InjuryBoard Galveston Bay

A new study published in this month’s Pediatrics magazine suggests that our children may be at much more of a risk of hospital errors than we ever could have imagined. The study claims that...

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A lawsuit filed late last week by Juan G. Martinez-Garcia alleges that Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. was negligent in not providing a wash station and failed to train employees. Martinez-Garcia...

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The parents of 15-year-old Alex Koehne wanted their son to live on after passing away from what they were told was bacterial meningitis. After careful consideration Jim and Lisa Koehne decided to...

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A new study suggests that the cell phones, that almost all of us use on a daily basis could be more damaging to our health than smoking. According to British Vini Khurana, one of the would most renowned neurosurgeons, mobile phone use over a 10 year period could more than double a person's risk for developing brain cancer. With about a billion smokers and over three billion cellular phone users...

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This week the FDA launched an investigation into an increased risk of cancer and death that may be associated with the Johnson & Johnson foot gel, Regranex. The foot gel, approved by the FDA in 1997, is used to treat leg and foot wounds most commonly associated with diabetes. A study found an increase in the number of cancer deaths among patients who had been prescribed the medication three or...

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A federal judge has dismissed the case of a 25 year-old California man who charged the cockpit of a plane on Thanksgiving forcing an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota. Prosecutors asked for the interfering with an airplane flight crew charge to be dropped against Andrew Smith after psychiatric exam revealed that Smith was suffering from psychotic disorder caused by Pfizer's smoking...

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Three weeks into the trail, yesterday it was announced that Eli Lilly has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Alaska over the popular antipsychotic medication Zyprexa. The lawsuit alleged that Zyprexa caused patients to develop diabetes after taking the medication. The state was seeking to recover Medicaid money spent on both the medication itself and the...

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The family of a 45 year-old construction worker, who was tragically killed when a crane collapsed in Midtown Manhattan, plans to sue New York City for $30 million. The family of Clifford Canzona, who was atop the crane when it plummeted nearly 200 feet without warning, claims that neglect caused or contributed to the accident resulting in Canzona's death. The March 15 accident left seven people...

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Over the Easter weekend the FDA issued an alert to consumers and grocers about a possible risk of salmonella associated with cantaloupes imported by Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer. Research has lead health authorities to believe that cantaloupes imported by this company may be associated with over 50 reported cases of salmonella. All cantaloupes imported by this company...

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This week a wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of a New Jersey mother of two who tragically died after suffering a seizure on December 7, 2007. Jackie Kelly Bozicev, 32, had recently moved into a new home with her husband, Robert, and two young children Mary Kelly and Matthew. Jackie and Robert planned two have more children in the future, but wanted to hold off for a...

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