Posts tagged wrongful death

• New 18 Wheeler Accidents Yet Again Raise the Need for More Industry Regulation

  Robert Wolf | December 18, 2006 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Two new deadly 18-wheeler accidents, which have occurred in consecutive days along I-20 (which connects Louisiana and Texas, among other states), raise new concerns over 18 Wheelers and the lack of regulation for this industry. How many more people are going to have to be seriously injured or killed before there is a loud enough public outcry such that state (and federal) legislatures will take...

• Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 30, 2012 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to medical experts, NuvaRing (etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring) users are prone to serious and life-threatening NuvaRing blood clots, known as venous thromboembolism, and...

• Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Side Effects Joke Is On You

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 14, 2012 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Remember the old Chinese proverb, fool me once... Medtronic faces an increasing number of product liability and personal injury lawsuit. Most recently, a Louisiana man, filed a lawsuit...

• Fatal SUV Accident On I-45 South

  Robert Binstock | September 13, 2006 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Shortly before 8:00 am this morning, my cell phone rang and a friend alerted me to what I already suspected based on the brake lights I was seeing in all five lanes of I-45 North near Spring-Stuebner Road. Yet another major automobile accident on this well-traveled interstate highway was delaying commuters from Montgomery County and adding at least an hour to the daily trip to downtown Houston....

• Swimming Pool Toddler and Child Death Awareness

  Jeff Weinstein | May 22, 2012 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Every year at this time we read of deaths of toddlers and children associated with falling into pools or lakes and drowning. I just read about a 3 year old that died in Laredo from an incident...

• Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism Can Be Deadly

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 15, 2012 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to a Danish report, some women using hormonal contraceptives other than birth control pills have an increased risk for serious blood clots. These alternate hormone-releasing...

• Hospital Announces New Patient MRSA Testing

  Courtney Mills | 2007-11-01T14:50:29 | 0 Comments Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Loyola University Medical Center made the announcement this week that the hospital will begin evaluating all new patients for staph infections. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSAs) are the type of bacterial infections that do not respond to treatment with antibiotics. The new policy comes in the wake of a $25 million dollar wrongful death suit filed this week by the...

• Texas Joshua School District Sued For Bullying Wrongful Death

  Shezad Malik MD JD | 2011-03-29T13:26:00 | 0 Comments Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I am outraged and saddened at this tragic Cleburne school bullying death case. Now I known and have witnessed first hand bullying in school and in colleges. And as we can see bullying exerts a...

• Texas Slip and Fall Lawsuit Update

  Shezad Malik MD JD | 2011-12-09T15:49:00 | 0 Comments Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  As a Texas medical doctor and Personal Injury attorney, I am providing this information and commentary, in time for the Christmas holiday shopping. Premises liability victims have been injured...

• Tragedy Strikes Again With Kids and Cars

  Jeff Weinstein | 2012-05-16T19:49:36 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Everyday in this country tragedy strikes homes when family members accidentally harm other family members using their cars. Most cases involve backing up. Over 50 children a week are backed...