Galveston Bay Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

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...

Last week an FDA advisory panel met to advise the agency on better ways to communicate with the public. In recent years many people have lost much of their faith in the FDA. The FDA issues public advisories about safety matters involving prescription medication, medical devices, and tainted foods among other products. The agency's communicates with the public through press releases to the media...

A class action lawsuit filed in Eastern District of Texas argues that the 2003 Tort Reform Act limiting non-economic damages is unconstitutional. The Tort Reform Act overhauled civil litigation in Texas by placing a cap on non-economic damages. The bill has been a source of controversy since its induction. The bill does not place a cap on economic losses including medical expenses and loss of...

This week a small Alaska village has filed a lawsuit against a dozen oil, power, and coal companies alleging that the large amounts of greenhouse gases emitted by the companies contributed to global warming that threatens the community's existence. The town of Kivalina, the home of a federally recognized tribe, has filed the lawsuit in the federal court of San Francisco. Kivalina is located...

A study suggests that confusion over drugs with similar looking and sounding names is more common than you might think. A report from the US Pharmacopeia that probed records from 2003-2006 found over 25,000 occurrences of "look alike/ sound alike" errors. Reporting of these errors is voluntary so the actual number of mistakes could be even higher. Nearly all of the errors did not cause any harm...

I came across an interesting and strange story today that I thought I would throw out there. A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 38-year-old Brian Persaud in response to him being forced to undergo a rectal exam in a New York ER. Persaud was taken to the ER at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weil Cornell Medical Center, after sustaining an injury at a Midtown construction site. Subsequent to...

Yesterday the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that a doctor could be sued in the event that a patient causes injury to another due to effects from the drugs prescribed by the doctor. Yesterday's ruling involved a 75 year-old man with emphysema, high blood pressure, and lung cancer. The man was prescribed several drugs to treat his various ailments. The man apparently fell asleep at the wheel...

Today the FDA announced that the heartburn medications Prilosec and Nexium do not cause heart trouble. The agency says that after investigating a possible connection suggested by a couple of studies they are now satisfied that the extremely popular medications are not responsible for the increased risks suggested by the studies. With recent controversy surrounding other one-time blockbuster...

The retail giant for unmentionables, Victoria's Secret, has had a lawsuit filed against them as result of an incident that happened at the Parkdale Mall location in Beaumont. Tamma Douglas has filed a personal injury claim against the company alleging that she was injured by a fragrance bottle that an employee knocked off the top shelf while trying to get something else down. Douglas says that a...

Health officials are now warning physicians of a rare skin disease that has been linked to a certain type of metallic dye. The dangerous condition causes burning and inching and can lead to stiffening of the skin. Over the past few years dozens of cases have been reported but many doctors think that the disease is under recognized. The skin disease, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, seems to effect...

This morning some Chinese factories opened their doors to foreign media. The factory workers were seen scraping paint off plastic toys. The workers, wearing white lab coats, are twisting and turning the toys in the testing lab. This openness is in response to the recent recalls of almost 19 million Chinese-made toys due to the use of lead based paint and small magnets that could cuase serious...

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of the family of a Texas woman who was allegedly neglected during her stay at Kountze Nursing Center. The suit claims that Alice Wyatt met her demise as a direct result of the care given or lack thereof in her final days. The suit has been filed against not only the nursing home but also South East Texas Medical Associates, Memorial Herman Healthcare...

In the past couple of months various companies have recalled almost 20 million Chinese-made toys. Most of the blame seems to be focus around China and poor manufacturing; however, the Chinese manufacturers say that this should not be the case. They allege that the recalled toys were very poor in design and that is reason they were dangerous to children. The manufacturers say that most of the...

Mattel Inc. has recently recalled millions of toys including many popular toys like Batman and One Piece. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has confirmed the recall of about 345,000 Batman and One Piece toys that were sold at nationwide at discount department stores between June of 2006 and July of 2007. Small, powerful magnets inside the accessories of the toy figures can fall out and...

Today a former nursing home employee became the 12th person to admit neglecting residents at the Jennifer Matthew Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, in Rochester, NY. The certified nurse's assistant plead guilty in court to charges of willful violation of health laws and falsifying records in regards to the elderly patient with dementia.In all there were 14 employees were charged in the...