| Jan 10 |
Author ArchiveMassive wreck causes legal tangleA 79-car pile-up near Beaumont, Texas had authorities scrambling in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 5, 2012. News reports said that 54 people were taken to Beaumont area hospitals. Officials used the Jaws of Life to cut three victims out of wrecked cars. Victims injured in the accident were said have injuries ranging from broken bones to abrasions and whiplash. |
| Jan 09 |
Author ArchiveSan Antonio has Texas’ drunkest driversSan Antonio drivers, beware! The Alamo City now has the distinction, if you want to call it that, of being on a list of the “drunkest cities” in the United States. The list is compiled every year by The Daily Beast, a top-ranked national website for news and political blogs. The Daily Beast added San Antonio to its list on Jan. 2, 2012. |
| Oct 31 |
Author ArchiveTRAFFIC NEWS: Boy hit by car hospitalizedOctober 31, 2011: A 12-year old Houston boy was hit by a car late Sunday afternoon as he rode through an intersection in the New Territory area of Fort Bend. The driver of the car that struck the young victim was not charged in the incident. A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety said the boy rode through a red light at the intersection of Sandhill and Highway 99 when he was hit by a 2004 Lincoln sedan. The boy was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital.
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| Oct 26 |
Author ArchiveTRAFFIC NEWS: Tollway accident turns deadly as car overturnsOctober 26, 2011: Sam Houston Tollway was the scene of a fatal accident at 9:20 a.m.Police said a Chevrolet Trailblazer sped through a tool booth, hit a concrete divider, bounced off another divider and struck a Mercury Mountaineer. The Mountaineer rolled over, killing its passenger. The driver of the Trail Blazer was taken to the hospital. Police suspect he may be in the country illegally since he had no driver’s license or insurance. His passenger fled the scene.
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| Oct 26 |
Author ArchiveTRAFFIC NEWS: Houston red light crash kills one
A driver in north Harris County has died after his car was struck early Sunday morning in north Harris County by another driver who apparently ran a red light. The victim has been identified as Eduardo Devora. Devora died at Ben Taub Hospital. His car was eastbound on Frick in the 2500 block when a southbound green SUV Veteran’s Memorial Drive slammed into it. The case is under investigation.
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| Sep 27 |
Author ArchiveHit Bambi and die?
Why should you care? A deer can crater your car if you hit one. Or even kill you. And the likelihood of that increases dramatically during the fall mating season. |
If you are driving on rural roads, or some far-flung suburban street near a large city or town, consider this: A white tail buck can stand four feet tall and weigh up to 300 pounds. They can run 36 miles an hour and jump eight feet into the air.| Aug 01 |
Author ArchiveFree legal advice: Stay off Facebook
Here’s what lawyers fear: A client is in a bad car wreck.The client is still in a cast and can’t work. The client puts a quick post on Facebook to let friends know that he’s feeling better than he expected just three weeks after the accident. Now the insurance company is reducing the amount it will pay the client for his accident. The Facebook post undercut his claim. The client could end up paying some medical bills out of his own pocket and not getting as much for his lost wages, pain and suffering. (more…) |
Ask a lawyer about Facebook and you’ll probably get this reply: “Post a new comment about your accident and you’ll cause a legal nightmare.”| Jul 13 |
Author ArchiveDrug company pays millions to victimsGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is paying a $41 million fine for selling contaminated drugs all over the United States. A GSK plant in Puerto Rico made the drugs between 2001 and 2004. They include the anti–nausea drug Kytril, the antibiotic ointment Bactroban, the anti-depressant Paxil CR and the diabetes drug Avandamet. The plant where the contaminated drugs were made was closed in 2009. In some cases, pills of different strengths were put in the same bottle. In others, pills of different types were packaged together. And in some cases, the medications were simply contaminated. (more…) |
| Jul 05 |
Author ArchiveU.S. Supreme Court makes it tough to trust generic drugs
That could be one result of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling against two women harmed by a generic drug. The ruling says victims do not have the right to sue a generic pill’s manufacturer if warning labels on the drug are inadequate. It also says the manufacturers are protected from legal liability if they don’t strengthen the warning labels as new risks associated with the drugs develop. (more…) |
Sales of generic drugs could take an abrupt nose dive when frightened consumers start insisting on name brand pills when they get prescriptions filled.| Apr 29 |
Author ArchiveToyota’s Troubles: Now it’s a Tundra recall
Toyota Motor Sales USA estimates that 0.5 percent of its 2011 Tundras have the defect. The company is recalling 51,000 models. Owners can expect a recall letter in the mail in the next several weeks. In the last year, the company has had to recall 14 million Toyotas to fix defects. Some were deadly. Faulty floor mats and sticky gas pedals are blamed for fatal accidents caused by cars that accelerated suddenly, reaching high rates of speed as they careened off the road with disastrous results. Another Toyota recall involved a glitch in braking software. Toyota is facing dozens of lawsuits in the United States filed on behalf of victims who were injured or killed in its vehicles. |
Attention owners of Toyota 2011 Tundras: Some of the trucks have a potentially dangerous glitch. These 2011 Tundras have a rear drive shaft that can break .