Posts tagged general personal injury

• Stopping Plavix May Cause More Blood Clots

  Beth Janicek | February 07, 2008 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A study was done on patients that were given Plavix (a blood clot preventer) after a heart attack or receiving a stent. The study showed that these patients are at a higher risk of heart attack or death within the three months after stopping the medication.The study showed that the patients were getting more blood clots due to the suggested "rebound effect". The study tracked patients with...

• Tort Reform Doesn't Help Health Care Systems

  Brooks Schuelke | January 21, 2008 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Texas Watch has recently released a new study that finds that states with no "tort reform" have better health care systems than those with "reform," The executive summary of the study reads:In state after state, patients continue to be told that the silver bullet for improving healthcare is to enact severe and arbitrary limits on patient access to the legal system. The argument made by...

• Tips for Burn Injuries

  Brooks Schuelke | February 08, 2008 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This is National Burn Awareness Week. In my 13 or so years of doing this, I have seen few injuries that are more painful and devastating than severe burn injuries. In honor of some of those victims, I thought I would post links to a few resources to help us prevent burn injuries.Shriner's Hospitals Tips To Avoid Burn Injuries --- starting a year-long emphasis on gasoline misuseRemember that...

• Frivolous Defenses, part 3

  Brooks Schuelke | March 15, 2008 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I have a long-held belief that one of the root causes behind the increase in cost of litigation is the occurrence of more and more frivolous defenses asserted by insurance companies and defense lawyers. Today marks my third story about frivolous defenses, and this story comes from a 2006 patent case in Tyler. That case involved a suit against Microsoft. The judge found that Microsoft's...

• Tort Reform and Frivolous Defenses, Part 2

  Brooks Schuelke | March 06, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As stated in a tort reform post earlier, I believe one of the big problems driving the cost of litigation is insurance companies and defense lawyers asserting frivolous defenses and taking frivolous positions. I have griped and moaned about the lack of coverage, but I haven't done anything about it. Now, I'm going to quit being lazy and try to highlight some of these situations.In November of...

• Fake Personal Injury Claims - the dark side of personal injury law

  Brooks Schuelke | December 19, 2007 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Philadelphia area lawyer was charged this week with allegedly having associates fake personal injury accidents and make claims based on those fake accidents. That this is wrong, illegal, and a blight on the profession goes without saying. But I'm just curious how this could happen in today's world. We keep track of how various insurance companies, and even adjusters, treat cases, and I...

• Text Messaging An Increasing Cause of Auto Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | March 05, 2008 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There have been numerous stories lately emphasizing that text messaging while driving (an increasingly frequent occurrence) significantly increases the risk of auto accidents. For example, one study finds that a person texting while driving is six times more likely to be involved in a car wreck. And one study finds that texting is the number one distraction for teen drivers. But statistics are...

• Boy Killed By Pit Bull Mauling

  Beth Janicek | September 13, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On August 31, 2007, a 6-year-old boy was mauled to death by his family's pit bull. The mother was outside of the house and the dog and child were inside. This dog attack came a day before the new Texas law, Lillian's Law, went in to effect. The law will allow felony charges to be filed against the owner of a dog that kills or seriously injures someone. The law has a punishment of prison...

• German Shepherd Attacks Nine Year Old

  Beth Janicek | March 28, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Jakob Kelso of Columbus, Indiana was attacked by a friend's dog. The dog attacked his face, puncturing his cheek and nose and knocking out a tooth. Jakob Kelso needed over 100 stitches on the outside of his face and more inside his mouth. The owner has quarantined the dog and plans to destroy it.

• Text Messaging While Driving

  Brooks Schuelke | March 11, 2008 8:06 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  One of the hot topics in prevention of auto accidents is how to reduce the number of people (particularly teens) who text message while driving. There are numerous statistics, but I find that the video from the news story below shows a lot more than mere numbers. The story follows a Clemson study that puts teen drivers in a driving simulator and asks them to text message while "driving" in...