Litigation

Texting While Driving Is Deadly

Posted on May 21, 2013
By Brooke Cohen: I'm not sure even where to start writing here. As a mother I was heartbroken to hear the news of the young sixteen-year-old girl named Savannah Nash who died this weekend as she ran her car into a tractor-trailer -- an accident that investigators have found most likely was caused by her texting while driving...

The Dark Side of Generic Drugs

Posted on May 20, 2013
Dinesh Thakur was a whistleblower for the generic drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories in Gurgaon, India, 20 miles south of New Delhi. Due to his efforts, on May 13 of this year, Ranbaxy pleaded guilty to seven federal criminal counts of selling adulterated drugs with intent to defraud, failing to report that its drugs didn't meet FDA specifications and intentionally making false statements to the government...

Transvaginal Mesh and the Wall Street Journal

Posted on May 15, 2013
Author:  Brooke Cohen The Wall Street Journal put out a timely article today entitled 'Outcomes are Mixed for Pelvic Procedure'. I say timely because the product-liability lawsuits against five manufacturers of transvaginal mesh are in full swing, and as a female attorney who is handling mesh cases, this article most definitely caught my eye when it quoted a study published in the Journal of American Medical Association finding, 'long-term benefits are limited for women who undergo an operation to treat a common condition called pelvic organ prolapse, which can lead to urinary problems and discomfort...

US Officials Want To Lower Drunken Driving Threshold To .05 Blood Alcohol Levels

Posted on May 14, 2013
According to the Associated Press, a federal safety board just recommended that states should cut their drunken driving threshold by nearly 1/2, from .08 blood alcohol level to .05.  Apparently research shows that the .05 standard has significantly reduced deaths in other countries...

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Parents Miss Warning on Toddlers' Cold Medicine

Posted on May 14, 2013
According to last month's poll by researches at the University of Michigan, 42% of parents gave over-the-counter cough and cold medications to their children under the age of 4.  Additionally, 44% gave them multi-symptom cough and cold medications...

Zolpidem ER Visits On The Rise

Posted on May 13, 2013
Zolpidem is a prescription sleep medication that is sending more and more people to emergency rooms from its serious side effects.  Never heard of Zolpidem?  Well, I bet you've heard of Ambien.  Zolpidem is the active ingredient in Ambien, Ambien, CR, Edluar and Zolpimist...

Texting And Driving: A Deadly Combination

Posted on May 13, 2013
We all know the dangers of texting and driving. With so many public service campaigns warning us, how could we not?   But knowing and acting are two different things.   You're behind the wheel of your car, paying close attention to the road...

Texas Bounce House Operators Must Carry Liability. Why Not Fertilizer Plants Like The One In West?

Posted on May 09, 2013
Karl Magerheimer owns a family bounce house business for which Texas law requires him to carry $1 million in liability insurance. Of course, kids get hurt by bounce houses that are not properly secured and flip over. So this law is not unreasonable.  Other businesses required to have insurance covering injuries, deaths and property damage – home exterminators, air conditioning repairmen, tow truck drivers and many more...

One Woman's Story of The Horrors of Surgical Mesh

Posted on May 08, 2013
Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) affects approximately 13 million American women.  This embarrassing condition can literally change a woman's life, as she never knows when she'll leak urine while coughing, laughing, sneezing, having intercourse or performing virtually any physical activity...

Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan Have A 75% Higher Mortality Rate Behind The Wheel

Posted on May 06, 2013
As we all know, many veterans must deal with the devastating effects of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).  But that's not the only problem soldiers face.  Believe it or not, veterans of both wars have a 75% higher rate of fatal motor vehicle accidents than civilians...

Safety For Workers, And Its Cost - Accidents And Lives.

Posted on May 03, 2013
One primary reason that industrial and manufacturing companies don't take better precautions?  Why, money of course. Most companies are in the business of making money, period.  And the risk to their workers becomes secondary to that goal.  West, Texas…anyone?See the full article below from The Huffington Post...

Offshore Workers Death Rate 7x Higher Than US Workers

Posted on May 02, 2013
According to a new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offshore oil and gas workers are seven times more likely to die on the job than average US workers. From 2003 to 2010, the CDC revealed that 128 people died in such accidents as 2010's Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, which killed eleven people...

Workplace Accidents Kill Hundreds More Than Terrorist Attacks

Posted on April 25, 2013
Given all the initial press surrounding Boston, MA and West, TX, labor advocates are attempting to put the spotlight on an important issue – workplace safety.  Various groups pushing for safety at the workplace or in factories claim that hazardous conditions are mostly ignored by the media and general public...

Don't Text and Drive

Posted on April 25, 2013
According to a recent article in the Texas Tribune, texting and driving may become illegal later this year and rightly so.  Most of us are guilty of looking at texts while behind the wheel. For some reason, we're unable to resist the temptation...

Irving, Texas Bus Crash Update

Posted on April 19, 2013
On April 11, 2013, a tragic bus collision occurred on the President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 161) in Irving, Texas.  The bus was carrying many elderly citizens to Choctaw Casino in Oklahoma.  For an unknown reason, the bus driver lost control of the bus and it flipped on its side...

