On Collision

Posted on May 02, 2008
Darrel Avery, a 38-year old driver of an SUV, was driving erratically and killed 3 innocent victims in Bastrop, Texas prompting an investigation into this tragic fatal collision. Cara Crisler, age 27 and her two daughters, Kelsey Harris and Talena Harris ages 8 and 4 respectively, died as a result of Avery's negligence...

Texas Supreme Court Ruling Involving The Injured Worker

Posted on May 01, 2008
BP families and Citgo blast survivors visited the Capitol to encourage lawmakers to undo the Texas Supreme Court's misguided decision in a high-profile workplace injury case, Entergy v. Summers. The Texas Supreme Court decision last year ruled that an injured contract worker could not sue the company because he was covered under their workers' compensation policy...

Study of Blood Product Should Not Have Gone Forward

Posted on April 30, 2008
A new report is critical of a national study of an experimental blood substitute, PolyHeme, in critically injured patients never should have been allowed to take place due to the fact that earlier studies of similar products had shown them to be dangerous...

Workers' Compensation vs. Non-Subscriber

Posted on April 28, 2008
Texas employers can opt out of workers' compensation and become a non-subscriber. A non-subscriber is a Texas employer who does not purchase workers' compensation insurance for their employees. Some employers opt out of workers' compensation due to high premiums...

How can I find out if my physician has been sued for medical malpractice?

Posted on April 23, 2008
There are several resources to research whether your physician has been sued. They all have weaknesses and it is also important to remember that most all medical malpractice settlements are confidential. One avenue to research is looking online at the county where the physician practices to see if there are any lawsuits listed...

School Bus Hits Young Girl

Posted on April 21, 2008
A 6 year old girl was running late for school when tragedy struck. Her school bus was pulling out of her apartment complex when she tried to run after the bus hoping the bus driver would see her. The bus driver did not see her and ran her over...

Subrogation in Personal Injury Claims

Posted on April 18, 2008
Subrogation is a difficult concept for most people to understand. Essentially, it allows for the health insurance company to recoup funds they have paid when the person is injured by a third party. In my office, we work diligently for our clients on this issue...

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