Month: July 2009

Abraham Watkins

Recent 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Failure to Administer t-PA

The 5th Circuit recently decided a case dealing with the failure to administer t-PA to a stroke patient, Young v. Memorial Hermann Hospital System. The plaintiffs alleged that Randall Young should have been given t-PA and that the failure to receive proper treatment, t-PA is now the standard of care in most stroke patients, caused…

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Abraham Watkins

Insurance Companies & Advertising: Shouldn’t your word be your bond?

I think we have all seen the commercials and read the magazine advertisements created by the insurance companies. Some insurance companies take a cost approach to their marketing and stress the savings that can be had by the average consumer. For example, Geico markets to the public by representing that you can save lots of…

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