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• Defibrillator Blamed in Deaths

  Beth Janicek | April 08, 2009 10:32 AM | 9 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Zoll Medical Corp. said recently that some of its defibrillators have defective batteries and software. The AED Plus external defibrillator, which is used in public settings such as airports,...

• Rottweiler Kills Three Year Old

  Beth Janicek | January 19, 2009 11:07 AM | 9 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  I was deeply saddened when I read this weekend of a three year old that was killed by a Rottweiler in Fort Worth. I have handled cases in the past when people have been bitten by a Rottweiller, on...

• Motorcycle Accidents and Helmet Laws

  Beth Janicek | September 29, 2009 4:21 PM | 7 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Just this morning while looking through the news, I found three articles relating to motorcycle accident deaths in central Texas. The first was a U.S. Army soldier, Luke D. Yustin, 25, from Killeen,...

• Motorists: Share the Road and Give Clearance to Cyclists

  Beth Janicek | May 11, 2009 4:21 PM | 6 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  An article in the San Antonio Express News caught my eye this weekend regarding Senate Bill 488 – the Safe Passing Bill. As a cyclist and runner, I am a proponent of the bill which...

• Medical Malpractice Insurers’ Profits Higher than 99% of All Fortune 500 Companies

  Beth Janicek | October 31, 2009 5:58 PM | 5 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The American Association for Justice (AAJ) recently released a statistic claiming that medical malpractice insurance companies’ average profits are higher than 99 percent of all Fortune 500...

• Bill Would Allow Military Personnel to Sue for Medical Malpractice

  Beth Janicek | May 20, 2009 11:10 AM | 5 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Legislation that would enable military service members to sue the government for medical malpractice is moving closer to becoming law. The House Judiciary Subcommittee approved Carmelo Rodriguez...

• Lillian’s Law on Dog Attacks

  Beth Janicek | January 22, 2009 10:01 AM | 4 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  After blogging on dog attacks, I realized the extent of this controversial topic. I found another sad article on Tanner Monk, a 7-year old mauled to death last May near his home in Breckenridge by...

• Texas Has the Most 18-wheeler Traffic Fatalities

  Beth Janicek | October 09, 2008 5:28 PM | 4 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  If you commute to work, especially on I-35 or I-10, you probably see many 18-wheeler trucks traveling in both directions. In traffic or out of traffic, fast or slow; big rigs can be...

• Medical Errors Cause Hundreds of Preventable Deaths

  Beth Janicek | April 09, 2008 5:15 PM | 4 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  According tot the Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study, patient safety errors resulted in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths of U.S Medicare patients from 2004 to 2006. Additionally, the...

• Power Windows: Risk for Children?

  Beth Janicek | November 09, 2009 3:26 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Since the introduction of power windows in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, injuries and deaths have occurred due to safety hazards related to strangulation. The consumer group...