In 2008, the Consumer Products Safety Commission was informed that an eight-month-old girl was killed when the sliding side of her drop side crib entrapped and suffocated her. The crib, manufactured by Delta Enterprise had been re-assembled without the safety pegs that are designed to keep the crib side from disengaging with the track on…
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In a recent opinion, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that when a patient is unable to deliver a copy of an expert report to a doctor within 120 days after filing suit because the doctor cannot be located, the patient’s claim must be dismissed forever. The ruling will reward a doctor for avoiding a copy…
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Last Saturday, at just before six in the evening, there was a fatal car accident on the 610 Loop in Houston. A 34-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were killed in the crash when they were ejected from the vehicle in which they were riding. Four others were rushed to Memorial Herman-Texas Medical Center and…
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Since September 2009, Johnson and Johnson, the world’s biggest health products maker, have issued 20 drug recalls or medical device recalls. These recalls include over-the-counter medicines such as Motrin, Rolaids, children’s Tylenol liquid and adult Tylenol, Mylanta, Pepcid AC and even some Neutrogena skin care products, Benadryl, contact lenses, and DePuy hip replacements. The U.S….
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Since August of 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. issued a worldwide recall of both its ASR XL Acetabular System (total hip replacement) and its DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. In 2003, DePuy released the ASR systems and marketed them as a unique, state of the art implants. What made the ASR systems so unique was the…
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Early Monday morning a young man in Houston was killed when he was struck twice by vehicles while trying to cross the Gulf Freeway. While the driver of the first vehicle that struck the man remained at the scene, the driver of the second vehicle fled. The victim was described as being in either his…
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According to the Associated Press, the website SaferProducts.gov, overseen by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, went live as scheduled. Manufactures objected to the website and a GOP Congress attempted to withhold money for the project until manufacturer’s concerns were addressed. The database allows people to file reports of injury or potential harm about household products,…
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Jamie David Godines of Deer Park, Texas, was killed on February 23 while working for Austin Industrial at the Lubrizol Plant in Deer Park. Mr. Godines died from exposure to toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide and other toxic fumes while cleaning a rail car. On behalf of Mr. Godines’ wife Amy Godines, [email protected] filed a…
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