Archive for November 2010
The Law Firm of Perlmutter & Schuelke Explains Pharmaceutical Errors Increasing
Just about 1.3 million people across the U.S. will die each year as a result drug errors. Pharmaceutical mistakes are on the rise. It’s not a secret that medical malpractice lawsuits are growing every year, despite some states capping a victim’s award. Companion cases to medical errors made by surgeons, doctors, nurses and dentists are…
Read MoreAustin Personal Injury Lawyer Brooks Schuelke Indicates Medical Misdiagnosis is on the Rise
Statistics show that family practitioners and general internists get the diagnosis wrong a relatively high number of times when a person is having a heart attack. A very recent study on heart attack diagnosis released by the Physician Insurers Association revealed that malpractice in this area is quite high among family practitioners and general internists.…
Read MoreHave A Safe Thanksgiving — Avoid Becoming A Traffic Fatality Statistic
Over the river and through the woods……. Thanksgiving. What’s it mean to you? Turkey? Stuffing? Napping on the couch? Football? or… Traffic? It’s no secret that the Thanksgiving holidays make for busy roads. But it also makes for dangerous roads. Last year, there were over 1,000 serious injuries and 39 fatalities from car wrecks during…
Read MoreDePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation Begins
Last week, the litigation involving the DePuy ASR hip implants began in earnest as lawyers for claimants and Johnson and Johnson argued whether the federal lawsuits should be coordinated between one judge, and if so, who that judge should be. Going in to the hearing, both sides appeared to agree that the federal suits should…
Read MoreCatastrophic injuries are usually life-altering and permanent
Not too many people understand the difference between a serious and catastrophic injury. One slows life down; the other is life-altering. The injuries that have the biggest impact on a person’s life are those referred to as catastrophic. Catastrophic means that the injuries are devastating, usually permanent and are life altering – the person’s life…
Read MoreTexas Leads The Nation In Drunk Driving Deaths
As part of his efforts to adopt more strict DWI laws, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has been routinely claiming that Texas leads the nation in drunk driving fatalities. Today, the Austin American Statesman and Politifact put that assertion to the test and confirmed that it is mostly true. On a raw numbers count, Texas…
Read MoreThere are two sides to every big rig accident
While it may look like the big rig accident you’re seeing was the trucker’s fault; that might not be the case. Usually, when people see a trucking accident, they immediately assume that the trucker was the one at fault. In some cases, that assumption might be accurate. In others, not so much. Perhaps the driver…
Read MoreUninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims
Today I had the pleasure of presenting a speech to about 60 local personal injury attorneys on uninsured/underinsured motorist claims. Part of my presentation included a paper, which I’m including here. It is intended for lawyers and isn’t leisure reading, like much of the stuff I post on here, but some may find it helpful.UM…
Read MoreIs It Wise To Invest My Personal Injury Settlement In An Annuity?
In the last few weeks, I’ve been talking to a few potential clients about structured settlements. Structured settlements, often used in large personal injury cases or for settlement of minors’ claims, are settlements that pay off in annuities over time instead of the client receiving a one-time payment of settlement proceeds. In cases of minors,…
Read MoreA Law School Professor Explains Why You Need A Personal Injury Lawyer
This week, Jay Feinman, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University, was a guest blogger at the TortsProf blog (one of my favorites, and not just because friend and fellow UT alum Bill Childs is one of the authors). In his guest post, Professor Feinman explained one of the shifts in the insurance industry…
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