Posts tagged Personal Injury Law Firm

• Cell Phone Use Could Double Risk of Brain Cancer

  Scott Kappes | March 31, 2008 12:08 PM | 1 CommentGalveston Bay, TX 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...

• Lawsuit Stems From Involuntary Rectal Exam

  Scott Kappes | January 17, 2008 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Doctor Sued After Patient's Car Accident

  Scott Kappes | December 11, 2007 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Batman and One Piece Action Figures Part of Huge Toy Recall

  Scott Kappes | August 27, 2007 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• I'll Have a PB&J, Hold the Salmonella Please

  John Ghezzi | March 07, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On February 14, 2007 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers not to eat from certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes foodborne illness). The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the...

• Reich & Binstock

  Staff Writer | January 08, 2007 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Reich & Binstock, a Houston, Texas based law firm was founded in 1980 and since that time has enjoyed an extensive trial practice in virtually every area of civil litigation including medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, all areas of personal injury trial law, products liability and toxic and environmental tort.The firm has successfully resolved numerous chemical exposure and hazardous...