- Beth Janicek | June 29, 2007 10:21 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThursday, 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,...
- Beth Janicek | June 27, 2007 3:47 PM |
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MiscellaneousOn June 6, 2007, 3-year-old Anthony Muniz drowned in a neighbor's backyard pool. Anthony climbed a fence after slipping out of his Long Island home. The fence was four feet tall, as required by Brookhaven law. The city of Hempstead, which is very close to Brookhaven, has a law requiring the fence to be five feet and six feet in North Hempstead. Additionally, since this pool was built 30 years...
- Beth Janicek | June 22, 2007 6:15 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn 2003, Texas limited how much a patient could win in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The limit for an injured patient is $250,000 on non economic damages. Doctors have seen their costs for liability insurance fall but there is not a savings going to Texas consumers. Additionally, there is a 50 percent increase in doctors applying to practice in Texas. Attorneys representing injured patients...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 2:10 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsTwo teenagers out for a late drive on Friday night were involved in a single car accident. One teenager was killed and the other was hospitalized. The victim was a 17-year-old from Pottsboro.The accident occured just before midnight Friday night on FM 996 and Scotthill Road. Texas DPS Troopers say the two teenagers were traveling south on Scotthill Road, when they lost control of their...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 19, 2007 1:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to claim data and a recent report by Allstate Insurance, Austin drivers are the worst in the state of Texas. The report ranked drivers for safety in 21 Texas cities. It also compared them to drivers around the country in other major cities. Drivers in Austin are 31 percent more likely to get into a car accident than other drivers around the country. Drivers in Dallas are 30...
- Beth Janicek | June 18, 2007 2:44 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseOn April 17, 2004, Julia McCauley, 74 years old, wheeled herself into a stairwell and plunged to her death. In 1999, Ms. McCauley was found unattended in a foyer in her wheelchair, was deemed an ``elopement'' risk and ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device. The device is called a WanderGuard and it will set off an alarm and lock doors if she left a specified area. But, on April 17,...
- Beth Janicek | June 16, 2007 5:07 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOn June 6, 2007, West Virginia's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could challenge the constitutionality of medical malpractice reform law.The malpractice case was brought by Mason County Dr. Danny R. Westmoreland against Point Pleasant urologist Shrikant K. Vaidya.The suit was dismissed in October, 2006 when the judge ruled that Plaintiff failed to follow the requirements of the...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 15, 2007 2:51 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFour teenagers were killed and two were injured after stealing a Jeep Cherokee and slamming into a train at a railroad crossing. The Cherokee was being driven by a 15-year-old teenage boy. The victims ranged in age from 12 to 17. The car accident happened early Thursday morning. "There were some short skid marks," Martin said. "It would appear the driver noticed the train immediately before...
- Beth Janicek | June 13, 2007 3:00 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeEdith Isabel Rodriguez went to Martin Luther King Jr. - Harbor Hospital on May 9, 2006. She was vomiting blood and writhing in pain for 45 minutes in the waiting area of the emergency room. Ms. Rodriguez died of a perforated bowel and her death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Experts have testified Ms. Rodriguez could have survived had she been treated. Edith...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 10, 2007 5:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA San Antonio car accident on Interstate 35 killed four people Saturday morning. The four were in one vehicle that crashed through the center guardrail and hit an SUV on the opposite side of the interstate. The person driving the SUV was injured and in serious condition at a local hospital. The victims ranged in age from 39-years-old to 44-years-old. The police are investigating the accident...
- Beth Janicek | June 04, 2007 2:32 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeLawmakers in several states are now considering laws that would allow physicians to apologize and not fear that their words will be used against them in court. The laws would remove health care providers' apologies, expressions of sympathy, condolences or a "general sense of benevolence" as admissions of liability in court.For example, Vermont law only exempts oral statements of regret or...
- Shannon Weidemann | June 02, 2007 9:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA late night car accident near Seguin on Friday left seven people dead. Two cars were driving on Texas 123 heading towards each other when one crossed the center line and they hit head on. The impact was so severe that everyone involved in the accident died. Six of the people were pronounced dead at the scene. Four of the victims were not wearing seat belts. "It would not have been a...