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• 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...

• Drunk Driver Kills Two Teen Passenger

  Beth Janicek | June 29, 2007 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Thursday, June 28, 2007, around 4 a.m. at loop 1604 and Lockhill-Selma, driver, Marc Taormina slammed into a grass embankment ejecting three passengers. Mr. Taormina was charged with three counts of intoxication assault. Logan Planty and Christopher Gallegos died at the scene. Auriel Montgomery was taken to University Hospital, where she was in stable condition. The front-seat passenger,...

• Your negligence in a car accident may affect the jury award

  Beth Janicek | September 24, 2009 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  One of the biggest issues arising after a car accident is determining who is to blame. Sometimes it is obvious who was at fault, i.e. another driver runs a red-light and hits your car. While in...

• Sex Offenders in Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | July 11, 2009 10:38 AM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  A male resident at La Salle County Nursing Home who molested 10 female residents earlier this year has been moved from the nursing home to an unidentified psychiatric facility. Incidents, such as...

• DUI or Texting while driving which is worse?

  Beth Janicek | July 02, 2009 6:00 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  Though most people have accepted that texting while driving is dangerous, a quick trip around your local city will provide you with more than enough evidence that it is still rampant. If...

• Hydroxycut Recall

  Beth Janicek | May 07, 2009 12:36 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  One death has been linked to Hydroxycut and other cases have involved serious liver injuries, including jaundice and liver failure. Body builders and/or dieters have been warned – the FDA has...

• Family Sues Insurance Company over Daughters Death

  Beth Janicek | December 30, 2008 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The family of 17-year-old leukemia patient, Nataline Sarkisyan has sued Cigna Insurance Company for her death in 2007. The company initially refused to pay for a liver transplant arguing that...

• MEDICATIONS YOUR OWN DOCTOR WON'T TAKE

  Mona Moke | August 26, 2008 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

• Most Disciplinary Actions Against Texas Doctors in History

  Beth Janicek | September 01, 2006 11:56 AM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  A news release on August 31, 2006 states:"Since its last Board meeting in June, the Texas Medical Board has taken disciplinary action against 99 licensed physicians. The largest number of actions taken at any single time in the board's history."The following doctors in San Antonio were disciplined for the following reasons:German Benavides, M.D. was disciplined for a quality of care violation....

• Wrong-way Drivers

  Beth Janicek | June 02, 2009 4:28 PM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Around 3:15 a.m. on the morning of May 28th, a man driving the wrong way on Interstate 10 at Boerne Stage Road collided with a tractor-trailer. The impact caused the vehicles to burst into flames....