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• Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Decrease

  Beth Janicek | August 24, 2006 3:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The law limiting the damages recoverable in a medical malpractice cases has had the intended effect of limiting the number of medical malpractice cases filed in Texas. However, many Texans mistakely believed that the caps on damages would only limit frivolous lawsuits. The caps have no effect on limiting frivolous lawsuits. Instead, the caps on damages hurt legitimate lawsuits. It simply is...

• Wreck Causes Road Shutdown During Rush Hour

  Beth Janicek | August 18, 2006 3:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A car accident yesterday morning shut down Loop 1604 during morning rush hour. An 18 year old woman crossed the double-yellow line and hit a northbound pick-up truck. Both vehicles involved in the crash rolled over, and Loop 1604 was closed between Military Drive and Highway 151.The 18-year-old woman initially told police a man who had been driving her SUV had fled the scene of the accident....

• Medical Malpractice Premiums and Jury Verdicts

  Staff Writer | August 17, 2006 3:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It's always nice to see someone outside the legal world agreeing with the fact that the insurance companies are a little less than truthful when they claim that rising premiums are a result of "frivolous" lawsuits. David at The Supreme Irony of Life points out that numerous tests show jury awards have not risen significantly and are not driving up malpractice premiums.Insurance companies are...

• Construction Accident Kills Two In Dallas

  Staff Writer | August 15, 2006 3:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A truck driver was killed in a Dallas construction accident Monday as he sat and waited for his truck to be loaded. While the driver sat in the cab, a front-end loader was moving concrete 19 stories above when the operator accidentally pushed a pile of concrete and a metal claw off the top of the building. The debris fell, landing on the cab and killing the truck's driver and another worker...

• Nursing Home Violations Result in More Than 50 Deaths

  Staff Writer | August 14, 2006 9:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  More than 50 preventable deaths have ocurred in North Carolina adult-care and nursing homes over the past five years, a story in the Charlotte Observer reported Sundday. Each person who died passed as a result of something the facility in which they were living did or failed to do.According to the story, the 53 deaths count only those reported to the state. Supporters of higher standards for...