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• Date Rape Drug in a Child's Toy??

  Ashley Davis | April 15, 2009 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  About 4.2 million Aqua Dot bead toys have been recalled due to a chemical in the toys coating which causes some children to become severely sick and vomit. This is yet another blow to the Chinese...

• $82 Million Awarded in Ford Rollover Lawsuit

  Scott Kappes | March 13, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Yesterday a California appeals court reinstated an $82.6 million award to a woman who was left a paraplegic after a rollover accident in her Ford Explorer. Benetta Buell-Wilson's spine was crushed when the vehicle rolled over and the roof collapsed due to a defect that Ford was allegedly aware of and failed to remedy or warn consumers about. At the original trial a jury awarded Buell-Wilson and...

• CVS and Rite Aid Cited For Selling Expired Products

  Scott Kappes | June 12, 2008 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that two popular drug store chains, CVS and Rite Aid, were found to be selling expired food, medicine, and baby formula. The expired items...

• BowTech Archery Recalls Their Compund Bows

  Ashley Davis | February 19, 2009 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  As of February 18, 2009, “ The General” Compound Bows manufactured by BowTech Archery were recalled sue to laceration, abrasion, or contusion risks. There have been about 8,000 bows...

• Children at Higher Risk For Drug Errors

  Scott Kappes | April 15, 2008 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  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...

• Defective Hip Implant

  Ashley Davis | April 17, 2009 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Zimmer Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of hip replacement products, and had to seize the sales of their Durom Cup artificial hip implant. The halt of sales began after researchers...

• Have You Had an Adverse Reaction to Chantix?

  Scott Kappes | October 03, 2007 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Over the past month since the Carter Albrecht story hit the press there has been plenty of attention paid to the stop smoking aid Chantix. I am sure that most of it is not the kind of publicity that manufacturer Pfizer was hoping for as they launched their new add campaign. Our law office has been contacted by numerous people over the past month with claims of serious adverse reactions to...

• Salmonells Facts

  Ashley Davis | March 27, 2009 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  So what is salmonella?? Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod shaped bacilli that can cause diarrheal illness in humans. The bacilli are microscopic living creatures that pass from the feces of...

• New Study Questions Vytorin's Efficacy

  Scott Kappes | January 15, 2008 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A study released yesterday shows evidence that the blockbuster cholesterol medication Vytorin is not anymore effective than generic Zocor. Vytorin, a combination of Zetia and Zocor, is prescribed over 100,000 times each day generating over $5 billion in annual sales for Merck and Schering-Plough. Vytorin was shown to lower bad cholesterol levels better than Zocor alone, but showed no measurable...

• Driver Charged in Drunk Driving Car Accident

  Scott Kappes | August 21, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Two people were killed earlier this month when a drunk driver flew over a seawall in deadly car accident. The driver has been charged with DWI and failing to stop and give aid to accident victims. Oscar Podencceo, 20, who told police he is from Mexico and not a legal U.S. citizen, remained in a University of Texas Medical Branch hospital under observation Monday afternoon. Police allege he was...