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Patient Safety Errors Kill More Than 238,000

The deaths of 238,337 U.S. Medicare patients from 2004 through 2006 could have potentially been prevented if not for patient safety errors. The total number of deaths among patients who had been…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 Apr 2008

Drug Mistakes Affect 7.3 Percent of Hospitalized Children

A new study released in the April edition of Pediatrics found a rate of 11 drug-related harmful events for every 100 hospitalized children – with some children affected by more than one such…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 7 Apr 2008

5 Injured When Vehicles Flew Off Highway

Five individuals were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries late Sunday night when two vehicles flew off a Fort Worth Highway. Though it has not yet been determined whether…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 7 Apr 2008

Motorcycle Accident Kills 63-Year-Old Man

Taking a motorcycle ride with his son just after midnight this morning, a 63-year-old man died when he fell from his motorcycle. He apparently struck an object along Interstate 30 in Fort Worth. His…

By The Legal Examiner

/ 1 Apr 2008

Truck Toting Liberty Bell Replica Hit

A man who regularly transports a replication of the Liberty Bell and the Ten Commandments stone tablets to the funerals of area veterans was injured Sunday night in a Dallas suburb when his truck was struck by a sport utility vehicle (SUV). He had apparently stopped on the westbound shoulder of a Hi

By The Legal Examiner

/ 31 Mar 2008

Update: Denton State School

Check out today’s Dallas Morning News article on the investigation of the Denton State School and the impact of the investigation on the care of those with physical and mental disabilities statewide. Read Yesterday’s Post on the topic.

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Mar 2008

North Texas Toy-Maker Recalls Rock 'N Ride Rocker

A Southlake toy-maker just announced the recall of about 122,000 units of Rock ‘N Ride plush rockers because the product could potentially injure young children. The company has received 35 reports of the rocker tipping over, with 10 such incidents resulting in injuries like bumps, bruised and lacer

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Mar 2008

Denton State School Under Abuse Investigation

Reports of alleged abuse and neglect at the Denton State School, a facility that houses about 600 people withmental and physical disabilities, have prompted a review by the Federal Department of Aging and Diability Services. In 2002 the school made headlines when a young man was bludgeoned into a co

By The Legal Examiner

/ 27 Mar 2008

Painkiller Theft Causes Hepatitis at Military Hospital

Ex-nurse and retired Army captain Jon Dale Jones is believed to have spread Hepatitis C to 15 military service members or their relatives at El Paso’s William Beaumont Army Medical Center by diverting painkiller from the patients to himself. Though details are unclear, an outbreak of Hepatitis C was

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Mar 2008

Teen Dies After Routine Breast Procedure

About 24 hours after a routine corrective breast surgery on Friday, an 18-year-old Florida teen passed away. Two hours into her surgery, Stephanie Kuleba was rushed to the Delray medical Center to correct asymmetrical breasts and inverted areola, according to the Associated Press news brief. There i

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Mar 2008

Second Crane Accident in 10 Days Kills 2

Less than two weeks after the 20-story crane collapse that killed seven in New York City, a collapse in Miami has killed two workers and injured four others. Used at a construction site for a 40-story high-rise conominium, officials were unsure how the crane fell. Continued instability hindered resc

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 Mar 2008

Male Infant Death More Likely

Boys have about a 20 percent higher chance of dying by the age of one than girls, according to research released Monday. Though the gap has lessened in the past decades because of medical practices like increased Caesarean sections and intensive care units for premature babies, there is still a disp

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 Mar 2008