Posts tagged texas

• Texas Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

  Brandy Miller | April 11, 2012 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  I read an article in The Texas Tribune about a doctor of Indian descent who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Citizens Medical Center located in Victoria, Texas. The doctor who filed the...

• "Robbing YOU to pay Peter and Paul!"

  J. Robert Davis | December 15, 2011 7:14 PM | 0 CommentsThe Alamo City, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  My client suffered horrible and permanent injuries. The motorist who struck her had minimum limits of insurance. My client’s father, however, being a conscientious and responsible family...

• Texas Drivers Encounter Problems When Making Auto Claims

  Beth Janicek | November 18, 2011 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week I told you about problems Texans were having when making first party claims against their own property insurance companies. This week there is another report of insurance companies denying...

• Texas Medical Expert Report Ruled Constitutional

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 08, 2011 10:15 PM | 2 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a Texas medical doctor and Medical Malpractice attorney, I am providing this case law update and commentary. As part of Texas's tort reform laws, enacted by the Texas legislature in 2003, one...

• Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Cancer Concerns

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 08, 2011 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to the findings of a new medical study, presented at the North American Spine Society, Medtronic’s Infuse bone graft product maybe linked to an increased risk of cancer. There is...

• Farmer’s Insurance Leads State in Consumer Complaints

  Beth Janicek | November 06, 2011 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Antonio Express News recently reported that Farmers Insurance received the most consumer complaints concerning homeowner claims for the last year. The findings were compiled by Texas Watch,...

• Mexican Trucks Begin Entering Texas

  Beth Janicek | October 26, 2011 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A new pilot program is set to launch in the United States which will allow trucks from Mexico to enter the country. Previously, truckers from Mexico would drop their cargo at the border, where a...

• Worker Killed in Industrial Workplace Incident at Texas Instruments in Dallas

  Bryan Pope | October 12, 2011 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A worker at a Texas Instruments plant in Dallas, Texas was killed Monday in a major incident. Apparently, there was an explosion at a water purifier which resulted in the worker being impaled by the...

• Homebuilder Sentenced for Theft from Elderly

  Beth Janicek | October 04, 2011 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A San Antonio homebuilder was sentenced this week to deferred adjudication for stealing from an elderly customer in 2008. Frank Kurkal, a WWII Veteran, hired the homebuilder to build a home on...

• Massive Explosion and Fire at Texas Chemical Plant Causes Public Safety Concerns

  Bryan Pope | October 03, 2011 7:19 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A huge explosion this morning at the Magnablend chemical plant in Waxahachie, Texas caused a massive fire which created a potentially dangerous situation for the area around the plant. According to...