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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

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Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Friday Fun

Posted on October 01, 2010
How could anyone not want to watch Stuff Hitting Other Stuff? Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo.

Featured Link - U.S. News Best Hospitals 2010-11

Posted on September 30, 2010
U.S. News has released its latest hospital rating report. There are so many variables to consider that I don't put a great deal of stock in this type of rating system, but there is helpful information provided. Here is a...

Auto Rental Companies Buy Cars Without Side Air Bags to Save $175

Posted on September 29, 2010
Be very careful when renting a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car or one of it's subsidiaries, and especially careful if you are considering purchasing a used vehicle from Enterprise. The company has been buying vehicles that normally come equipped with side...

At Distracted-Driving Conference, LaHood Calls for Crackdown

Posted on September 28, 2010
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood opened this year's National Distracted Driving Summit last week by announcing new anti-distracted driving regulations for commercial truck and bus drivers. One of the primary changes in the law is that it is now illegal...

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Cell Phone Use in School Zones Still OK in One North Texas City

Posted on September 27, 2010
The Texas Legislature passed a state-wide law about two years ago that bans cell phone use in school zones. I applaud this, as use of even a hands-free phone is distracting. There is a loophole in the law though. It's...

Johnson & Johnson Claims to Have Informed FDA on Purchasing Defective Motrin Packages From Stores

Posted on September 24, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports on the allegation that Johnson & Johnson tried to avoid a recall on defective Motrin packages by purchasing the packages without the FDA's knowledge. According to emails and letters reviewed by the Journal, staff at...

Friday Fun

Posted on September 24, 2010
This video of Jewel going "undercover" to sing karaoke in a bar is clever and made for a good gag. Undercover Karaoke with Jewel from Jewel

Regulators Impose Tight Restrictions on Diabetes Drug Avandia

Posted on September 23, 2010
The New York Times reports today that distribution of the diabetes drug Avandia will now be very tightly regulated. Here are the opening paragraphs of the article: In a highly unusual coordinated announcement, drug regulators in Europe and the United...

Having Surgery in Las Vegas is a Big Gamble

Posted on September 22, 2010
Many people consider Las Vegas a great place to take a vacation or attend a conference. After reading an article in the Las Vegas Sun though, I strongly recommend that you net become ill or injured there. Apparently surgical injuries...

Physicians More Likely to Accept Industry Gifts if They Feel a Sense of Entitlement Because of Sacrifices Made

Posted on September 21, 2010
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (9/15, Kalson) reports, "Telling physicians they shouldn't accept gifts from drug companies is all well and good. But convincing them that doing so is wrong is another matter." Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University "found that physicians rationalize...

Contract Reveals VA Knew About Prudential's Death Benefit Account

Posted on September 20, 2010
CBS Evening News (9/14, story 4, 3:00, Couric) said "earlier this summer," revelations that Prudential, the "country's second-largest life insurer," was "profiting from the death benefits of fallen soldiers was news to almost everyone." Now, however, a "major development" in...

Federal Panel Split on Ban of Weight-Loss Drug Meridia

Posted on September 18, 2010
The New York Times reports that a federal advisory panel was divided this week over whether to recommend banning a weight-loss drug made by Abbott Laboratories, even though a majority agreed that the drug?s heart risk cast a shadow on...

Study Finds Industry Ties Go Undisclosed in Medical Journal Articles

Posted on September 17, 2010
New York Times (9/14, B1, Wilson) reports, "Twenty-five out of 32 highly paid consultants to medical device companies in 2007, or their publishers, failed to reveal the financial connections in journal articles the following year, according to astudy " published...

Friday Fun

Posted on September 17, 2010
Why haven't the airlines already thought of this...? PAY & SIT: the private bench (HD) from Fabian Brunsing on Vimeo.

Malpractice Reform Is No 'Silver Bullet' For Skyrocketing Healthcare Spending

Posted on September 16, 2010
Healthwatch, the healthcare blog of The Hill's Web site, ran an article this week quoting a local North Texas politician. Representative Michael Burgess is the chairman of the Republican Congressional Healthcare Caucus, and he said that medical liability reform is...

