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• Federal Health Officials Impose Only Minimal Penalties on Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | April 30, 2007 9:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Congressional investigators reports that nursing homes are repeatedly cited for mistreatment of patients and the federal health officials only impose minimal penalties. Nursing homes cycle in and out of compliance and pose a continued threat to the health and safety of patients."Some of these homes repeatedly harmed residents over a six-year period and yet remain in the Medicare and Medicaid...

• Car Accident on Texas 46 Kills San Antonio Man

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A man driving on Texas 46 was killed on Tuesday night when he was hit by another vehicle. The 24-year-old man was traveling east near Boerne. The victim was from San Antonio. The victim was driving eastbound on Texas 46 northwest of San Antonio in a 1999 Honda when he swerved into the westbound lane, possibly because of slick road conditions, a dispatcher with the Kerr County Department of...

• $101 Million Dollar Settlement for Tropicana Victims

  Beth Janicek | April 25, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The collapse of five garage decks at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino Resort was due to flaws in design, execution and project oversight, according to an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It happened Oct. 30, 2003, as workers poured concrete on the top deck. The garage, part of a ritzy $265 million expansion called The Quarter, came crashing down in a stunning...

• Texans Get $31.8 Million Verdict in Fatal Wreck

  Beth Janicek | April 23, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Jurors ruled that Allied Van Lines should pay $31.8 million to a group of Texans. The moving van slammed into traffic that was stopped due to a minor traffic accident throwing an SUV into the air, catching fire, killing two people and seriously burning two others. Lisa Guerra and her friend Joe Alfaro were awarded 70 percent of the money for medical expenses, lost earning capacity,...

• Washington County Receives Notice of Claim for Nursing Home Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | April 20, 2007 10:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A resident of a Pleasant Valley Nursing Home was assaulted by a nursing assistant in November. The employee was fired after an investigation, but the family of the victim is concerned that the nursing home and Washington County did not take proper action to keep the assault from happening in the first place. They have file a Notice of Claim against the county in prelude to filing a lawsuit. A...

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Seized All Medical Products From New Jersey Device Manufacturer

  Beth Janicek | April 20, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On April 17, 2007, the FDA investigators and U.S. Marshals seized all implantable medical devices from Shelhigh, Inc. They found finding significant deficiencies in the company's manufacturing processes and the deficiencies may compromise the safety and effectiveness of the products, particularly their sterility. The products include pediatric heart valves and conduits, surgical patches, dural...

• San Antonio Pedestrian Killed by Hit and Run Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A man in is 20s was walking in San Antonio when he was hit by a car and then fell from a freeway exit ramp. He was killed and the car that struck him did not stop and left the scene. The accident happened around the intersection of Fernando Guerra and S. Pecos La Trinadad.Detectives believe the victim may have been walking on the Frio exit on southbound Interstate 35 when the man was struck by...

• San Antonio Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 16, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A car was driven off the road on Loop 1604 and then flipped in the center median. The 25-year-old driver of the car was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the car. She was then hit by another car. The victim was driving a Honda Accord west on North Loop 1604 at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses quoted in a police report. Somehow the car drove off the roadway and flipped...