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When you need to find Texas personal injury lawyers such as a Houston, Dallas or San Antonio car accident attorney, auto accident lawyer, wrongful death lawyer, mesothelioma attorney, burn injury lawyer, brain injury attorney or 18 wheeler, semi truck, tractor trailer or big rig accident lawyer, engage Jim S. Adler & Associates. Jim  "the Hammer" Adler is managing partner and founder of Jim S. Adler & Associates, a firm of  Texas injury attorneys committed to helping aggrieved and injured people since 1973.


 

Distracted driving summit focuses outcry on car accidents from texting, calling

When driving, a moment's distraction can be fatal. Yet millions of Americans are distracted drivers, hooked on texting or cell-calling at the expense of road safety. Their distracted driving has caused thousands of car crashes with fatalities and injuries. Now public opinion, government action and common sense are turning the tide.


 

TV cameras cover latest Adler giveaway

Picture this: Attorney Jim Adler handing out 12,000 sox on a recent Saturday to kids whose families have no money to buy them. See it here on Hammer TV, Fox News, KPRC-TV, and Univision. “Why did I give sox? The Houston Independent School District told me sox are one of the great back-to-school needs for kids,” Adler said. “So, I bought 6,000 pair to give away.” 2,000 children from 10 elementary schools on Houston’s east side got the sox and other back-to-school supplies at the annual LaRosa Family Services event on Houston’s east side. Read more...


 

18 wheeler traffic safety

Drive defensively.” You’ve heard it all your life -- and perhaps you often do. After all, you want to survive. But perhaps you haven’t always felt the slogan applied. After all, when you’re cruising an open highway near an 18 wheeler truck, you know a professional is at the helm, and a pro should be watching out for you.
Rather, it’s the speeding sports cars zipping in and out of lanes which worry you, not lumbering leviathans that follow the posted limit. By comparison, they’re relatively stationary and safe to be around. Right?


 

Duragesic fentanyl patch overdose proves fatal

The Duragesic pain patch is used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain by slowly administering narcotic doses to patients whose pain can’t be managed with less potent medicine. Placed on the skin and lasting 72 hours, such patches gradually provide fentanyl gel, a highly concentrated drug which is 81 times stronger as a pain-killer than morphine. Clearly, misuse of a Duragesic pain patch can prove fatal. But also fatal can be millions of pain patches which have a defective fold-over.


 

Yamaha Rhino ATV accidents claim thousands

As Jim "the Hammer" Adler knows, just as rollovers have given SUVs (sport utility vehicles) a bad name, they’ve done the same for ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) such as the Yamaha Rhino. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, ATV driving leads to more than 700 deaths and more than 135,000 injuries annually in America, and about 30 per cent of those involve children. Texas is among the top five states for ATV deaths, along with Pennsylvania, California, West Virginia and Kentucky.


 
Harmful birth control Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella merit a defective drugs lawsuit
yazminWomen's birth control pills are designed to prevent pregnancy and, in some cases, combat acne, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). What they should not do is harm a woman. Yet defective oral contraceptive drugs Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella are known to do just that, leading to heart attacks, strokes and even death.

 
Toyota ex-lawyer's case could spark more SUV rollover car accident lawsuits
suv-rolloverCar accidents are sudden and fast, which can make their causes hard to determine. But one reason for a traffic accident can be clearly evident by its aftermath, and that is the manufacturing defect which leads to a rollover accident. Often involving an SUV, rollover accidents are among the most deadly on our roads, and the design flaws behind them certainly merit engaging an SUV rollover accident lawyer or attorney or a Texas car accident lawyer.

 
Drunk driving toll is like a war against innocent Americans
drunk_drivingEvery day, Americans hear, read or see news reports, then react with horror to war, famine, air crashes, hurricanes and other major calamities and natural disasters. Yet one of the most costly and horrific travesties in our society continues year after year without the unified and sustained outrage it merits, in part because it occurs in small increments which add up. Victims can find a lawyer with Adler & Associates to fight back.

 
Reglan lawsuits help today's victims and prevent future ones

reglanWhen it comes to the defective drug Reglan, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has had enough. This year the FDA issued its fabled "black box warning" -- its most severe admonition -- on the labeling for prescription pharmaceuticals containing the generic drug metoclopramide, also known under the brand name Reglan. Users are now formally warned that the drug which is often used to treat acid reflux or heartburn can be extremely dangerous.

