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• The Construction Industry leads in Texas Workplace Deaths

  Beth Janicek | October 27, 2006 11:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Construction leads in workplace fatalities in Texas according to a 2005 study released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Texas there were 495 fatal work injuries in 2005, and 134 occurred in the construction industry. Overall, fatalities are down from the peak of 572 in 2000. Men accounted for 95 percent of work-related fatalities in Texas. Safety is a growing concern among the...

• New Mom Paralyzed In Drug Error By Hospital

  Beth Janicek | October 23, 2006 5:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  An Indianapolis hospital gave a new mother a painkiller 10 times faster than intended and made her temporarily paralyzed. Amber Baise, 18, entered Methodist hospital to give birth to her first child. An anesthesiologist started an epidural pump which was improperly programmed and gave her 10 hours worth of pain killer in just one hour. Ms. Baise has recovered some movement in her legs and did...

• Over 700,000 Americans Go to the Emergency Room Yearly Due to Bad Drug Reactions

  Beth Janicek | October 20, 2006 10:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In a nation surveillance project on outpatient drug study, the results from 2004-2005, show the over 700,000 Americans go to the emergency room each year because of accidental overdoses and allergic reactions to medicines. The medicines most commonly implicated in the reactions included insulin for diabetes; warfarin, an anticoagulant, and amoxicillin, an antibiotic used for many infections. ...

• Former Bexar County Inmate Receives Settlement for Discrimination

  Beth Janicek | October 19, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Meoiniddin Ghavami was in Bexar County Jail on August 10, 2003 for a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespass. Ms. Ghavami follows Islam and suffers from schizophrenia. During his arrest, he was pushed, kicked and forced to bathe by officers Juan Alanis and Jose Ledesma. They also ordered him to shave his beard even though he begged them not to because of his beliefs. Scott Medlock of the...

• Jury Awards Family 1.5 Million Dollars Because Prempro Caused Woman's Breast Cancer

  Beth Janicek | October 09, 2006 3:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Wyeth's is facing 5,000 lawsuits involving its hormone replacement drug, Prempro. The lawsuit claims Wyeth was negligent in the testing, manufacture, and marketing of its hormone replacement therapy drugs. The Plaintiff took Prempro for about six years and blamed it for her breast cancer. A federally sponsored trial showed an increase in cancer risk. The drug in combination with the female...