Medical Errors Continue Despite Advances in Medicine

Posted on September 15, 2010
The Kansas City Business Journal has an interesting short article this week about the continuing problem of medical errors at hospitals. Here are excerpts: Today, surgeons can operate on a beating heart and use robotic arms to remove kidneys through....

Do You Have a Roadside Emergency Kit in Your Car?

Posted on September 14, 2010
As our kids return to college, this is a good time to think about an emergency roadside kit for the car. There are plenty of lists around for what to include in an emergency kit, including one at our firm's...

Featured Link - FactCheckers.info

Posted on September 13, 2010
Most of us know about the fact-checking site Snopes.com, and many of us use it to refute those stupid e-mails other people send us. But there are many more such fact-checking sites on the Internet, and now someone has compiled...

Traffic Deaths and Injuries Plummet in 2009

Posted on September 13, 2010
There was a surprising and very welcome drop last year in traffic deaths and injuries across the nation. Unfortunately, the primary cause of that drop may have simply been the poor economy ? people aren't driving as much as they...

Wyeth Paid Ghostwriters to Promote Hormone Therapy Drugs

Posted on September 10, 2010
This is really shameful behavior, and (almost) hard to believe. I say "almost" because there was a drug company involved, and we have learned over the past 10-15 years there is apparently nothing they won't do for a profit. Here...

Friday Fun

Posted on September 10, 2010
Fortunately, I'm not very susceptible to infomercials and rarely watch them. And I never watch any of the shopping networks. But I may have to change my thinking after seeing these epic infomercial fails. From the Huffington Post: Surely sleepless...

Social Security Numbers - Everything You Could Want To Know

Posted on September 09, 2010
Have you ever wondered whether the nine digits in your Social Security number have any meaning or whether they're just totally random? The answer to this and to every other question you could ever dream of asking about Social Security...

Texas Budget Cuts Could Gut Insurance Regulation

Posted on September 08, 2010
As if we actually had any meaningful insurance regulation in Texas now, a recent article in the Dallas Morning News says we may have even less in the near future, due to budget cuts. Insurance "regulation" in Texas has been...

Four DFW Freeways in Top 10 of State's Most Congested Roads

Posted on September 07, 2010
No one who lives in the Dallas area will be surprised to learn that a new study by the Texas Department of Transportation places three Dallas County and one Tarrant County highways in the top ten most congested roads in...

Friday Fun

Posted on September 03, 2010
I doubt any U.S. cities would pay for a parking system like this anytime soon, but this video of the future of parking is awesome. I would love to see them all over Dallas.

Columnist Says Maryland Hospital Should Stop Denying Stent Problems

Posted on September 03, 2010
I wrote a few days ago about the strange situation at a Baltimore hospital where the top heart surgeon apparently placed unnecessary stents in hundreds of patients. The hospital originally admitted the errors, but then when the plaintiff lawyers got....

Featured Link - Healthcare Blue Book

Posted on September 02, 2010
The information at HealthcareBlueBook.com might be among the first of many such sites to come. It purports to tell consumers what the average fee should be for various medical procedures. Here is the description from the site: Blue Book Information...

Diabetes is Now the Most Commonly-Paid Disability of Vietnam Veterans

Posted on September 01, 2010
The Associated Press reports that diabetes is now the most common illness or injury among Vietnam veterans drawing compensation benefits. The reason is a link between Agent Orange and diabetes, even though that link is a bit questionable. In fact,...

Hospital Fights Claims of Unnecessary Stents

Posted on August 31, 2010
Here's an interesting story out of Baltimore ? a hospital admitted that one of its cardiologists unnecessarily placed stents in hundreds of heart patients. But now that some of those patients have retained lawyers, the hospital seems to be changing...

Toyota Recalls Corolla and Matrix Models as NHTSA Investigates Engine Stalls

Posted on August 30, 2010
The AP reports, "Toyota recalled 1.33 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks in the US and Canada Thursday because their engines may stall," noting that this is one of the largest Toyota recalls since its safety crisis began last year....

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