 
OSP, or Oral Sodium Phosphate, can cause kidney failure
defective16Persons who undergo the unpleasantness of a colonoscopy to find possible health dangers may experience severe health problems as a result of the exam. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an urgent national warning -- including a so-called "box warning" -- for products using OSP, or Oral Sodium Phosphate. Sold both over-the-counter and via prescription, OSP often is taken as a laxative to clean out the bowels prior to an exam such as a colonoscopy.

 
Stanford customers may need an investment fraud lawyer
fraudHave you been impacted by alleged Stanford Financial Group investment fraud? If so, an experienced investment fraud lawyer with  Jim S. Adler & Associates can help. Fill out a free case evaluation form online or call 1-800-505-1414 to speak to a legal representative and find an attorney to launch the process of gaining your financial recovery.
 
Raptiva for psoriasis patients merits defective drug lawsuit
raptivaAgain, a defective drug unleashed by a pharmaceutical company may be endangering many Americans. In this case it is Raptiva, a psoriasis drug which could cause a serious brain infection and even result in death.

The Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 19 issued an advisory citing three confirmed cases -- and a possible fourth case -- of persons being diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) after they were treated with Raptiva.
 
Teen drunk driving sparks social hosting laws
drunk and driveParents who try to do everything for their children don't necessarily help them, but hurt them. Take the fact that many parents are providing alcohol to their children who are under drinking age. Such children then can hurt themselves and others, particularly while driving. In fact, On Jan. 24, 2009, a 16-year-old boy in Georgia died upon crashing his car into an oncoming vehicle after reportedly being served alcohol by a friend's mother.
 
More salmonella food poisoning in peanut butter threatens
peanut_butter_salmonellaAgain, an outbreak of potentially deadly salmonella food poisoning is afflicting Americans, but this time it's more clear-cut than in 2008, when authorities labored for weeks to find the source, first blaming tomatoes, then jalapenos, and finally pinpointing the origin to Serrano peppers grown in Mexico.
 
Hospital-acquired infections are a hidden epidemic
hospitalBy definition, hospitals are supposed to boost our health. But they often do quite the opposite. An estimated 2 million Americans annually acquire infections in hospitals, and 90,000 of them die -- twice the number of those who die in all traffic accidents. In fact, more people die from hospital-acquired infections than die from traffic accidents, AIDS and breast cancer combined.
 
A car accident lawyer can attack cell phone distractions

cellphone_signMillions of Americans use cell phones while driving. But safe Americans never do, because facts are facts: Cell phone distractions cause enormous losses in lives, injuries and property damage. Study after study proves it, and every day drivers see such distractions, whether they lead to a car accident or not. You can find a lawyer or attorney with Adler & Associates to battle back.

 
SUVs kill three, hurt six in rollover accident spree
SUVs kill three and hurt six in 24 hours in deadly rollover accident spree “Tell ‘em. Tell ‘em again. Tell ‘em you told ‘em.” It’s a formula for writing TV news stories. But no matter how many times TV carries reports about deadly accidents in SUVs, folks don’t seem to get the message:  rollover wrecks are killers. So Jim Adler, a successful rollover accident lawyer, is reminding you of the danger even though the latest deadly rollover spree got plenty of news coverage.
 
Ike woes? A Texas hurricane insurance fraud lawyer can help
Ike may bring spike in insurance fraudIn the wake of Hurricane Ike, thousands of homeowners face struggles to repair and restore their homes – struggles in which their homeowners insurance is a vital element. But while Ike has spurred a strong sense of community and a rallying spirit in neighborhoods, that same spirit may not extend to all insurance companies or to all contractors offering their services to clean up or repair.
 
Drunk driving fatalities take no holiday
Drunk driving fatalities take no holidayWith America on the verge of a hazardous holiday weekend, Americans finally get some good news on the drunk driving front – though only to a point. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says drunk driving fatalities for 2007 dropped in 32 states. Meanwhile, America’s drunk driving fatality total fell from nearly 13,500 in 2006 to 12,998 in 2007.