Drug Research Company Caught Red-handed. Now What?

Posted on April 18, 2013
Cetero Research, a Houston-based firm that researched safety and effectiveness for drug companies throughout the world got busted.  On May 3, 2010, agents from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) visited the firm to investigate a former employee's claim that the company fraudulently manipulated records and test data...

Bus Accident Should Cause Awareness For Better Safety

Posted on April 11, 2013
Around 9 a.m. this morning, there was a bus accident on Bush Turnpike in Irving, Texas.  The bus hit a rubber crash barrier on the east side of the tollway, swerved across two lanes of traffic, crashed into the middle concrete barrier, and finally flipped over onto the grassy area in the middle of the turnpike...

18-Wheeler Accidents in Texas

Posted on April 01, 2013
Driving next to 18-wheelers can be both scary and dangerous. The large and powerful force of a semi-truck roaring down the road is intimidating to drivers of smaller vehicles, trucks, and motorcycles. 18-wheelers are involved in some of the biggest and deadliest accidents across America...

Motorcycle Accidents in Texas

Posted on March 25, 2013
Texas is one of the most beautiful states for driving a motorcycle. With almost every kind of terrain and weather, wide open spaces, and long stretches of highway, you can pick and choose your riding scenery without ever having to cross the state. This is probably one reason that Texas has over 400,000 registered motorcycles...

Spanish Speakers are the Fastest Growing Demographic in the United States

Posted on March 18, 2013
Currently the Hispanic population in the US is approximately 50,500,000. Latinos represent 16% of the US population, and are expected to grow to 27.8% by 2050.  They accounted for more than half of the 2.3 million persons increase in the last year...

Deadly statistics for Auto accidents in Texas

Posted on March 11, 2013
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) FARS Data, Texas is the most dangerous state for drivers in the US with over 3,000 traffic related fatalities reported in 2011. Most of these drivers were between the ages of 25-34...

Johnson & Johnson Lawsuits Over Transvaginal Mesh Implants

Posted on February 26, 2013
Transvaginal mesh implants used in surgery – not a fun subject by any means. But worst of all, these implants have been a living hell for the women who suffered the horrible symptoms associated with them. Today an Atlantic City, New Jersey jury awarded $3...

Top Causes of Car Wrecks in the US

Posted on February 25, 2013
Although automobile manufactures are always coming out with new and improved safety features, car accidents remain a leading cause of death and injury in the United States.   According to the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration), the amount of traffic accidents has slowly decreased in Texas, but on average there are about still about 3,300 fatalities a year in the Lone Star State alone...

Recalled Products Used In Kidney Dialysis Centers Cause Heart Injuries

Posted on February 05, 2013
Chronic kidney failure may be due to diabetes or low blood sugar, and affects approximately 2 million people. In the US, kidney disease affects over 2 out of every 1,000 people. In kidney dialysis, a machine called a dialyzer uses a solution to clean the blood...

Hispanic Consumers: A Vast and Neglected Economic Resource

Posted on January 21, 2013
Hispanics comprise a large portion of consumers in the US economy.  In fact, according to Selig Center for Economic Growth, Hispanics control over $1 trillion in annual buying power in the US. By 2015 that buying power is projected to grow to $1...

Big Pharma Recalls Thyroid-hormone Replacement Therapy Synthroid for Second Time

Posted on January 14, 2013
Abbott Laboratories' former pharmaceutical unit has now spun off as AbbVieInc.  Abbott made this move to have its unit function as an independent company for its shareholders.  While Abbott continues to market its thyroid-hormone replacement therapy drug Synthroid outside of the U...

Deliver Unexpected Miracles this Holiday Season with LULAC!

Posted on December 20, 2012
It was a December day in Michigan, just before Christmas, in 1982. Angel Reyes, a law student, felt overwhelmed with the financial burden of financing his next semester. Students had to pay tuition in order to attend classes, and the deadline was rapidly approaching...

Toyota owes a record $17.8 million fine for delayed recalls

Posted on December 19, 2012
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claimed that Toyota failed to do a safety recall within the time frame allotted.  This is the fourth time that Toyota has been fined by the NHTSA. To date, Toyotahas paid over 48.8 million for its three previous penalties...

Former Opium-Based Painkiller Advocates Change Their Minds

Posted on December 17, 2012
Dr. Russell Portenoy has been a strong advocate of opiate painkillers for decades.  In fact, he's devoted a great portion of his life's work to championing their effectiveness for chronic pain management.  Over twenty years ago, the well-known New York pain-care specialist literally campaigned for opiates to be more commonly prescribed while most physicians refused to do so because of their addictiveness...

Inflatable Bounce Houses Sending Kids to the ER

Posted on November 27, 2012
  Bounce houses have been around for a while but are now more popular than ever at children's parties, amusement parks and fairs.  Given their ease of purchase or rental for home use, bounce houses are a great way for kids to get some much-needed exercise and "let off some steam...

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